{"id":140276,"date":"2025-10-23T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140276\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:07:13","slug":"raj-kapoor-and-asrani-had-a-rift-film-historian-recalls-the-grudge-over-rishi-kapoors-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140276\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Raj Kapoor and Asrani had a rift’: Film historian recalls the grudge, over Rishi Kapoor’s training |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Raj Asrani<\/a>, the prominent actor who flourished in the Indian film industry, passed away on October 20, 2025, at the age of 84. As the country mourns the devastating loss, the actor\u2019s long-time friend recalled a significant incident about him, reminiscing about the memories. Chronicling the controversy, he recalled that the legendary Raj Kapoor<\/a> had a grudge against the actor, vowing to never work together.<\/p>\n

The rift between Raj Kapoor and Asrani <\/p>\n

While fans are familiar with Asrani\u2019s work and success in the entertainment industry, the actor\u2019s friend Hanif Zaveri mentioned the behind-the-scenes status when the \u2018Chhoti Si Baat\u2019 actor was relatively new in the environment, in an interview with Vickey Lalwani. Remembering an instance between Raj Kapoor and Asrani, he recollected that the renowned actor-producer was on the verge of launching his son, Rishi Kapoor<\/a>, in films. However, the \u2018Shree 420\u2019 actor wanted Kapoor to have training in the Poona Film Institute (FTII). \u201cThe people in the film industry knew that if anyone taught acting in the Poona Film Institute, it was Asrani,\u201d Zaveri said. However, training in the prestigious institution was only available to those with an educational qualification, such as an HSC. As Rishi Kapoor was rejected in the admission process, Raj Kapoor reportedly called Asrani to help and provide the needful through his connections. Asrani could not do that, leading to a rift between him and the \u2018Awaara\u2019 actor. While Kapoor vowed not to cast him in any project, the \u2018Dhamaal\u2019 actor decided not to work with him as well.<\/p>\n

The friendship between Rishi Kapoor and Asrani<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the friendship between Rishi Kapoor and Asrani bloomed, and they had a great bond over the years. Not only did they work together, but they also had their backs in the critical industry. In \u2018Chala Murari Hero Banne,\u2019 the \u2018Bobby\u2019 actor suggested that they shoot a scene in the RK studios, as the script required a certain circumstance \u2013 and he didn\u2019t even charge a penny for his role. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asrani, the prominent actor who flourished in the Indian film industry, passed away on October 20, 2025, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[80812,434,18,117,19,10775,17,83082,19110,3327],"class_list":{"0":"post-140276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-asrani","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-indian-film-industry","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-poona-film-institute","16":"tag-raj-kapoor","17":"tag-rishi-kapoor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115422930532394819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}