Raj Kapoor, the showman of country was connected at his time to actresses like Nargis and Vyjayanthimala and now after passing of many years, his son Rishi Kapoor in his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored penned about such affairs.
Rishi Kapoor begin his book with discussing his father's affair with actress Nargis, “My father, Raj Kapoor, was 28 years old and had already been hailed as the ‘showman of Hindi cinema’ four years before.He was also a man in love – at the time, unfortunately, with someone other than my mother. His girlfriend was the leading lady of some of his biggest hits of the time, including Aag (1948), Barsaat (1949) and Awara (1951)."
He penned later, “I remember moving into the Natraj Hotel on Marine Drive with my mom during the time Papa was involved with Vyjayanthimala. From the hotel, we shifted for two months into an apartment in Chitrakoot. My father had bought the apartment for Mom and us. He did all he could to woo her back, but my mother wouldn’t give in until he had ended that chapter of his life.”
The actor added, “She had no right to distort facts just because he was no longer around to defend the truth...But I can say with absolute certainty that if Papa had been alive, she wouldn’t have denied the affair so blatantly or called him publicity hungry."
“My father loved his cinema, his booze, his leading ladies and his work. But for a man legendary for his hospitality, he was very possessive of his whiskey. When we started drinking together, for him it was always Johnny Walker Black Label bought in London, while we were served locally procured whiskey. Heaps of unopened Black Label bottles stashed away in his cupboards were recovered after he (Raj Kapoor) passed away," penned by Chintu Ji.