Rishi Kapoor was 'brutally honest', says Rajma Chawal director Leena Yadav

Filmmaker Leena Yav, who directed Rishi Kapoor for his Netflix film Rajma Chawal, was recently interviewed by a news ncy. director recalled Rishi to be a brutally honest person who was driven by his passion for life. She recalled that first time she went to see him and told him about film, he asked her who else was re in film. 

Rajma Chawal's Leena Yav says Rishi Kapoor was brutally honest

Leena Yav ded that she likes people who are brutally honest especially in industry because people are usually nice to each or for a reason re. She recalled Rishi Kapoor to be a happy and a delightful man with a lot of wisdom and said he h nature of an explorer. Yav also shared that he would walk down lanes of Chandni Chowk and talk to shopkeepers who have owned shops for like 50 years. 

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Leena Yav also ded that Rishi Kapoor would also eat street food and suggested all of m to try it. She said that Kapoor loved his food, his fans, and loved talking about cinema. She ded that when one sees Rishi Kapoor, y see passion. Leena disagreed when she was asked late actor having an im of being outspoken in public and intimidated many.  

filmmaker revealed that Rishi Kapoor was moody but never intimidating and ded that it was why he mand to work with all newcomers in her film. Leena Yav ded that as a director, she never sees it as a problem when someone tells her that scene is t going well directly. She finds it easy to have a conversation n, in order to improve. 

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Leena Yav revealed how Rishi Kapoor did t think just about his character and would think about how overall story turns out. She said that Kapoor vised her to make Rajma Chawal with stars so that it gets better mile. When Kapoor started explaining to her why he is t right fit for her film, she became more confident in making it with him. 

Finally giving in, Rishi Kapoor asked Leena Yav to narrate story to him. She revealed that he loved it and came on board for Rajma Chawal. According to Leena, actor held experience of great Kapoor line and at same time incence and mood of a child.

Answering how she would like to remember him, Rajma Chawal director said that Rishi Kapoor started his career at a point of time when natural acting was almost n-existent in mainstream. She ded that Kapoor established it as his style that one could copy because what he brought to character was his interpretation that was based on his observation. Yav said that she wants to remember him as a natural actor with a lot of passion and that he was a happy man. 

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