Name
Rishi Kapoor
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-09-04
Deathday
2020-04-30 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Biography
Rishi Raj Kapoor was an Indian actor, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. He was the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award in a career that spanned 50 years.
Born into the Kapoor family,he made his debut as an adolescent, in his father Raj Kapoor's film Mera Naam Joker (1970), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. As an adult, his first lead role was opposite Dimple Kapadia in the teen romance Bobby (1973), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Between 1973 and 2000, Kapoor starred as the romantic lead in 92 films. Some of his notable films during this period include Khel Khel Mein (1975), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Sargam (1979), Karz (1980), Prem Rog (1982), Saagar (1985), Nagina (1986), Chandni (1989), Henna (1991) and Deewana (1992). For his performance in Do Dooni Chaar (2010), he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics). He was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. His final film appearance was in Sharmaji Namkeen (2022), which was released posthumously. Kapoor met his wife, actress Neetu Singh while working in films on film set. They have 2 children. He died of leukemia on 30 April 2020, aged 67.
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- 2004 Hum Tum as Arjun Kapoor
- 2009 Delhi-6 as Ali
- 2007 Namastey London as Manmohan Malhotra
- 1992 Inteha Pyar Ki as Rohit
- 2009 Kal Kissne Dekha as Siddharth Verma
- 1970 Mera Naam Joker as Young Raju
- 1973 Bobby as Raja Nath
- 2009 Chintu Ji as Chintu
- 2007 Om Shanti Om as Rishi Kapoor
- 1980 Karz as Monty
- 2006 Fanaa as Zulfikar Ali Beg
- 1983 Coolie as Sunny
- 1989 Chandni as Rohit Gupta
- 1984 Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan as Salim Ahmed Salim
- 1988 Hamara Khandaan as Vishal (Chanderprakash's Son)
- 1977 Amar Akbar Anthony as Akbar
- 1992 Deewana as Ravi
- 2009 Luck by Chance as Rommy Rolly
- 1982 Yeh Vaada Raha as Vikram Rai Bahadur
- 1994 Ghar Ki Izzat as Mohan Kumar
- 1981 Naseeb as Sunny
- 2009 Love Aaj Kal as Veer Singh Panesar (Older)
- 2010 Do Dooni Chaar as Santosh Duggal
- 2011 Patiala House as Gurtej Singh Kahlon a.k.a. Bauji
- 1976 Kabhi Kabhie as Vikram "Vicky" Khanna
- 2012 Agneepath as Rauf Lala
- 2012 Housefull 2 as Chintu Kapoor
- 1977 Chala Murari Hero Banne as Self
- 1988 Vijay as Vikram A. Bhardwaj
- 1983 Bade Dil Wala as Amrit Kumar Saxena / Vijay Kumar Gupta
- 1986 Ek Chadar Maili Si as Mangal
- 1987 Khudgarz as Singing Tramp
- 1977 Hum Kisise Kum Naheen as Rajesh
- 1986 Nagina as Rajiv
- 1980 Aap Ke Deewane as Ram
- 1991 Ajooba as Hassan
- 1985 Saagar as Ravi
- 2013 Chashme Baddoor as Mr. Joseph Furtado
- 1993 Damini as Shekhar Gupta
- 2003 Kucch To Hai as Professor Bakshi
- 2002 Yeh Hai Jalwa as Rajesh Purushottam Mittal
- 2012 Student Of The Year as Dean Yoginder Vasisht
- 1980 Gunahgaar as Amar
- 2013 D-Day as Iqbal Seth
- 2013 Shuddh Desi Romance as Goyal
- 1977 Doosara Aadmi as Karan Saxena
- 1983 Naukar Biwi Ka as Himself in the song 'Kya Naam Hai Tera'
- 1976 Laila-Majnu as Majnu / Kaish Amari
- 1990 Sherdil as Sanjay R. Saxena
- 2013 Besharam as Chulbul Chautala
- 1974 Zehreela Insaan as Arjun Singh
- 2014 Bewakoofiyaan as Vinod Kumar Sehgal a.k.a. V. K. Sehgal
- 1985 Zamana as Ravi Kumar
- 2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic as god
- 1978 Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan as Vishal Rai
- 1981 Zamaane ko Dikhana hai as Ravi Nanda
- 2014 Kaanchi as Jumar B. Kakda
- 2016 Dastaan-E-Rafi
- 2001 Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi as Raj Khanna
- 1980 Dhan Daulat as Lucky R. Saxena
- 1989 Hathyar as Samiulla Khan
- 2013 Aurangzeb as Ravikant Phogat
- 1992 Honeymoon as Suraj Verma
- 1986 Dosti Dhushmani as Advocate Prakash
- 1978 Anjane Mein as Raja
- 2015 All Is Well as Mr. Bhajanglal Bhalla
- 2016 Kapoor & Sons as Amarjeet Kapoor
- 2015 Wedding Pullav as Luv Kapoor
- 2016 Chalk N Duster as Host Of The Quiz Contest
- 1996 Daraar as Raj Malhotra
- 1989 Bade Ghar Ki Beti as Gopal
- 2005 Pyaar Mein Twist as Yash Khurana
- 2008 Halla Bol as Himself (uncredited)
- 1988 Akarshan as Self
- 2011 Tell Me O Kkhuda as Altaf Zardari
- 1988 Gharana as Vijay Mehra
- 2016 Sanam Re as Dadu
- 2012 Jab Tak Hai Jaan as Imraan (Special Appearance)
- 1976 Barood as Anup D. 'Pappu' Saxena
- 1988 Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani as Ram Dhanraj
- 1986 Naseeb Apna Apna as Kishan Singh
- 2018 102 Not Out as Babulal Vakharia
- 1991 Banjaran as Kumar Singh Sesodia / Suraj
- 1993 Gurudev as Inspector Dev Kumar
- 1987 Sindoor as Mr. Kumar (Guest Appearance)
- 1994 Pehla Pehla Pyar as Raj Singh
- 2017 Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi as Monty Tondon
- 1990 Sheshnaag as Bhola
- 1993 Izzat Ki Roti
- 1992 Bol Radha Bol as Kishan Malhotra / Tony
- 2018 Rajma Chawal as Raj Mathur
- 2000 Raju Chacha as Siddhant Rai
- 1975 Khel Khel Mein
- 1984 Duniya as Ravi
- 1997 Kaun Sachcha Kaun Jhootha as CBI Officer Karan Saxena
- 1979 Duniya Meri Jeb Mein as Vishal Khanna
- 1982 Prem Rog as Devdhar 'Dev'
- 2018 Mulk as Murad Ali Mohammed
- 1985 Sitamgar as Jai
- 1993 Sahibaan as Gopi
- 2018 Manto as Film Producer
- 1993 Shreemaan Aashique
- 1994 Saajan Ka Ghar as Amar Khanna
- 1996 Prem Granth as Somen
- 1978 Naya Daur
- 1979 Jhoota Kahin Ka as Ajay Rai
- 1995 Saajan Ki Baahon Mein as Sagar
- 1981 Katilon Ke Kaatil as Munna
- 1991 Ghar Parivaar
- 1990 Azaad Desh Ke Gulam as Vijay Shrivastav / Chanakya
- 1980 Do Premee as Chetan
- 2003 Love at Times Square as Special Appearance
- 1987 Hawalaat as Shyam
- 2019 Jhootha Kahin Ka as Yograj Singh
- 2019 The Body as Jairaj Rawal
- 1993 Anmol as Prem
- 1999 Jai Hind as Gulroz
- 1994 Prem Yog as Rajkumar Raju
- 1975 Rafoo Chakkar as Dev
- 1989 Apna Ghar
- 1987 Pyar Ke Kabil
- 2000 Karobaar as Advocate Amar Saxena / Rohit Sinha
- 1975 Zinda Dil as Arun Sharma / Kewal Sharma
- 1979 Sargam
- 1995 Yaraana as Raj
- 1985 Tawaif as Dawood Mohammed Ali Khan Yusuf Zahi
- 1978 Badaltey Rishtey as Manohar Dhani
- 1975 Raajaa as Raaja / Inspector Ram (Dual Role)
- 1993 Dhartiputra
- 1991 Henna as Chander Prakash
- 1978 Pati Patni Aur Woh as Cameo
- 1989 Paraya Ghar as Arun
- 1989 Khoj
- 1982 Deedar-E-Yaar as Javed Syed Ali Khan
- 2022 Sharmaji Namkeen as Brij Gopal Sharma
- 1993 Sadhna as Karan
- 1976 Ginny And Johnny
- 1987 Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema as Self
- 2007 Don't Stop Dreaming as Groovy
- 2007 Sambar Salsa as Om Suri
- 1989 Naqab as Imran
- 2003 Tehzeeb
- 1994 Eena Meena Deeka as Eena
- 1986 Living Legend - Raj Kapoor as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 The Kapil Sharma Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Koffee with Karan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 The Anupam Kher Show ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2023 The Romantics ( 4 episodes ) as Self
