Chintu must have gone with a gentle smile: Bachchan's eulogy for Rishi Kapoor, co-star & friend

Amitabh Bachchan, who was one of the first people to break the news of Rishi Kapoor's demise with a tweet - that he later deleted, penned a heartwarming eulogy for his friend and co-star of several films.

In a blogpost written late at night after the passing of Kapoor, the megastar wrote about the first time he saw his '102 Not Out' co-star at his home Deonar Cottage in Chembur. The Big B went on to remember the later years when he would encounter the then-budding actor on the sets of RK Studios.

"A diligent enthusiastic youngster, ready to pounce onto every learning that came his way, in that famous large and legendary make up room, of Raj ji at the end of the first floor corridor of make up rooms ..


"He had a walk that was confident and determined .. a stride and style that was similar to that of his grandfather, the legendary Prithvi Raj ji .. a walk I had noticed in one of his earlier films .. that walk .. I never found it in any other," Bachchan reminisced.

Having delivered many hits, including 'Amar Akbar Anthony' and 'Naseeb', with Kapoor, Bachchan described the experience of working with the late actor in his blog, saying, "When he spoke his lines, you believed every word of it .. there was never an alternative .. its genuineness was beyond question ..And there has never been any other, that could lip sync a song as perfectly as he would .. never."

Bachchan remembered Kapoor's infectious playful attitude on set, and also his ability to find a comic spark even in the most grave sequences.

Kapoor's fondness for playing cards and "his rather complicated Bagatelle board" found a mention in the blogpost.

Bachchan also remembered the 'Bobby' actor's "exuberant enjoyment of life" which the Big B said he inherited from his father, the legend, the ultimate showman the iconic Raj Kapoor.


He went on to conclude that he never visited Kapoor in the hospital because he didn't want to distress on his smiling cherubic face, adding, "But I am certain..when he went, he must have gone with a gentle smile."

Kapoor passed away at the age of 67 on Thursday morning after a two-year long battle with leukemia.