Rishi Kapoor’s LAST INTERVIEW: Cancer is something that you just have to be positive

The Kapoor family lost a precious gem today as Rishi Kapoor passed away. It was a big shock to the nation. It was a hard blow to Bollywood after the news of Irrfan Khan‘s sudden demise yesterday. Rishi was battling cancer for the last two years as he was diagnosed with leukaemia. In his last interview, the actor spoke about how one needs to stay positive to get through.

Rishi was last seen in an interview on Times Now in USA, where he spoke about his battle with cancer, “The thing is, people think and we dramatise in films, that cancer is a dreaded disease. Yes, it is. But today, it is all treatable, if diagnosed at an early stage, it can be dealt with. Cancer is curable and also, you have to have family support. Filmon me humne background music daal, dool ke itna kharab kiya hai naam cancer ka (We have given a bad name to cancer with all the background music that we used in films)! Today it its treatable, people are dealing with all kinds of cancer …just have to be positive.”

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Rishi’s wife Neetu had said spoken about her first reaction saying, “My first reaction was, obviously very bad, I was devastated, my kids were devastated. We didn’t know what to do. But then we thought to ourselves that this is it, we have to deal with it. Where he (Rishi) is concerned, he was in denial. For 4-5 months, he was not himself. I think when you start accepting that this is your issue, then you are stronger. I feel he is much stronger for the past, maybe 5-6 months.”

Rishi Kapoor will be immensely missed. May his soul rest in peace.

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