Horrible First Meeting With Rishi: Neetu Kapoor Spills the Beans
Neetu turned a year older on Monday.
Veteran actors Neetu and Rishi Kapoor might give couple goals to many, but their first meeting years ago wasn’t quite as rosy. In fact, Neetu Kapoor called it a “horrible first meeting.” She opened up about her equation with Rishi Kapoor on the radio show Suhana Safar With Annu Kapoor.
"I had a horrible first meeting with Rishi Kapoor. He had a habit of bullying, so he would comment on my make-up and clothes, and I'd feel so angry. He was actually a brat who would bully everyone and I was very young at that time. I used to be furious with him," said Neetu.
Neetu further added that eventually she and Rishi Kapoor had become quite a hit on-screen couple. They’ve both co-starred in films like Amar Akbar Anthony, Khel Khel Mein, and Kabhi Kabhie.
"After Bobby became a superhit, Dimple got married and Rishi was left with no other heroine because everyone used to look older than him. I was the only young actress around and by default, after Rickshawala, all his movies started coming to me," she shared.
When asked abou the exact moment when she decided to marry Rishi Kapoor, Neetu said that she wasn’t sure. However, when she was at the peak of her career and signing multiple films, Rishi Kapoor decided to pop the question in an interesting way. After dating for three years, Rishi asked Neetu Kapoor, “You are signing so many movies, don't you want to get married?” The question completely ambushed Neetu who had no idea that Rishi was thinking about this.
"He had never said that he wants to get married. We were just dating. So I said, 'There has to be a boy to get married to. Rishiji said, 'So who am I?'"
When Neetu told her mother about her marriage plans, the latter was happy about it. Neetu then went ahead and returned the signing amounts of all the movies she had signed. She worked very hard to finish all her ongoing project before her marriage to Rishi Kapoor.
"And then my husband told me to finish everything, so we could eventually start a family. It wasn't that women couldn't work (after marriage) but I was tired working for 15 years continuously. I wanted a simple life," said the actor, who turned a year older on Monday.
(With inputs from IANS)
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