Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Raj Kapoor was an Indian actor film director and producer who worked in Hindi films He was the recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award in a career that spanned 50 years Born into the Kapoor familyhe made his debut as an adolescent in his father Raj Kapoors film Mera Naam Joker 1970 for which he won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist As an adult his first lead role was opposite Dimple Kapadia in the teen romance Bobby 1973 which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor Between 1973 and 2000 Kapoor starred as the romantic lead in 92 films Some of his notable films during this period include Khel Khel Mein 1975 Kabhi Kabhie 1976 Amar Akbar Anthony 1977 Sargam 1979 Karz 1980 Prem Rog 1982 Saagar 1985 Nagina 1986 Chandni 1989 Henna 1991 and Deewana 1992 For his performance in Do Dooni Chaar 2010 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor Critics He was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 His final film appearance was in Sharmaji Namkeen 2022 which was released posthumously Kapoor met his wife actress Neetu Singh while working in films on film set They have 2 children He died of leukemia on 30 April 2020 aged 67 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rishi Kapoor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia