{"id":463103,"date":"2026-05-01T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463103\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:08:11","slug":"a-flop-film-with-rajesh-khanna-changed-things-for-anil-kapoors-father-surinder-kapoor-which-made-him-become-an-actor-it-was-difficult-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463103\/","title":{"rendered":"A flop film with Rajesh Khanna changed things for Anil Kapoor’s father Surinder Kapoor, which made him become an actor: ‘It was difficult’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A Anil Kapoor<\/a> has often spoken candidly about the profound influence of his father, Surinder Kapoor<\/a>, on his life and career choices. While his father was a producer, Anil’s journey hasn’t been easy. He had to struggle to pave a way for himself and he has also seen the struggles of his father. That played a key role in shaping his own ambition, to succeed on his own merit and achieve what his father could not.The ‘Mr India’ actor fondly remembered his father as a man defined more by his character than by professional success. He said in a chat with Lilly Singh, \u201cMy dad was a great guy, he was very, very humble, very honest, with a lot of integrity. He came to Mumbai, I think, in the late \u201950s or early \u201960s, I\u2019m not sure. Then he became an assistant to K. Asif, and later became a manager to an actor. Wherever I went in this film fraternity, people would always tell me what a good man he was, what a nice man he was, what an honest man he was. Not how successful he was, you know. First and foremost, they always spoke about what a phenomenal human being he was. So that was my dad.\u201dHe also paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother, Nirmal Kapoor, recalling her warmth and influence within the film community. \u201cMy mom was known to be the best cook in this film fraternity. it\u2019s like folklore, food cooked by Mrs. Sunil Kapoor, or Anil\u2019s mom, or Sonam\u2019s grandmother. Her food was legendary. We used to stay in Chembur, near RK Studios. No matter who was shooting, food would go from my home. She was like an elder stateswoman. Whoever in this industry needed advice, whether it was about marriage, children being born, or anything else, she was really like a mother to everybody around us: family, friends, everyone.\u201dDespite being a producer with industry connections, Surinder Kapoor made it clear that he would not pave an easy path for his son. Anil recalled, \u201cSo when I said I wanted to become an actor, he said, \u2018Okay, go ahead. But I can\u2019t make a film for you. You\u2019ll have to find work for yourself.\u2019 And that was great, because he let me do what I wanted to do and pursue my dreams.\u201dAnil began chasing his acting ambitions at a young age, especially during a difficult phase for his family. \u201cI started pursuing a career at a very young age, around 18 or 19, I think before I could complete my studies, my dad wasn\u2019t well. He had a heart attack. He was a film producer, and it was difficult to get leading men and actors for his films at the time. So I said, \u2018I have to become an actor. I have to become a leading man.\u2019 And that\u2019s when I really started pursuing my career seriously. At that time, I couldn\u2019t really give myself the space to process my feelings because I was constantly trying to build a career, become an actor, get work, get a job. I was always trying to find work.\u201dOne particularly painful memory that stayed with him involved a film produced by his father starring Rajesh Khanna<\/a>. Despite high expectations, the film failed commercially, revealing the harsh realities of the industry. Anil shared, \u201cI remember one of his films had released, and it was starring one of the biggest superstars, Rajesh Khanna. Everybody expected it to become a huge success, but it turned out to be a big failure. And I remember how everybody changed within hours.\u201dHe went on to describe the emotional toll it took on his father: \u201cHe was travelling from Delhi because films used to release in different states on different days back then, not all at once. So he went to Bangalore, and there was no one there to receive him at the airport. Everybody had absolutely kind of deserted him, disowned him. That was shocking. And that\u2019s the first time I saw him like that. He came back, and while he wasn\u2019t exactly crying, I could see he was very vulnerable, almost in tears.\u201dThat moment left a lasting impression. \u201cThat visual has always stayed in my mind. And that\u2019s one of the reasons, seeing my dad go through that, I always wanted to become a hero, a leading man, an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anil Kapoor has often spoken candidly about the profound influence of his father, Surinder Kapoor, on his life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[8433,203545,18,203547,117,203550,203544,19,17,203548,327,203546,203549,14088,203543],"class_list":{"0":"post-463103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anil-kapoor","9":"tag-anil-kapoor-acting-career","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-emotional-impact-of-flop-films","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-family-influence-in-bollywood","14":"tag-film-industry-struggles","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-legacy-of-surinder-kapoor","18":"tag-movies","19":"tag-mumbai-film-fraternity","20":"tag-nirmal-kapoor","21":"tag-rajesh-khanna","22":"tag-surinder-kapoor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116499009131594356","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463103","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=463103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}