Rishi Kapoor Birth Anniversary 2023: When Neetu Kapoor revealed son Ranbir Kapoor 'misses' his father the most

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Rishi Kapoor would have turned 71 today. The veteran actor is remembered fondly for his larger-than-life on-screen and off-screen personality. Neetu Kapoor, who was married to Rishi, often spoke fondly about her late husband. In an interview with Film Companion, the actress opened up about healing from the loss and Ranbir Kapoor's equation with his father.

Neetu shared, "This is the way I to be, this is the way I'll be, this is the way I'll heal. Some people cry and heal, some people be happy and heal. I cannot forget my husband, he'll be here, with me, with my children all our lives. Like, even today when we meet for a meal (where) half of the time we're only discussing him, that how we miss him."

She further revealed, "Ranbir still has him on his (phone's) screensaver. That's the way we miss him, we don't have to be sad to miss him, we can celebrate him. We remember all the good times and what a great person he was. The way he was with my children, I can't even tell you, the way he's nurtured them. He's never ever screamed at them, he never raised him voice at them. He was so good."

Talking about Rishi's relationship with Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and Ranbir, Neetu said, "He was intimidating to the children but he never said anything to them directly. Maybe he said it through me, like ‘tell your children…' I also used to do something like that, when I would sign their report card, I'd tell them, ‘now next year, get your father to sign your report cards,' so I used to scare them also. These things keep happening between a husband and a wife, but he was a very very good father, he instilled some great qualities in them for which I'll always be thankful to him. The qualities he had, were amazing, besides his brash behaviour and loudness, inherently he was a very very good human being."

Rishi passed away on April 30, 2020. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018 and went to the US for medical treatment. However, due to a relapse in early 2020, he breathed his last at the age of 67.