
Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor co-starred in Vijay and Gurudev
Highlights
- "Insightful, witty and honest," says Anil Kapoor
- The foreword to the book has been written by Ranbir Kapoor
- Mr Kapoor's book talks about his father Raj Kapoor's affair with Nargis
@chintskap Reading your book is like walking down memory lane...And just like you, it's insightful, witty and honest. pic.twitter.com/a1fBLF9adJ
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) January 23, 2017
Anil Kapoor's daughter Sonam and Ranbir debuted opposite each other in 2007 film Saawariya.
Rishi Kapoor, who promoted his book at the Jaipur Literature Festival last week, has written of a 'lingering issue' with Amitabh Bachchan: A big disadvantage of working in an all-star movie in those days was that everybody only wanted to make action films, which automatically meant that the star who could carry off action with the most flair would get the meatiest part. That's how, with the exception of Kabhi Kabhie, which was a romantic film, none of the multi-starrers I featured in had an author-backed role for me. Directors and writers unfailingly reserved their strongest, pivotal roles for Amitabh Bachchan... In my time, the musical/romantic hero had no place. Amitabh was an action hero in an era of action films. As such, writers gave him the lion's share and he had the author backed roles in almost all his films...But this is something that Amitabh has never ever admitted to, in any interview or book. He has never given due credit to the actors who have worked with him."
Rishi Kapoor was last seen on screen in 2016's Kapoor And Sons. Anil Kapoor is working on Mubarakan with his nephew Arjun.