Excerpts from Rishi Kapoor's autobiography
Excerpts from Rishi Kapoor's autobiography
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Rishi Kapoor and his autobiography 'Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored' is making noise in the town. Rishi has revealed the major secrets and unknown facts of his life in his autobiography.

Read here the major revelation made by Rishi:

Has he bought awards, "Rishi Kapoor admits to buying a popular magazine award for Bobby. He also mentioned that right after he got the award for his debut film, he felt extremely guilty about it. He even thought that this had upset Amitabh Bachchan who felt he deserved it for Zanjeer."

Discussed his father's love affairs, "Rishi Kapoor ha begun writing the book, talking about his dad Raj Kapoor's affair with Nargis Dutt. He also mentions an incident from the pages of his dad's affair with Vyjayanthimala. He recalled how the veteran diva had claimed that his father had 'manufactured the romance because of his hunger for publicity'."

Flighting with Javed Akhtar, "It's evident from the book that Rishi and Akhtar never got along well. He mentioned how once a drunk Javed saab boasted that he would quit writing if their next project didn't make more money than the blockbuster Bobby. He also writes that he didn't appreciate the arrogance of the writing duo."

His nasty games with Rajesh Khanna, "Kapoor admits that he too played some nasty games while in the business. Rajesh Khanna who wanted to do a film with Raj Kapoor never got the opportunity, thanks to Chintuji. He has written that although his dad was wanting to cast Khanna in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, he sabotaged his chances and influenced his father not to cast him. The role went to Shashi Kapoor in the end. Incidentally, Rishi cast Khanna in his directorial venture Aa Ab Laut Chalein ."

Sipping tea with Dawood, "He is an unabashedly honest person. And that comes across when you read the pages where he has mentioned about having tea with Dawood Ibrahim, the dreaded underworld don who at one time threatened all filmmakers and actors in Bollywood. He wrote that Dawood and he met in Dubai."

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