Neetu Singh Kapoor - Bollywood Actress
Neetu was born on 8th july 1958 as sonia singh to rajee singh in new delhi
. Neetu debuted in bollywood as a child artist by the name baby sonia. She had a successful run as a child artist in movies like dus lakh (1966), suraj (1966), waris (1969), pavitra papi (1970) and ghar ghar ki kahani (1970). Neetu also starred in a dual role in do kaliyaan (1968).
Neetu first full length feature film was rikshawala (1973) along with randhir kapoor, pran and mala sinha. The movie was a flop. She next appeared in a small role in yaadon ki baaraat (1973) in the same year. Her sizzling song number lekar hum deewana dil in this film brought her back in the spotlight.
In the year 1974, neetu was offered many lead roles. She starred in zehreela insaan (1974) opposite rishi kapoor and moushumi chatterjee. Neetu was also seen acting in saawan kumar tak film, hawas (1974) opposite anil dhawan.
Khel khel mein (1975) was neetu first film for the year 1975. The film starred rishi kapoor and rakesh roshan along with neetu. It was a story of 3 college students, who play a prank and get involved with a notorious criminal. The film music was composed by r. D. Burman with many hit songs including ek mein aur ek tu and khullam khulla pyar karenge.
Neetu next film was rafoo chakkar (1975), a comedy film starring rishi kapoor, madan puri and paintal in lead roles. Neetu and rishi kapoor were at the height of their popularity as an on screen couple at the time of this film release.
Neetu starred in 1975 superhit movie deewar (1975). The film starred amitabh bachchan and shashi kapoorin lead roles along with parveen babi, nirupa roy and neetu. Deewar (975) tells the story of two impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of mumbai.
Neetu played the character of veera, the daughter of a senior police officer, paired opposite shashi kapoor. The film was a blockbuster at the box office and won filmfare best film award. Neetu was also seen in supporting roles in s. M. Abbas sewak (1975), sikandar khanna zinda dil (1975) opposite rishi kapoor and lekh tandon andolan (1975).
In 1976, neetu was seen in lead roles in many films including maha chor (1976), dhongee (1976), aadalat (1976) and shankar dada (1976). Maha chor (1976) starred neetu opposite bollywood superstar rajesh khanna. Randhir kapoor was neetu costar for the first time in the film dhongee (1976).
Shankar dada (1976), directed by shibu mitra, had shashi kapoor and ashok kumar in the lead roles along with neetu. In narendra bedi aadalat (1976) neetu was paired with amitabh bachchan for the first time. In yash chopra kabhi kabhie (1976), neetu acted along with bollywood big guns like amitabh bachchan,waheeda rehman, shashi kapoor, raakhee gulzar and rishi kapoor.
The film was a commercial success and became the 8th highest grossing film of the year. 1977 was a commercially excellent year as she signed 7 films that year. Amar akbar anthony (1977) directed by manmohan desai was the most remarkable film of that year, which proved to be a golden jubilee hit at the box office.
The film was about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three different homes, adopting three different religions. In a star studded cast which included amitabh bachchan, vinod khanna, rishi kapoor, parveen babi, shabana azmi and neerupa roy, neetu was paired opposite rishi kapoor.
The film won many filmfare awards. Parvarish (1977) directed by manmohan desai starred neetu along with amitabh bachchan, vinod khanna, shammi kapoor and shabana azmi.
Other movies in which neetu starred include ramesh talwar doosra aadmi (1977) opposite rishi kapoor and manmohan desai dharam veer (1977) along with Dharmendra, jeetendra and zeenat aman, basu chatterjee priyatama (1977) opposite jeetendra, maha badmash (1977) and sawaan kumar tak ab kya hoga (1977) opposite shatrughan sinha.
Neetu starred in only 4 films in 1978, with 2 lead roles. Chakravyuha (1978) was an action film directed by basu chatterjee. The film starred rajesh khanna and neetu. Samir ganguly family drama anjane mein (1978) was neetu another film opposite rishi kapoor.
She was also seen in two multistarrer films kasmevaade (1978) and heeralal pannalal (1978). Ramesh behl kasme vaade was a complete entertainment film. It had a star studded cast including amitabh bachchan, rakhee gulzar, randhir kapoor and neetu. The film was declared blockbuster.
Ashok roy heeralal pannalal (1978) was a comedyaction film starring shashi kapoor, randhir kapoor, zeenat aman and neetu. She was also seen in a special appearance in the song tere naam in pati patni aur who (1978).
Kala patthar (1979) was a remarkable film, in which neetu starred along with an ensemble starcast including amitabh bachchan, shashi kapoor, raakhee gulzar, shatrughan sinha, parveen babi, prem chopraand poonam dhillon. The film revolved around the issues faced by coal mine workers.
The film did moderate business at box office. Despite many filmfare nominations, the film failed to win any award. After kala patthar, neetu was also seen in the great gambler (1979) starring zeenat aman and amitabh bachchan in dual role.
The film did moderate business at the box office. In 1979, neetu was also seen in rajkumar kohli jaani dushman (1979) as a part of a large starcast including sunil dutt, sanjeev kumar, shatrughan sinha, rekha and reena roy. Neetu also did supporting roles in aatish (1979), jhoota kahin ka (1979) and yuvraaj (1979).
Duniya meri dusman (1979) was neetu last film for 1979. Directed by tinnu anand, the film starred shashi kapoor, rishi kapoor and neetu in lead roles.In 1980, neetu was seen in lead roles in only two films, chunaoti (1980) and choron ki baaraat (1980).
Directed by satpal, chunaoti (1980) was an action thriller, with feroz khan in lead role opposite neetu. Choron ki baaraat (1980) was also an action film with shatrughan sinha and neetu in lead roles. Neetu also acted in harish shah dhan daulat (1980) in a supporting role.
Neetu was also part of the huge star cast of ravi chopra blockbuster film the burning train (1980). As neetu had become an established bollywood actress now, in 1981, all her films featured her in lead roles. In rakesh kumar yaarana (1981), neetu was casted opposite amitabh bachchan.
Chorni (1981), neetu next film, was a family drama directed by jyoti swaroop. Neetu starred in this film opposite jeetendra. Ashok roy directed actionthriller, ek aur ek gyarah (1981), was neetu last film for 1981, starring shashi kapoor and vinod khanna with her.
Raj mahal (1982) was a drama directed by k. Parvez. Neetu was cast opposite vinod khanna in the lead role for this film. Teesri aankh (1982), neetu next film, was a multistarrer directed by subodh mukherji. The action thriller starred dharmendra, shatrughan sinha and zeenat aman along with neetu.
Ganga meri maa (1983) was neetu last film before retirement. Directed by shyam ralhan, the film starred shatrughan sinha and neetu in the lead pair. After a hiatus of 26 years, neetu was seen in a brief appearance in imtiaz ali love aaj kal (2009), opposite rishi kapoor.
After director habib faisal talked her out of her retirement, neetu reentered the world of acting in do dooni chaar (2010) opposite rishi kapoor. After their romance bloomed offscreen as well as anscreen, neetu married bollywood actor rishi kapoor on 22nd january 1980.
The couple has a daughter, ridhima kapoor, who is a fashion designer. She is married to bahrat sahani, a delhi based industrialist. Rishi and neetu also have a son, ranbir kapoor, who is also a bollywood actor. Neetu took retirement from films when she was at the top of her acting career.
She dismissed the allegation that she left films, because it was customary for actresses married to the famous kapoor family to retire after marriage, claiming that it was her personal choice.
by: Karishma Roy
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