Actor Rajiv Kapoor Passes Away at 58
Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor’s younger brother Rajiv Kapoor passed away on Tuesday, February 9.
Actor, Producer and Director Rajiv Kapoor was the son of the legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj Kapoor. He was the brother of Bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor. On Tuesday 9th February 2021 he suffered a massive cardiac arrest, after which Randhir Kapoor rushed him to Inlaks Hospital. The doctors declared him dead on arrival. He was 58. When contacted Randhir confirmed the sad and shocking news, saying, “I have lost my youngest brother, Rajiv. He is no more.” Rishi Kapoor’s wife Neetu Kapoor posted a picture of the actor on social media and she wrote: "RIP." Bollywood trade analyst Komal Nahta tweeted that the actor died of heart attack. "Very sad news. Rajiv Kapoor passes away following heart attack," Rajiv Kapoor is known for his performance in 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili' (1985) and 'Ek Jaan Hain Hum' (1983). He was also the director of 'Prem Granth', which starred Rishi Kapoor in the lead. Rajiv turned a film producer with the 1991 filM Henna.
He was set to make a Bollywood comeback after 30 years with Ashutosh Gowariker and Bhushan Kumar's joint production - a sports drama titled Toolsidas Junior, co-starring Sanjay Dutt. Rajiv Kapoor was very bubbly and excited this week. As on Sunday, February 14 he was supposed to be giving interviews to the media about his movie.
A close family friend reveals, “Rajiv had his home in Pune where he lived alone very far away from his family. He hardly met anyone from his own family. But he was very fond of Rishi’s son Ranbir whom he heaped with expensive gifts specially watches. He had a string of relationships. And finally he did marry. But the marriage broke up. There were no children. At the time of his death he was alone in Chembur, Mumbai and very unwell. He had nurses looking after him. When in the morning a nurse entered his room she found him dead on the floor. He probably collapsed and died while going to the bathroom.” Those who were close to him say that the heavy drinking was the cause of the death. One of HIS family friends have said that, “He would start drinking early in the morning and drink throughout the day. Once we were travelling to South Africa together for IIFA. Rajiv started drinking from the time the seatbelts sign was off and continued till we landed a good 8-9 hours later. He had to be carried out of the plane.”
