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Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30, 2020 early in the morning after his long battle with leukemia. The actor, who was being treated in New York for almost a year, returned to India last year in September and was looking forward to getting back to work. His pillar of strength was his wife Neetu Kapoor who stayed with him in NYC throughout his treatment while his kids Ranbir Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni often visited him. In the year 2017 during the promotions of his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla’, the actor spoke highly of his wife with whom he shared screen space for years before they fell in love and got married. She had written an excerpt in the book. Speaking to Bollywood Hungama about Neetu and how crucial she has been in his life, Rishi joked, “She has also written some nasty things about me.” He said, “We were made for each other. Well, all said and done! We met very early in our life. When I started my career, Dimple Kapadia got married (to Rajesh Khanna)

The legendary Sharmila Tagore is devastated by the double blow that Indian cinema has received on two successive days. "Why are these younger actors going and the older ones are still around? First, we lost Irrfan who was an absolute favourite and now Rishi Kapoor who was not only a fabulous actor but also part of my family. In fact I’m trying to call (daughter-in-law, Rishi’s niece) Kareena since morning. But can’t get through," Sharmilaji has barely been able to get over the first tragedy before the second struck. "I took Irrfan’s death very personally. He was an actor I related deeply to. His performances in films like  Maqbool, Paan Singh Tomar , for which he won the National award, and  The Namasake were so subtle layered and brilliant…I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen The Namesake . Irrfan transformed into a Bengali gentleman. He learnt Bengali for the film. My daughter Soha has done three films with Irrfan. I’m very envious of her." Sharmilaji r

Deepak Dobriyal who is in faraway Uttarkhand is now negotiating a new form of lockdown. “I am in a state of denial about Irrfan Bhai’s going. Till the other day he was a fighter, a warrior in the true sense of the word. People from the outside can’t see what he went through for three and a half years. I was with him. I know the pain he and his wife Sutapa have endured. I can’t imagine he has been defeated in the battle. So I am here pretending to myself that he’s still with us.” Deepak spent a good four years shooting with Irrfan and getting to know him. “And he became not just a part of my life but my wife’s too. He would tell my wife to look after me and handle me with kid’s glove as I am very  bholu (innocent). After coming in contact with Irrfan Bhai my wife actually started looking at me with more respect. That’s how generous kind and loving Irrfan Bhai was towards me. I remember a Holi party at Tigmanshuji (Dhulia)’s home some years ago… as soon Irrfan Bhai saw me he rushed to

Actor Rishi Kapoor, after a two-year-long battle with cancer, passed away at a Mumbai hospital today morning. A legend in true sense and an entertainer for decades, the actor fought his battle bravely and the dreadful disease never got the better of him, during the testing times. Kapoor was last seen in Jeetu Joseph's The Body , a thriller co-starring Emraan Hashmi. And as we write this, his unfinished film Sharmaji Namkeen lies on the table. Helmed by Hitesh Bhatia, the film starring Juhi Chawla alongside him rolled in December last year. The actor, post his return from New York after a year-long treatment, was eager to return to work, and began shooting with full vigour. A handful of delightful photos from the sets also made their way to the internet. However, with Kapoor's demise, one can't be certain as to what's in the film's fate. View this post on Instagram Wishing 'SHARMAJI NAMKEEN ' all the very very best, a

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and IDFC Ltd may subscribe to a majority of the Rs 2,000-crore preferential issue being planned by IDFC First Bank, as it looks to create a war chest to fight any liquidity crisis. While ICICI Prudential is expected to invest Rs 500-600 crore, parent IDFC is likely to pump in about Rs 800 crore to maintain its 40% stake. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/2y1j3Fn >

A number of companies are looking at ways to cut costs, as the Covid-19 pandemic plays havoc with consumer demand. Hardcastle Restaurants, which owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants in west and south India, plans to defer 40% of the fixed salary, excluding retirals, of the top management from April to September. Employees a level below would have a 25% deferment. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3aPmU5x >

India deal-making fell by more than a third in fiscal 2020 thanks to global tensions, economic slowdown, debt distress and the coronavirus outbreak. From a record high of $128 billion in fiscal 2019, merger and acquisition (M&A) value declined to $82 billion. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/2YpIXNT >

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Sehban Azim known for his role as Inspector Malhar in Tujhse Hai Raabta is a man of many talents. His fans and friends are aware of how he has a knack for poetry and he is pretty good at it! He has been an avid follower of actors and all forms of art for the longest time now and has written a beautiful poem for Irrfan Khan. While the world woke up to the news yesterday of Irrfan Khan passing away and we’re all aware of how the void will never be filled of losing a brilliant actor. Sehban, in his poem, speaks of how God has his own plan and compared them to a film and its characters. What touched our hearts the most was the last paragraph that reads that his mother says that those who pass away in Ramzan are special to God. He has expressed his condolences in one of the purest forms possible. Take a look at it.   View this post on Instagram   Pata nahi kyun lekin waqt se pehle Mann hi Mann is baat ki Khushi Mana li thi ke apna hero is beemari se Jeet

The news of Rishi Kapoor’s death has left us all with a heavy heart and we find it difficult to believe that he’s no more amongst us. The 67-year-old actor had been battling leukemia for the last two years and breathed his last in Sir H.N Reliance Hospital today morning. Even during this tough time, the Kapoor family has urged their fans and well-wishers to respect the guidelines put down by the Government in the wake of Coronavirus. A while ago, the family released a statement on his passing, take a look at it. “Our dear Rishi Kapoor passed away peacefully at 8:45am IST in hospital today after a two-year battle with leukemia. The doctors and medical staff at the hospital said he kept them entertained to the last. He remained jovial and determined to live to the fullest right through two years of treatment across two continents. Family, friends, food and films remained his focus and everyone who met him during this time was amazed at how he did not let his illness get the better of

Indian cinema lost two of the finest actors of all time, Irrfan Khan on April 29, 2020. The actor was suffering from neuroendocrine tumour and was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital for colon infection. Rishi Kapoor passed away on Thursday, April 30 after his long battle with leukemia. Tributes from around the world poured in for the late actors. Nikkhil Advani, who made D-Day , recalled the time when veteran actor Rishi Kapoor was left amazed by Irrfan Khan's performance. He said that Irrfan quizzed him about how he could make a film like D-Day after making a Kal Ho Na Ho . Then, the filmmaker approached Sudhir Mishra and Anurag Kashyap to talk to Irrfan about the film since the actor wasn't sure whether Advani would keep the things as raw as it was on paper. Another query the actor had was whether the filmmaker would put songs in the film or not. Speaking to a daily, Nikkhil further said that Irrfan was a phenomenal actor. He said that they were filming his l

Irrfan Khan never got a chance to write his memoirs. If he had done so it would have been fascinating. Irrfan very literally, never lied. This is not the same as those truth-swearing braggarts who keep saying they never lie to convince themselves more than anyone else. Irrfan was brutally honest. And this quality showed up in his work. It also reflected in his life, and his workplace attitude. Here are some incidents from his life that showed up his honesty. 1. Maiden project: Irrfan made one of his maiden appearances in Govind Nihalani’s most unusual marital drama  Drishti where Irrfan played Dimple Kapadia’s husband Shekhar Kapur’s nephew who has an affair with her. Irrfan had to do a long intimate lovemaking sequence with Dimple, and he was petrified that he would touch in the wrong places. Dimple put him at ease. Women were always a guiding force in Irrfan’s life. 2. Always A Warrior:  Indie director Asif Kapadia, better known for his documentaries on Amy Winehouse and Maradon

The dark week of 2020 has taken yet another legendary actor away. We woke up this morning to the news of Rishi Kapoor passing away at the age of 67. He was admitted in the hospital for the past few weeks and breathed his last today morning at Sir H.N Reliance Hospital. One of his closest pals and veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan took to his social media to confirm the news along with Rishi Kapoor’s brother Randhir Kapoor who also confirmed it. Making it very difficult for us to bear the losses of two of the greatest actors, the loss of Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor will never be forgotten. Television celebrities looked up to both these actors and have now expressed their condolences to the Kapoors in these trying times. Television personalities like Ekta Kapoor, Surbhi Jyoti, Rithvik Dhanjani, Arjun Bijlani, Karishma Tanna, Himanshi Khurana, Niti Taylor, Rode Gautam, Karan V Grover, Mouni Roy, and more have taken to their social media to address the loss of Rishi Kapoor. Take a look at

They were known in recent times as the arch-rivals of Good Cinema, a male version of the famous Shabana Azmi - Smita Patil rivalry. But Nawazuddin Siddiqui, heartbroken in quarantine to hear of Irrfan Khan’s death, says he can’t understand where the rivalry stories came from. “Irrfan Bhai was my mentor. He was like an elder brother, and he remained one till the end. People seem to think we came together for  The Lunchbox . But our relationship went back a long way. In 2000 Irrfan Bhai directed me in an hour-long film titled Alvida . It is one of my best films. I wonder why he never directed after that. Because Irrfan Bhai had the clear-headed focus of a born director.” Their association goes back a long way. Says Nawaz, “We also worked together in a short film called Bypass  which had Asif Kapdia (who directed Irrfan Bhai in  Warrior ) as a producer, and then in 2013 in a film called  Meridian Line. Working with Irrfan Bhai was always a pleasure. I considered him my mentor my elder

Irrfan Khan loved working with Deepika Padukone in Piku . But she was not his favourite co-star. His favourite was another very tall and beautiful actress Tabu. Irrfan felt a special bonding with her ever since they worked together in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool . Irrfan Khan considers Tabu to be his finest co-star and the one that he likes sharing screen space with the most. He also did extraordinary intense and passionate love-making scenes with Tabu in both Maqbool and The Namesake and was looking to complete his intense/passionate films with the actress. Ever since he got to share some extraordinarily intimate moments with Tabu in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool and Mira Nair’s The Namesake , Irrfan has been pining to complete his trilogy of romantic films with his favourite actress. Alas, the films that Irrfan did with Tabu after Maqbool and The Namesake had no scope for any intimacy between them. Irrfan did three films with Tabu after Maqbool and The Namesake . But in Ang Lee’s

India needs to be cleverer in lifting the lockdown and open up its economy in a "measured way" soon as it does not have the capacity to support people across the spectrum for too long, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday. He was deliberating on the economic impact of the COVID-19 in a conversation with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3cYoALB >

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said it has become the first company in India to receive approval from DCGI to conduct clinical trials of Favipiravir antiviral tablets to treat COVID-19 patients. Having internally developed the API and the formulations for the product, the company received approval for conducting the trial on mild to moderate patients. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3bQLFQg >

Former governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday in a video chat with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that India needs Rs 65,000 crore to help the poor during the coronavirus-led crisis. He further added that the focus of the government should be first on starting people's lives once it decides to end the nationwide lockdown. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3aMSosX >

After battling with a rare form of cancer for two years, actor Irrfan Khan left for his heavenly abode yesterday morning, leaving his dear ones, colleagues and fans mourning the massive loss. Irrfan was last seen in Homi Adajania's Angrezi Medium , a film we all looked forward to, after the significant success of his 2017 film Hindi Medium . However, as the theatres were shut owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the film only had a brief run in the cinemas. Fans might seek a little solace in the fact that an unreleased film of the actor is yet to hit the theatres, although one does not know when that will happen. Apno Se Bewafai , a film that is awaiting a release since the past two years, was slated to come out on April 2nd, but could not. We reached out to director Prakash Bhalekar, who seemed to be in the dark as well. "We don't have an idea yet. I guess the lock-down in Maharashtra is going to be extended till 18th May. Maybe after that. We will have some informat

A day after Irrfan Khan's passing, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has passed away at the age of 67 after his long battle with cancer. His death was confirmed by his colleague and close friend Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Tributes have started to pour in as they mourn the loss of a legendary star who worked in several hit films right from his childhood. Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Priyanka Chopra among other Bollywood stars have taken to social media to express their grief. It seems like we’re in the midst of a nightmare...just heard the depressing news of #RishiKapoor ji passing away, it’s heartbreaking. He was a legend, a great co-star and a good friend of the family. My thoughts and prayers with his family ???????? — Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 30, 2020 One blow after another. Rishi ji’s passing away is nothing short of a stab to my heart. We associated in Raju Chacha (2000) and stayed in touch through...until now. Condolences to Neetuji, Ranbir, Riddh