One Year Ago Today, Rishi Kapoor Shared The Good News That He Was Cancer Free, Exactly A Year Later We Lost Him To It

Rishi Kapoor took a break from films after 45 years of his career in Bollywood after he learnt about his cancer diagnosis and flew to New York for his treatment. The actor spent an entire year in the U.S. and returned to India in September 2019 only after sharing the good news that he is cancer-free.

The day we first heard from filmmaker Rahul Rawail that Rishi Kapoor was cancer-free. The news was both terrifying relieving as it was the very first time that the fans had learnt why Rishi was in New York and they also collectively sighed in relief that he was cancer-free.

That very day Rishi elder brother Randhir Kapoor had confirmed the news too. As morbid as it may sound the day was exactly one year ago today – April 30 2019. Rahul Rawail had made a Facebook post along with a picture of him and Rishi Kapoor in the actor’s New York apartment. “RISHI KAPOOR (CHINTU) is CANCER FREE!!!!” his post had rejoiced.

Later in a conversation with Hindustan Times, he had also confirmed, “Yes, Rishi is absolutely cancer free, now. I haven’t met him but spoke to him over the phone. He called me in the morning [of Apr 30] and gave me the [good] news that he has totally recovered from cancer. There’s just a small follow up and procedure that he needs to get done to ensure that there is no recurrence anytime. So, that’s all that is left now.”

Exactly one year later we have lost the actor today to the disease. Rishi Kapoor was in the hospital after he had complained of breathing difficulties with wife Neetu Kapoor by his side and this morning the news of his passing shocked the nation.