Chintu is alive in our hearts: Friends remember Rishi Kapoor

RAKESH ROSHAN

Juhi Chakraborty

The only thing I am missing is that I can see him everywhere, I can feel him everywhere but I cannot converse with him. He used to talk in an uncouth manner, we used to understand each other so well. He was a very frank person, if he didn’t like anything he would tell you on the face. Since Khel Khel Mein (1975) we have been friends. When Jeetendra and Rishi were on a high, I was not doing well as an actor. I never asked them to get me a role. I wasn’t friends with him because he was a star. And when I became a director, they never told me why didn’t you take me in your film. We have travelled so much. I hope that Ranbir (Kapoor) and Hrithik (Roshan) become as close friends as we were.

SHAKTI KAPOOR

I still can’t believe that it has been a year. Our birthdays are just a day apart. I am September 3 and he was September 4. I used to tell him that bada bhaiyya bola kar mujhe ek din bada hoon tujhse. We got along like a house on fire. We celebrated our birthdays together when I was an upcoming actor and he knew I couldn’t afford big parties. He was there for me in the initial phase of my struggle days. We were fond of good alcohol and I miss our drinking sessions. We never fought till date. He had a lovely sense of humour.