MUMBAI: Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh got married on January 22, 1980. Back in the 70s and 80s, the couple starred in several hits together and inspired generations with both their on-screen and off-screen romance.

The late actor had once spoken about how in spite of being committed to Neetu, he was unsure of asking her to marry him. In his biography, Khullam Khulla, he had opened up about how he might have never married Neetu Kapoor if it wasn't for his sister Ritu Nanda. He revealed how Ritu had planned his engagement in Delhi without his knowledge.

He said, "I went to Delhi for an engagement in my sister’s family and came back to Mumbai with a ring on my own finger. I hadn’t a clue that Ritu had been plotting and planning along with my friends Gogi (film-maker Ramesh Behl) and Ravi Malhotra. At the airport in Mumbai, as I waited to board my flight, I met Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar, who asked me where I was going. When I told him I was headed for Delhi to attend an engagement, Dilip saab joked, ‘Don’t pull a fast one on me. Aren’t you going there to get engaged yourself?’ How prophetic Dilip saab's words turned out to be."

During a recent appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show with Riddhima, Neetu had shared how it was chaotic to handle Rishi Kapoor and work together. Hence, she decided to quit films.

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Credits: Hindustan Times