Raj Kapoor and Nargis shared a passionate bond for 24 years
Raj Kapoor and Nargis shared a passionate bond for 24 years
The bond amid veteran
actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor and with Nargis is quite esteemed among film fraternity and cinegoers.
After sharing screen space together in 18 films like Barsaat, Shree 420, Awaara, and Jagte Raho, among others, the two actors evolved romantic feelings for one another.
However, their passionate bond was blemished by controversy as Raj Kapoor was already married to Krishna and they had a son together, Rishi Kapoor.
The bond soon came to an end as Nargis tied the knot with Sunil Dutt. She never worked with Raj Kapoor again, but their bond resulted in a rift amid the Dutts and the Kapoors. This continued for 24 years till she sent an invite to Rishi Kapoor’s wedding with Neetu Kapoor.
In his memoir Khullam Khulla, Rishi Kapoor recounted how Krishna comforted Nargis at the wedding.
Nargis-ji did step into RK Studios after she wrapped up Jagte Raho in 1956. However, on that day, she was accompanied by Sunil Dutt to to the wedding ceremony.
Apparently, she was very nervous about attending a Kapoor event after twenty-four years. Her mother, sensing her hesitation, reportedly took her aside and said, ‘her husband is a handsome and also a romantic. She can understand the attraction. He said what she was thinking, but please don’t beat yourself up over the past.
He wrote “You have come to my home on a happy occasion and we are here today as friends.
Rishi Kapoor also wrote, that he was very young when his father had an affair with Nargis Ji, and so was not affected by it. He doesn’t remember feeling anything was amiss at home either. But does remember moving into the Natraj Hotel on Marine Drive with his mom during the time Papa was involved with Vyjayanthimala.
Rishi Kapoor made honest detailings about his father’s affairs in his memoir.
Raj Kapoor passed away in 1988 at the age of 63. His son, Rishi Kapoor, died on April 30, 2020, after a recurrence of leukaemia.
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