"Always in our hearts," wrote niece Kareena Kapoor on her uncle Rishi Kapoor's birth anniversary today. Rishi Kapoor died on April 30, 2020, after battling cancer for a few years. To mark his 71st birth anniversary, his niece and actress Kareena Kapoor shared a throwback picture of the Karz star alongside a sweet message that read, "Happy birthday Chintu uncle. Always in our hearts. Miss you." Besides Kareena, Rishi Kapoor's daughter Riddhima Kapoor also shared some happy pictures with her dad on her Instagram story and wrote, “Happy Birthday Papa. Miss you a little more today..” In the next photo, she shared and wrote, “Papa ki carbon copy."
Take a look at Kareena's post:
Now see what daughter Riddhima posted:
While we await the veteran actor's wife Neetu Kapoor's post, a look at how the Jugjugg Jeeyo star wished her husband some years back.
On Rishi Kapoor's 69th birthday anniversary, his wife, actress Neetu Kapoor, poured her heart out in a heart-wrenching post. Rishi Kapoor was in New York for almost a year for treatment. Neetu Kapoor, who was his constant companion, wrote about how they dealt with the highs and lows in the last few difficult months together in her post: "I learned a lot from Rishi Ji during our last few traumatic years in NYC... how we celebrated when his blood counts were high, we dined shopped laughed. In his lows, we just stayed home watched TV, ordered amazing food, and still had some wonderful moments in the hope that the next round of chemotherapy he would be better."
"Hope and being strong is what he taught me .. value each day .. we all miss him today! I can picture him how excited he would have been for his 69th birthday! I'm sure he is celebrating with his family up there. Happy birthday Kapoor Saab," Neetu Kapoor added in her emotional note, sharing a memory from New York.
Take a look at the post here:
Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with leukemia (blood cancer). He battled it for two years and passed away on April 30, 2020. He was also being treated in New York before he returned to India. He passed away when he was 67.