Rakesh Roshan says Ranbir Kapoor consoled him after Rishi Kapoor’s death: ‘Instead of me consoling him, he comforted me’

Rakesh Roshan says Ranbir Kapoor was the one consoling him when he learnt of Rishi Kapoor’s death on Thursday. Rakesh Roshan and Rishi Kapoor were close friends and colleagues of years.

Actor Rakesh Roshan is heartbroken over the death of his friend and actor Rishi Kapoor. Rakesh told Mid-Day in an interview how Rishi’s son and actor Ranbir Kapoor comforted him when he learnt the new of Rishi’s death.

Rakesh Roshan and Rishi Kapoor had been friends for 44 years.

“I woke up this morning to a message from a friend, asking if Rishi Kapoor was all right. When I called Dabboo (Randhir Kapoor), his number was busy. That’s when my heart sank and I instinctively knew something was wrong. Then I rang up Ranbir who shared the news. It was so shocking that I started crying on the phone. Instead of me consoling him, Ranbir comforted me. He has been a pillar of strength to his father,” he said.

Talking about the loss, Rakesh wrote for Hindustan Times, “Personally, I don’t know how I will fill the void, especially since this has come as a sudden jolt to me and I am sure, to everyone else too. Everything around us will settle down eventually but may god rest his soul in peace.”

Rakesh and Rishi worked together in films such as Khel Khel Mein and Aap Ke Deewane. They has been friends for more than four decades. Kapoor died at the age of 67 on Thursday morning after a two year long battle with leukaemia at H N Reliance hospital in Mumbai.

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