Sharmaji Namkeen song: You will miss Rishi Kapoor even more after watching Laal Tamatar. Watch

Sharmaji Namkeen song Laal Tamatar shows both Rishi Kapoor as well as Paresh Rawal as Sharmaji - a retired man, who impresses a group of women with his culinary skills.

A new song from late Rishi Kapoor's final film Sharmaji Namkeen is out now. Titled Laal Tamatar, the fun song shows Rishi Kapoor's character of a retired old man, identifying and enjoying his new interest, cooking. The song revolves around how he starts cooking for a riotous women’s kitty circle and eventually turns friends with them. Paresh Rawal replaces him in half of the portions of the song.

Rishi Kapoor in a still from Sharmaji Namkeen song Laal Tamatar.

While Rishi's jovial presence on screen makes his fans fall in love with him all over again, his replacement with Paresh Rawal once again highlights his sudden death during the making of the film. The difference between the personalities of the two noted actors is strikingly visible.

Directed by Hitesh Bhatia, Sharmaji Namkeen also stars Suhail Nayyar, Isha Talwar, Sheeba Chaddha, Ayesha Raza, Satish Kaushik, Parmeet Sethi and Taaruk Raina. It marks the final screen appearance of Rishi Kapoor, who died at the age of 67 in April 2020 after a two-year long battle with leukemia. At the time of his death, Rishi had completed half of the project.

In an interview to PTI, Hitesh revealed that he thought Sharmaji Namkeen would be a forgotten dream after Rishi's death, until the producers assured him of ways to finish the project, one of which was to get the veteran's son Ranbir Kapoor to play his part. Eventually, Paresh was roped in to complete the film.