Rishi Kapoor, the eternal lover boy of Bollywood, is no more. The actor with his prolific acting career left an impact on many, including filmmaker Karan Johar. The director and producer poured his heart out in a long post dedicated to the Late Veteran. As the news of Rishi Kapoor's death engulfed social media with lots of fans pouring in their condolences for the family, an emotional Karan Johar walked down the memory lane and revealed how he was starstruck with Rishi Kapoor.
On Instagram, Karan Johar shared a picture of Rishi Kapoor and narrated how he used to imitate Rishi Kapoor's famous Dafliwala act at the dinner table. KJo wrote that Rishi Kapoor was his HERO and that his demise is an irreplaceable loss to him and the industry. Karan Johar's post read, "I was 7 years old and overheard that my parents were invited to see a preview of “Duniya meri Jeb mein”...it starred my favourite Rishi kapoor...it was school night and my very particular mother refused to let me come with her....I threw such a tantrum because i couldn’t bear the fact that I was being disallowed from seeing a Chintu kapoor film...the parents finally succumbed...i went ....with stars in my eyes...like i had every time I saw him on celluloid...he was my HERO!"
The filmmaker further mentioned that his childhood was dedicated to Rishi Kapoor and that he had tears in his eyes when he directed the veteran in his film Student of The Year. "The very handsome,the exceptionally charming,the eternally Romantic RISHI KAPOOR...my childhood was dedicated to watching him sing his songs with abandon, wearing his printed sweaters and dancing in my bedroom.....doing the dafliwalle routine with a dinner plate in front of my school friends...and finally nearly fainting when I met him for the first time in Cochin on the sets of my fathers film DUNIYA...I looked at him like he was a monument that I wanted to keep marvelling at....when i directed him in SOTY i shed a tear silently after he gave his first shot ... a major childhood dream was actualised ....today i feel like an irreplaceable void has crept into my existence...a piece of my growing years has been snatched away....i am honoured to love him...to know him...to have a drink and reminisce with him....I still will .. how can the romance of Indian Cinema ever leave us? Never. Dard -e dil....but this legendary legacy will live on! I LOVE YOU RISHI KAPOOR!," wrote KJo.
Our condolences with Kapoor family. (Also Read: Rishi Kapoor Demise: Alia Bhatt Breaks Down At The Hospital- EXCLUSIVE)