When An Actress Accused Rishi Kapoor Of Destroying Her Career
The 33-year-old Kajal Kiran, who debuted along with Rishi Kapoor, stopped acting in films in 1991.
Jun 21, 2024, 20:23 IST
After her marriage, she and her spouse shifted to the Netherlands. She has been in Europe since the last thirty years. We all know that Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor is no longer with us, but his films and memories will always hold a special place in the hearts of his fans. It may surprise you to learn that heroines press to cooperate with Rishi Kapoor. Perhaps this explains why, between the 1980s and the 21st century, he acted in the Bollywood debuts of not few, but twenty actresses.
Many actresses, together with Radhika, Bhavana Bhatt, Zeba Bakhtiar, Jaya Prada, Dimple Kapadia, and Ranjeeta Kaur, are on this list. And they all turned out to have very successful actresses at that time.
There was an instance in which Rishi Kapoor was the main target of a lot of accusations, starting from a fresh actress in one of his biggest hits. In the future, that stunning actress leaves no one unhurt, not even the famous director Nasir Hussain. This chronicle takes place in 1977. One noteworthy accusation was made against Rishi Kapoor by an actress who co-starred with him in films. She said that Rishi Kapoor had ruined her career and was to blame for it. Even though the actress's debut picture was a huge box office success, it was nothing in comparison to Rishi's fame.
The most popular actor at that time, Rishi Kapoor, starred in this popular film "Hum Kisi Se Kum Naheen," which was directed by Nasir Hussain in 1977. Kajal Kiran was this movie's actress. It was her first Bollywood film. On her very first try, Kajal was a huge success actress, but once this movie came out, she was desperate to secure a role. She was not given any exceptional films, and the ones that she did get were box office busters.
In this case, following a strand of failures in her professional life, Kajal Kiran held Rishi Kapoor accountable for her shortcomings. She claimed that he has destroyed her career only because of his superstardom. The actress even claimed that Nasir Hussain, the director of her first movie, did not suitably promote her.