Director Smriti Mundhra recalls her ‘incredible’ interview with Rishi Kapoor

IndianAmerican filmmaker Smriti Mundhra on Thursday said that she was grateful that she was able to get the interview with Rishi Kapoor for her Netflix docuseries The RomanticsThe Romantics will showcase the last interview of the iconic star Rishi Kapoor who will be seen candidly talking about his deep relationship with Yash Chopra and what made their combination one of the most cherished directoractor duos of IndiaIt was an incredible interview He Rishi Kapoor was really excited to talk about his journey and experience with Yash Ji He also shared his perspective on his bond as a directoractor duo in Hindi cinema Smriti told ANIRishi Kapoor was not only an iconic actor he carried with him an encyclopedic knowledge of the Hindi film industry On the day of our interview which would be his last he was characteristically charming erudite and eager to reminisce His death represents the loss of a significant piece of cinema history and Ill forever be grateful for the insights anecdotes and perspective he shared she had earlier saidRishi Kapoor had closely collaborated with Yash Chopra and then Aditya Chopra in cult hits like Kabhi Kabhie Chandni Jab Tak Hai Jaan in which he was paired with his wife Neetu Kapoor Fanaa Hum Tum etcThe Romantics is a fourpart Netflix GLOBAL docuseries that is a tribute to Yash Chopra who is regarded as the Father of Romance in India because of his iconic romantic films like Silsila Lamhe Kabhi Kabhie VeerZaara Dil Toh Pagal Hai Chandni Jab Tak Hai Jaan etcSmriti spent a great deal of time before she started filming this documentary She was in India and researched on the history of Yash Raj Films before shooting the documentaryShe interviewed 35 leading personalities from the Hindi film industry including megastars like Aamir Khan to Salman Khan from Shah Rukh Khan to Ranbir Kapoor from Amitabh Bachchan to Ranveer Singh from Rani Mukerji to Hrithik Roshan from Katrina Kaif to Anushka Sharma who have worked with the production house over the past 50 yearsAlso Read Hattrick for The RomanticsShe also managed to convince Aditya Chopra for his firstever video interview which sure must have been a mammoth task It also traces back on how Aditya always wanted to be a filmmaker how he assisted Yash Chopra on many films before he made his debut as a director with DDLJ and how he had a sharp acumen for filmmaking Aditya Chopras last interview was in 1995 for a film magazine printThe docuseries will release on Feb 14 as a mark of tribute to the father of romance Yash Chopra The global docuseries will be available for people to watch in 192 countriesRishi Kapoor passed away on April 30 2020 after battling cancer for two yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever