Neetu Kapoor Remembers Husband Rishi Kapoor On His 2nd Death Anniversary

Neetu Kapoor remembers Rishi Kapoor by posting an emotional video on her Instagram and says losing a partner of 45 years was “difficult and painful”.

On second-year death anniversary of veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, his wife Neetu Kapoor shares her grief in an emotional post on her Instagram account.

In an Instagram post on Saturday (30 April), Neetu Kapoor said that after her husband’s demise she found solace in work.

“Today is two years since Rishi ji left us…losing a partner of 45 years was difficult and painful at that time the only way to heal my heart was to keep myself mentally occupied. Movies and television helped me achieve that. Rishiji will always be remembered and will stay in everyone’s heart forever,” she wrote alongside a video clip of a woman paying tribute to Rishi Kapoor on the dance reality show Dance Deewane Juniors, where she features as one of the judges.

In the video, Neetu is seen breaking down as she opened up about how everything reminds her of Rishi Kapoor. She shared that everyone she meets has some relate linked to Rishi Ji that often makes her miss him a lot.

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Rishi Kapoor’s daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni also shared a throwback photo of her with her father Rishi Kapoor and simply captioned it as ‘Papa’ with a heart emoji. The picture features little Riddhima posing with Rishi Ji as he held her in his arms.

Many Bollywood celebs including Soni Razdan, Manish Malhotra, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Pandey, and Rajiv Adatia commented on Neetu and Riddhima’s posts. Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt also remembered her father-in-law on his death anniversary.

Rishi Kapoor died on April 30, 2020, after his two-year-long battle with leukemia. Neetu is now making her acting comeback with Jug Jugg Jeeyo. The film, also starring Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, and Varun Dhawan is set to hit theatres on June 24.

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