Rishi Kapoor's Death 'Brought The Family Very Close' Says Riddhima Kapoor: 'We Look After Each Other More'

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away in 2020 during the first lockdown after a battle with leukaemia. This death had a significant impact on the lives of his wife Neetu Kapoor and kids Ranbir Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. In a recent chat, Riddhima opened up about his Rishi’s demise has brought her family closer, even extended family.

“We have all got closer since then. We look after each other a little bit more. It has brought the family very close. A lot of family members have passed on in our (whole) family, all of us have become closer and united,” Riddhima told Anushka Arora.

“We call each other up every other day. We are on FaceTime. We don’t have to meet every single day but we are in touch,” she added. After Rishi Kapoor’s demise in 2020, Rajiv Kapoor also passed away in 2021. Hence, Riddhima shared that not just her immediate family but also her extended family has become closer.

Riddhima was in New Delhi when her father passed away. She travelled to Mumbai after getting special permission and reached just in time for the funeral. In an earlier interview, she revealed that Rishi tried to call her two days before he was hospitalised but she missed the call. She said she still regrets not answering the call.

“He tried to call me two days before this happened. He gave me a missed call, I still have it on my phone. That was his last missed call to me and I thought… I wish I had taken that. After that, he couldn’t really respond or talk because he was in the hospital and I still have that missed call saved. I took a screenshot and I saved it. Because that was the last time he called me to actually talk to me. I called him after that but he couldn’t speak,” she told Galatta Plus in a new interview.

After his death, the family was badly trolled. Many wondered why they did not put up a sad front. Addressing the trolling, Riddhima said it was the ‘worst phase’ of their lives and added that people don’t know what they went through. Rishi Kapoor died on April 30, 2020. The funeral was attended by only the family members due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown.