When Rishi Kapoor Confessed Neetu ‘Felt Threatened’ By His Reunion With Dimple Kapadia In Saagar
In his autobiography Khullam Khulla, late actor Rishi Kapoor offered an intimate look into his marriage with Neetu Kapoor, sharing that the only time she ever felt “threatened” was when he reunited with his Bobby co-star Dimple Kapadia for Saagar.
In his autobiography, Khullam Khulla, late actor Rishi Kapoor revealed an honest account of his wife Neetu’s feelings when he reunited with his Bobby co-star Dimple Kapadia for the 1985 film Saagar. Rishi shared that although he and Neetu had a solid marriage by then, she confided in him that working with Dimple was the only time she had ever felt “threatened." He wrote, “But she needn’t have worried. Dimple was a friend, even if she may have been a little more than that during Bobby. Ten years had gone by; she was coming out of a marriage with two children of her own, and I was also well settled with two kids. I have never let Neetu down in our marriage. I am a happily married man with a loving and supportive wife. Neetu is not only my wife, she is also a friend."
Dimple, who had quit acting after Bobby in 1973 following her marriage to Rajesh Khanna, returned to films with Saagar two years after her separation from Khanna. By then, she was a mother of two daughters, Twinkle and Rinke. Rishi Kapoor shared that he had seen Dimple socially a few times while she was still married to Khanna, describing it as a “rocky marriage." But by the time they worked on Saagar, Rishi and Dimple were in very different phases of life.
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“She was stunning even then, but had lost her flamboyance and confidence," he noted. “She also felt the need to assert that she was a great actress. I could see her trying too hard to live up to her image in Bobby, but it wasn’t necessary. She was only twenty-five and very beautiful. Here, I must mention how much of a source of strength her sister Simple was to her at this point. She constantly motivated Dimple and helped her emerge from this phase. Many years later, we did another film, Pyaar Mein Twist (2005)."
Rishi admitted he had some initial “reservations" about working with Dimple again and reached out to Rajesh Khanna to see if he would be comfortable with the collaboration. “If I remember right, he got back to me saying that if I didn’t do the film, someone else would. In any case, I was more worried about what Neetu would think of my working with Dimple after all these years," Rishi recalled, adding that any rumors surrounding him and Dimple from the past were long forgotten.
Reflecting on Neetu’s reaction, Rishi praised her composure and grace. He shared, “Neetu must have had some reservations, but she was very dignified about the whole thing. It is to her credit that she didn’t put her foot down and allowed me to do Saagar." He expressed deep admiration for Neetu’s role in their relationship, saying, “If ever there were any ripples in our relationship, it was because of me, never her. And even then, the reasons had nothing to do with another woman in my life. She has been a rock and stood by me in my weakest moments. If there was an Oscar for the best partner, for being with someone for better or for worse in every sense of the word, she would get it."
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