Habib Faisal’s bittersweet portrait of middle-class Delhiism is driven by a modest but deceptively nuanced turn by Rishi Kapoor. Rolly is remembered for his inimitable energy (“vul-cano of talent!”), but Kapoor brought great gravitas to the single emotional scene in which he confides to feeling like a nobody after a young heartthrob rejects his new film. Romy Rolly has remained a symbol of the traditional Bollywood single-screen veteran trapped in a changing system – a perfect hybrid of old-school caricature and industrial rootedness. In Luck By Chance, he outdid internet-skit parodies before they even existed. The remarkable thing about Rishi Kapoor’s versatility was that there was rarely a visible “transition” phase between his first, second, third and tenth winds. Luck By Chance (Amazon Prime Video, Netflix) In fact, he later said that it was such an outlandish thought that for the first time he agreed to give a look test for a part to check if he could pull it off. Getting the sweet-faced Kapoor to play a villain was an inspired casting choice. In the 2012 Agneepath remake he played the evil, kohl-eyed Rauf Lala.
In the latter half of his career, Rishi Kapoor began to have fun with parts – attempting characters he was perhaps never offered when younger. In fact, a film like Amar Akbar Anthony may just be the tonic we need right now. We’re extremely grateful that he agreed to play the loveable Akbar in this bizarre and hugely entertaining film about three estranged brothers. “I did not put anything past Manmohan Desai,” he writes. He said, “Thank you very much, Mr Desai, but how can I play Akbar? My grandfather played Akbar !” Kapoor pictured a bizarre plot featuring Amar, the eternal lover, with a flute, Antony (Marc Antony) of Caesar and Cleopatra fame, and Akbar from Mughal-e-Azam. In his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, Kapoor wrote that when filmmaker Manmohan Desai called him to offer the part of Akbar over the phone, he very nearly turned it down. It’s pure joy.Īmar Akbar Anthony (MUBI, Amazon Prime Video) There’s a 10-minute sequence in the film where Kapoor, in white bell bottoms, enters a dance off with a rival. Kapoor performs to some of RD Burman’s most loved songs. And that’s why, while Hum Kisise Kum Naheen may not be his best film, it deserves to be rewatched. He brought such honesty, charm and spontaneity to his pretend-singing that you didn’t care if he was playing the piano all wrong, or holding the trumpet incorrectly. To date, no one can lip-sync a song like him. Rishi Kapoor had some of the best songs in his movies, and he did complete justice to each one. Kapoor and Sridevi had crackling chemistry (aided by great music) in this love triangle that also starred Vinod Khanna. His sweater phase gave us one of the most sweeping Yash Chopra romances – Chandni. But the actor made the most of these limiting circumstances. I wasn’t given enough challenging roles,” he once said. “I was stuck with the identity of a lover boy in colourful sweaters singing songs in Ooty and Switzerland. It was also the phase when he began to put on weight, so to cover the flab he wore sweaters in every imaginable print. He was particularly critical of a phase in the 80s and 90s where he was only cast in love stories with younger heroines. Rishi Kapoor always reflected on his career with unusual candour.
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