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The curious case of star sons
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March 05, 2021 12:08 IST
The ones who got the best of genes and launches but failed to make a mark
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The ones who got the best of genes and launches but failed to make a mark
The millennials, who love to hashtag nepotism each time a scion of a film family gets a challenging role at the cost of a grass-root actor, often forget that a generation earlier people used to wait for their favourite star’s son or daughter to be launched. In the 1980s, for the fawning public that was putting up with dynasties in politics and business, cinema was no different. They might eventually reject the star kids at the turnstiles, but they were more than happy to give them a chance. And like traditional business houses, actors used to see their sons as the cultural capital they needed to invest in for the market of show business.
I am left alone : Randhir Kapoor opens up on losing brother Rajiv Kapoor in less than a year after Rishi Kapoor
Randhir revealed how excited his brother Rajiv was about his Bollywood comeback with Toolsidas Junior helmed by Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker. Rishi Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor | File photo
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Updated: Feb 12, 2021, 10:24 PM IST
Bollywood actor, producer and filmmaker Rajiv Kapoor breathed his last on February 9. He passed away after suffering a heart attack in Mumbai at the age of 58. Rajiv was the youngest of late legend Raj Kapoor s three sons, and the younger brother of Randhir Kapoor and late Rishi Kapoor.
When Rishi Kapoor Wrote Brother Rajiv Kapoor, Worried That He Didn t Realize His True Potential
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Actor Rishi Kapoor thought his younger brother Rajiv Kapoor was the most talented among the filmmaker-actor siblings of the Kapoor cinema clan but he could never realise his true potential.
Rajiv Kapoor, who passed away Tuesday afternoon in Mumbai following a heart attack, was also a gifted pianist, had a knack for music and was a skilled film editor, believed the late brother of Rajiv Kapoor.
Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor were the three sons of the legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor and grandsons of actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor s other children include daughters Ritu Nanda and Rima Jain.
When Rishi Kapoor revealed why he worries a lot about Rajiv Kapoor (Chimpu) in his book Khullam Khulla
Rishi Kapoor, who passed away in April 2020, had revealed that he was closer to Randhir Kapoor than Rajiv Kapoor, the youngest of 5 Kapoor siblings. Rishi Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor
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Updated: Feb 10, 2021, 12:22 PM IST
Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karisma Kapoor s father Randhir Kapoor lost two of his brothers in 10 months as Rajiv Kapoor passed away on Tuesday following a heart attack. Many might not know, but Rishi Kapoor, in his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored , co-authored by Meena Iyer and published by Harper Collins in 2017 had said that his younger brother Rajiv Kapoor was the most talented among the filmmaker-actor siblings of the Kapoor clan but he could never realise his true potential.