Anees Bazmee Says Rajiv Kapoor’s Death Feels Like A Personal Loss

Being an assistant director to the legendary Raj Kapoor, filmmaker Anees Bazmee befriended his youngest son Rajiv Kapoor at a young age. He says the two friends often shared the same room during outdoor shoots. For Bazmee, the untimely demise of Rajiv Kapoor on Tuesday is a personal loss. The filmmaker remembers his friend Chimpu, who passed away in a Mumbai hospital aged 58 after a heart attack.

“I am extremely saddened, I still can’t believe that Rajiv is no more. He was a good friend and we were in constant touch. His death feels like a personal loss to me. He had a vision like Raj sahab, but sometimes luck does not favour you and that’s why, I feel, he could not become a great director. I am at a loss of words today. It is a huge loss for the Kapoor family. It is a very untimely death.” he said.

Anees Bazmee continued, “He was very passionate about cinema and even suggested my name as an assistant director in a few films that he acted. I have worked as an assistant director and additional dialogue writer in his film ‘Lava’. I’ve written ‘Hum To Chale Pardes’ where he acted. I was also the assistant director in another film of his, ‘Shukriya’.”