Rajesh Khanna disregarded Raj Kapoor on ‘Bobby’ sets

Rajesh Khanna disregarded Raj Kapoor on ‘Bobby’ sets

Rajesh Khanna ridiculed Raj Kapoor on the sets of Bobby: When Rishi Kapoor opened up about his ‘dislike’ for Kaka

In his autobiography, Rishi Kapoor opened up about his ‘illogical dislike’ for Rajesh Khanna, and confessed that he objected to him being cast in Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

Many of his Kaka’s contemporaries made no bones over their  dislike for the superstar. Following his passing away, several others have come forward with stories of his tardiness and perceived arrogance, especially amidst his heyday in the 1970s.

In his autobiography Rishi Kapoor admitted that he had an ‘illogical’ dislike for Khanna, and that he had even gone so far as to join forces with members of his family and dissuade his father, Raj Kapoor, from casting him in the film Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

He said that he couldn’t explain why he didn’t like Khanna, but felt the need to come clean to him years later. Before Khanna passed in 2012, Rishi Kapoor spoke to him about the past, and confessed that he objected to his casting in Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

But he said that his dislike was partially justified, as he had seen ‘Kaka’ disrespect his legendary father on the sets of the film Bobby, in which Rishi featured alongside Dimple Kapadia. Dimple, then a teenager, married Khanna while making Bobby and was allowed to finish filming it only with his permission. Rishi didn’t appreciate his father being put in a position like that.

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