Deewane Juniors judge Neetu Kapoor will be seen getting emotional and in tears as she remembers her late husband actor Rishi Kapoor. Rishi died in 2020 after battling with cancer.
Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2018 and went to New York for treatment. After a long battle with the illness, he died in April 2020, at the age of 67. Neetu and Rishi married in 1980 and have two kids–Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and Ranbir Kapoor.
Deewane Juniors contestant Neetu’s grandmother talks about her family’s connection with Rishi. She says her husband met Rishi ji in 1974 and he would always talk about him. As she then goes on to sing Reshma’s popular badi Lambi Judaai, she is seen getting emotional and choking up.
Soon after, Neetu returns to the judge’s chair and discusses how so many people tell stories about Rishi that she always feels connected to him. “Rishi ji is not here,” she says, “but I meet someone every day who reminds me of him.” Everybody has a story to tell about him. He’s still connected to me in some way, somewhere.”
Neetu is returning to the small screen as a judge on Dance Deewane Juniors, a children’s dance reality show. A tribute to Rishi Kapoor will be featured in the upcoming episode.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Neetu will also be seen on screen soon. She is starring in Jug Jugg Jeeyo, which also features Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, and Anil Kapoor. Neetu was last on screen in the 2013 film Besharam, where she co-starred with Rishi and Ranbir.
