Raj Kapoor, who suffered from asthma, died of its complications in 1988 at the age of 63. Kapoor had collapsed at an event in New Delhi where he went to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

He died in 1988. Palekar, who played middle-class protagonists in parallel cinema in contrast to Raj Kapoor's grand and larger-than-life narratives, said he admires the actor-filmmaker's work in ...

However, there’s one amusing and somewhat embarrassing anecdote from their dating days that involves none other than Rishi’s legendary father, Raj Kapoor. It’s often said that Raj Kapoor and ...