LONDON/MOSCOW: The international media on Thursday mourned the death of Rishi Kapoor, describing him as Bollywood’s romantic hero who redefined the embodiment of the modern-day ‘Prince Charming’ in India.
Kapoor died after a two-year battle with leukaemia on Thursday in Mumbai at the age of 67.
The British media generally referred to him as the Bollywood’s romantic hero and recalled him making a huge splash in 1973 with his first lead role in Bobby.
“He was the big-hearted, sweet-natured leading man with the benign air of an eternal juvenile lead who stole the audience’s hearts. His death is another sad day for Indian cinema,” The Guardian reported.
The actor played the romantic lead in dozens of films for over two decades, after which he made a successful transition to character roles, BBC said in its report.
“He was a skilful dancer and some of his films had songs that are massively popular even today, it added.
It noted that Kapoor frequently commented on controversial issues and sometimes got into heated exchanges with people on the social media platform.
His last tweet was an appeal to people not to attack medical staff at the frontlines of the fight against the coronavirus saying, “we have to win this war together”.
Describing Rishi Kapoor as a widely popular film actor from one of Bollywood’s most celebrated families, The New York Times said he was best known as a romantic hero, with a charm and charisma that quickly made him one of the leading men of the 1970s and ’80s in the Hindi film industry.
The Russian media noted that the legendary actor-director Raj Kapoor’s son and Prithviraj Kapoor’s grandson, Rishi Kapoor made a huge success in 1973 with ‘Bobby’.
“The picture was a resounding success in India, in the republics of the USSR and in many ways glorified Rishi Kapoor,” Russian news agency Sputnik said on Thursday. (AGENCIES)
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