{"id":322753,"date":"2020-04-30T05:46:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T05:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322753"},"modified":"2020-04-30T05:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T05:58:24","slug":"pm-modi-other-political-leaders-condole-rishi-kapoors-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-other-political-leaders-condole-rishi-kapoors-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi, other political leaders condole Rishi Kapoor\u2019s demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321465 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01-356x220.jpg 356w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01-696x430.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_20200324-212446__01-681x420.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away on Thursday in Mumbai. He breathed his last at HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with several politicians and diplomats took to Twitter and expressed their grief on the passing away of veteran actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi in a tweet said, &#8220;Multifaceted, endearing and lively&#8230;this was Rishi Kapoor Ji. He was a powerhouse of talent. I will always recall our interactions, even on social media. He was passionate about films and India\u2019s progress. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal condoled the demise of the actor in his tweet. He said, &#8220;Deeply saddened by the sudden demise of actor Rishi Kapoor. He entertained several generations of Indians throughout his career. What a terrible loss&#8230; My condolences to the grieving family. May God bless his soul.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Minister Prakash Javadekar wrote, \u201cThe sudden demise of actor Rishi Kapoor is shocking. He was not only a great actor but a good human being. Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and fans. Om Shanti.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote, \u201cThis is a terrible week for Indian cinema, with the passing of another legend, actor Rishi Kapoor. A wonderful actor, with a huge fan following across generations, he will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family, friends &amp; fans all over the world, at this time of grief.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress MP and senior leader Shashi Tharoor condoled the demise of his \u201csenior schoolmate at Mumbai\u2019s CampionSchool\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSaddened to hear that my senior schoolmate at Mumbai&#8217;s CampionSchool, Rishi Kapoor, whom i competed with in &#8220;inter-class dramatics&#8221; in 1967-68, has gone to a better world. From the romantic hero of &#8220;Bobby&#8221;to the mature character actor of his last films, he evolved remarkably. RIP,\u201d Tharoor tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. He returned to India last September after undergoing treatment for cancer in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor passed away on Thursday in Mumbai. He breathed his last at HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with several politicians and diplomats took to Twitter and expressed their grief on the passing away of veteran actor. PM Modi in a tweet said, &#8220;Multifaceted, endearing and lively&#8230;this was Rishi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1801],"tags":[316,3981],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322756,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322753\/revisions\/322756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}