Like all of us, Poonam Dhillon too is saddened at the demise of Rishi Kapoor, who succumbed to cancer right this moment morning.
Poonam Dhillon labored with the late Rishi Kapoor in Ye Vaada Raha (1982), Sitamgar (1985), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986) and plenty of extra. She shares her reminiscences of him in an unique interview with Filmfare. “It’s tough to say something about somebody, who tragically handed away so instantly. Somebody, you will have identified for therefore a few years. I labored in so many movies with him. We shared a pleasant relationship. I admired him and seemed as much as him.” She continues, “I’m aggrieved. I’m shattered. We’re going via powerful occasions as it’s. Now shedding somebody, you will have been an awesome fan of, somebody you’ve been keen on… it’s extraordinarily tough. You possibly can’t even grieve with your pals. You’re caught and majboor in the true sense. I needed to go and pay him my final respects and say a correct goodbye. I needed to be together with his household. However none of these issues can occur proper now.” As an actor too, she admired him. “He was one in every of my favorite actors. Not simply as a co-star however somebody I’ve loved watching on the display for years.”
Poonam remembers her first assembly with the late Rishi Kapoor. “I first noticed him on the mahurat of Trishul (1978). I used to be uncooked and I didn’t know something about the movie trade. However later once I was taking pictures at RK Studio, he’d drop on the units as a result of it was their manufacturing Biwi O Biwi. Randhir Kapoor was the hero. However I used to be too shy to speak to Rishi. It would simply be a whats up. After we started working with him in Yeh Vaada Raha, then I acquired to know him as an individual.”
Rishi Kapoor was extraordinarily fashionable amongst his heroines. “He had an awesome sense of humour. He would rag his co-stars, bullying most of his heroines. Neetu as soon as stated, ‘Think about ussne mujhe kitna pareshaan kiya, kitna bully kiya. Mujhe toh woh rula deta tha’. That was manner of exhibiting affection. He’d imitate his co-star’s accent, their dance, the whole lot about them,” she smiles fondly at the recollection.
their accent, dancing or something.”
Poonam elaborates, “Rishi was extraordinarily centered on his work. He was a enjoyable co-star, uncomplicated however exhausting working. Personally, I learnt rather a lot from him. Until date, I’ve been an enormous fan of him.” She says she was in contact with him. “I used to be in contact with him. I used to message him or typically name him. I’d ship him needs. He used to reply all the time with a optimistic message. We met a couple of months again earlier than he fell sick in Delhi. Earlier than that we had met at good friend’s banquet. It was an awesome expertise. Neetu was additionally there. We took an image collectively. We believed the cancer would never come again. We believed he was cured. So, did he. We thought he’d suffered sufficient and that it was all okay. However God had another plan.”