Photos: Rishi Kapoor, veteran Bollywood star, dies aged 67

Actor Rishi Kapoor has died at 67 after a two-year battle with cancer. Rishi breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. His wife and actor Neetu Kapoor was by his side. From the son of the iconic Raj Kapoor to the romantic hero of the seventies to the father of new-age star Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor was a magnetic personality. He lived a life in a way that lives up to the title of his autobiography, "Khullam Khulla".

Updated on: Apr 30, 2020 5:48 PM IST

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Rishi Kapoor at his residence in Mumbai, in 2013. The actor died aged 67 after a two-year battle with leukaemia on April 30, 2020. Rishi, the second child of actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj, was born on September 4, 1952. (Prodip Guha / HT Archive)

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L to R: Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia while shooting his superhit debut Bobby (1972). Rishi, lovingly called Chintu was just three when he faced the camera for the first time, for the song Pyar hua iqrar hua in the film Shree 420. His role as the younger Raju in Mera Naam Joker, essayed by his father Raj Kapoor bagged him the National Award as Best Child Artist. (HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor (centre) with friends Prem Chopra, Rakesh Roshan, Sanjeev Kapoor and others. With his youthful charm and trademark double-knit sweaters, the ever-jovial actor cemented a reputation as a romantic lead over 92 films between 1973 and 2000. (HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor on the set of Karz circa 1979-’80-- a milestone in his career that cemented his image with superhit songs like ’Dard-e-dil’ and ‘Om Shanti Om.’ (Indrajeet Aurangabadkar/ HT Archive)

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Apart from his film ‘Karz’ releasing in 1980, the year was significant for Rishi Kapoor on a personal front with his marriage to Neetu Singh, his co-star of many a hit, on January 22, 1980. He appeared opposite Neetu Singh in 12 films. The couple had two children--daughter Riddhima and son Ranbir. (HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor (2nd L) and Randhir Kapoor on the set of Heena (1991). The film’s production was marred with a personal loss to Rishi Kapoor. Raj Kapoor, the film’s original director and a mentor to Rishi died during production in 1988. Heena was later completed by Rishi’s older brother Randhir Kapoor in 1991. (HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor on the set of Ajooba (1991). In a career spanning decades of multi-starrer productions, Rishi Kapoor carved out a space for himself both as an ensemble artist and a dependable lead. (Durga Prasad / HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor in Chandigarh in 2014. Off-screen Kapoor kept audiences stringed with his Twitter presence. Over a decade on the platform he had been, by turns, regaling, informing, and triggering debates routinely with his statements. (Keshav Singh / HT Archive)

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Rishi Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in a still from Bewakoofiyaan (2014). In 2018, Kapoor was diagnosed with cancer, following which the actor was in New York for more than a year to receive treatment. While he returned to India this year, he had again been hospitalised in New Delhi in early February, while on a visit to New Delhi. (FILM STILL/ HT Photo)