Rishi Kapoor had publicly mocked Meenakshi Sheshadri’s dance! he/she had said- do less Bharatnatyam

Meenakshi Sheshadri has been a famous actress of the Hindi film industry. She ruled Bollywood from the 80s to the 90s and then got married and said goodbye to the world of glamour, but whatever good and bad experiences she had during this journey, she is now sharing them with her fans. Now she has talked about the late actor Rishi Kapoor. She has compared him/her to his/her son Ranbir Kapoor. In the 90s, people were desperate to see the pair of Meenakshi Sheshadri and Rishi Kapoor in films. Both of them worked in many films including ‘Damini’, ‘Bade Ghar Ki Beti’, ‘Ghar Parivar’, ‘Gharana’, ‘Sadhna Aur Vijay’. While working on the set, both of them also became good friends. Meenakshi is going to make a comeback in Hindi cinema after almost two decades. She has refreshed her memories with Rishi Kapoor.

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‘I used to meet him/her without any formality’

The ‘Hero’ actress told in an interview to Zoom, ‘Rishi ji was amazing. he/she has worked with people of many generations and made them feel at home. he/she did the same with me. he/she lived so close in Pali Hill that I could walk from my house to his/her house. I could spend some time with him/her and Neetu ji. I think he/she was the only actor with whom I could do this. I used to meet him/her off-set and without any hassle.’

Rishi Kapoor used to pull Meenakshi’s leg

Rishi Kapoor was known for his/her jovial nature. he/she used to have a lot of fun with his/her co-stars. he/she also teased Meenakshi a lot. She told, ‘he/she used to say, ‘Sometimes I don’t understand your dance. Reduce your Bharatnatyam.’

Rishi Kapoor helped Meenakshi

Meenakshi Seshadri and Rishi Kapoor worked together in many films

The actress, who left Bollywood and stayed away from the limelight for nearly 26 years and settled down with her husband and children in Texas, USA, recalled the time when the ‘Bobby’ actor helped her create a Twitter account and advised her about her comeback. She said, ‘Rishi ji was someone with whom I felt 100 percent comfortable and could ask him/her what would happen if I wanted to make a comeback! When I started my Twitter account, I asked Rishi to help me and give me some followers and he/she did it. he/she never questioned and he/she never made excuses. I am grateful to him/her.’

Rishi Kapoor shared the photo

Let us tell you that in the year 2015, Rishi Kapoor shared Meenakshi’s photo on Twitter and asked fans if they could guess who she was? Rishi said, ‘I could not recognize her for a moment. What a lovely surprise. I will tell the name in 30 minutes.’ his/her tweet went quite viral. he/she further wrote, ‘Damini lives happily in Dallas, US with MS, husband Harish Mysore and two children, a girl and a boy. She goes to meet relatives and if she gets a good role, she can work in films.’

Meenakshi said this about Ranbir

The ‘Zorm’ actress also talked about not being in touch with ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ Rishi Kapoor’s son Ranbir Kapoor. She said that she regrets not being able to contact him/her. The actress said, ‘It is unfortunate that I am not in touch with Rishi ji’s son Ranbir and we do not know each other very well. I hope I will rectify this and meet him/her, especially now that he/she is married and has a child.’ She further said, ‘Rishi ji was given the tag of chocolate boy and Amitabh ji (Bachchan) was called angry young man. Both were stuck playing similar characters. Then both decided to take a break and do better characters. I saw the same sharpness in Ranbir’s eyes in ‘Animal’, which I saw in Rishi ji’s eyes in ‘Agneepath’.’