Rishi Kapoor is not one who minces his words. His tweets and interviews are proof of his motormouth avatar. After his good friend Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday morning, Kapoor who was extremely close to the veteran star went for his funeral.
But Rishi ji returned angry and upset. Why? The turnout at Vinod ji's funeral left him fuming. He slammed this generation's stars for not paying the last respect to the legendary actor. In a series of tweets, he questioned how people could be all decked up for Priyanka Chopra's party but no one found time and interest to be at the funeral.
Now, in an interview with Hindustan Times, he has further spoken about the issue and said, "I was angered, not disheartened. What does an actor work for? It’s his last journey and you can’t come to pay [your] respects to man who has worked in over 150 films and been there for over four decades, and even has worked with you? Sad that a respected senior actor was sent away by not actually having a lot of people with him wishing him adieu."
He was then asked if he expects more people to turn up for the prayer meet, he immediately snapped back and told the daily, "Yeah because that’s more of a fashion parade and you want to be in the comforts of air conditioned premises. Why were you not there for this [funeral] event. It’s heartbreaking that none of his leading ladies were there. Even many actors from my generation were not there. You just needed to give him respect for his contribution to cinema and love that he’s spread. No one is expecting you to make a dramatic entry at the funeral."
IT seemed like his tweets were directed against actors like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt and Sonu Sood, who Khanna has worked with but Rishi didn't want to name anybody. "I’m not naming any one person. I’m just saying that this generation — actors, filmmakers, producers — none of them came. I’ve seen this happen at Feroz Khan and Rajesh Khanna’s funeral also. It seems these actors have troubled this generation [so] that they don’t really care. I am compelled to think in this manner," he told the daily.
