Rishi Kapoor’s film journey and relationship with Dawood Ibrahim
New Delhi: Rishi Kapoor had made a special mark for himself during his career in Bollywood along with stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna. His famous films like ‘Bobby’ and ‘Prem Rog’ won the hearts of the audience. But there was a unique name in the list of his fans, which was underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
First meeting with Dawood
Rishi Kapoor has mentioned this meeting in his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla’. In 1988, when he reached Dubai, a man approached him at the airport and got Dawood on the phone. David said that if they need anything, let them know. After reaching the hotel, they were invited by Dawood to his house for tea.
Rishi Kapoor accepted this invitation and got ready with one of his friends. When they reached outside the hotel, a big car arrived, in which some people started talking in another language. Later it was revealed that he was being taken by changing routes, so that his home address could not be remembered.
special conversation over tea
Dawood himself came out and welcomed them and offered them tea and biscuits. He clarified that he neither drinks nor serves alcohol, hence he has invited for tea. During the conversation, Dawood praised Rishi Kapoor’s father Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and his uncles. After this, he told that he likes a film of Rishi Kapoor very much.
Dawood’s favorite film ‘Tawaif’
Dawood’s favorite film was ‘Tawaif’ released in 1985, in which Rishi Kapoor played the character named ‘Dawood’. The film also starred Rati Agnihotri and Poonam Dhillon. Dawood said that he liked the film because of its name, even though it was not very successful at the box office.
second date experience
Rishi Kapoor’s second meeting with Dawood took place in a mall in Dubai, where Dawood proposed to go shopping, but Rishi Kapoor left from there. These meetings are reminiscent of the time when there used to be unknown relations between Bollywood and the underworld. Rishi Kapoor shared these incidents without any fear in his book, which remains a topic of discussion even today.
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