“You Are Much Missed, Rishi Kapoor” – Subhash K Jha

Rishi Kapoor went too soon. But not without a fight. When I had asked him about his relapse, he answered, “I am ok. Don’t worry.” A few days later, he was gone. The first time I spoke to the great Rishi Kapoor, he was running around trying to promote his directorial debut Aa Ab Laut Chalen. A mutual friend, Simi Garewal, introduced us, and I spoke to him over the landline (there were no cellphones back then) at a recording studio. He was polite and warm, and I immediately liked him. But our very next telephonic interview, where he spoke