Comedian and actor Vir Das worked with late actor Rishi Kapoor in Namaste London in the year 2007. His role may have been very small, but everyone still remembers his role. Now, almost 18 years after the shoot, Vir Das has shared many of his fondest memories of working with Rishi Kapoor. Recently, while speaking on Sakshi Shivdasani and Naina Bhan’s “Moment of Silence” podcast, he recalled the awkward moment when Rishi Kapoor and actress Neetu Kapoor got into a fight while travelling on a flight.
Vir Das recalls the argument between the late Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor and said, “I was sitting in the back of the flight and just like the front of the flight, I could hear some chit-chat between the couples in the business class, ‘You can’t eat cake.’ ‘I want to eat cake.’ ‘You are not allowed to eat cake. The doctor has forbidden you from eating cake.’ ‘I want cake. What nonsense?’ Then stood up.”
Veer told that when Neetu was refusing to eat sweets due to health problems, Rishi Kapoor got so angry that he got up from his business class seat and came and sat next to her. Rishi Kapoor said, ‘Son, what is your name?’ I said, ‘Sir, Veer Das.’ He said, ‘Son, shake hands with me.’ When you shake hands with someon, you become Tina Munim from ‘Karz’. Do you understand what I am saying? All your masculine energy is gone, and you become his heroine at that moment. So, I was shaking hands with him and I thought, ‘This is the ‘Karz’ guy, right?’ I shook hands with him, and he said, ‘Son, you are a very good actor. Shake hands with me and promise that you will continue acting.’
