How Rishi Kapoor's connection with Shahrukh-Kajol's DDLJ?

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How Rishi Kapoor's connection with Shahrukh-Kajol's DDLJ? 

The legend proved his mettle in show business for more than 50 years and gave many great films. He played many types of roles in his career and left an impression on each of his characters. Today, on the death anniversary of the actor, let us know unheard things related to him. Do you know that rishi kapoor had an interesting connection with shahrukh khan and Kajol's film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. In fact, film maker karan johar had once revealed that Shahrukh had re-worn one of Rishi's old outfits in DDLJ.

Rishi Kapoor has an interesting connection with DDLJ.

In his biography, An Unsuitable Boy, karan johar had revealed an interesting anecdote connecting rishi kapoor with the iconic film DDLJ. According to karan, while helping aditya chopra in costume during the shooting of DDLJ, he was confused about Shahrukh Khan's outfit for a scene. This was the scene where kajol saw Shahrukh bidding farewell at her door during the song 'Na Jaane Mere dil Ko Kya'.

Due to budget constraints on costumes, karan went through old clothes kept in his mumbai studio to find the perfect outfit. The sweater he chose was the same iconic red and white sweater that rishi kapoor wore in the evergreen film Chandni. Despite there being a small hole in the garment, karan johar chose to fix it by patching an emblem on it, which everyone liked.


Shahrukh's name in DDLJ was inspired by Rishi's Bobby

Another interesting link between DDLJ and rishi kapoor was the re-use of his character's name. Let us tell you that Shahrukh Khan's full name in the film was actually Rajnath. It was inspired by Rishi Kapoor's name in the 1973 film 'Bobby'. shahrukh khan met rishi kapoor during his treatment in New York. In May 2019, Khan was in America. During that time he met the late actor. Rishi's wife and actress Neetu Kapoor then shared a picture with him and wrote on her Instagram, “Making people feel good about themselves is a rare quality!!! Shahrukh is all that. Their love and care is so genuine!!! Apart from his wonderful work, I admire him as a very good and genuine person.

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