Krishna Raj Kapoor, the matriarch of the Kapoor family, she married Raj Kapoor in May 1946. She was the mother of sons Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, and Rajiv Kapoor, and daughters Ritu Nanda and Rima Kapoor-Jain.
Krishna Raj Kapoor was the sister of noted actors Rajendra Nath, Prem Nath, and Narendra Nath. Her sister Uma is married to veteran actor Prem Chopra, who made his mark as a formidable villain in Bollywood cinema.
In 2018, actor Rishi Kapoor, her son, opened up in an interview about his deep bond with his mother.
Would you like to talk about your mother on Mother’s Day?
Of course, I’d love to talk about my mother. But why on Mother’s Day only? Every day should belong to the people you love the most. I refuse to slot my loved ones according to a day of the week… Mother’s Day, Father’s Day… can you believe it, they even celebrated a Grocery Day!! And if that isn’t enough, they also had an Asthma Day!! I refuse to discuss my mother as just a special person for a day.
Okay then, just forget it’s Mother’s Day and just tell me about her?
I don’t mind talking about her any day of the year. But where do I begin? What do I say? What can one say about one’s own mother? Whatever we are as a family today is because of her. I am still her bachcha. Can you believe it?
Totally!
I am going to be 63, and she still fires the hell out of me. She advises me on where to go and how to conduct my live. I keep telling her that I am old enough to make my own decisions. My daughter is married. My son is now living away from home. I am a grandfather. Let me make my own decisions, for God’s sake, I’m a grown-up man. But she doesn’t listen! Seriously, I want to make my mother happy.
Your earliest memories of Krishnaji?
My childhood memories with her are of school holidays in Jabalpur. My Nanaji lived there. So we’d visit twice a year, summer and the winter. My mother would be the happiest with my uncles and aunts. Apart from being the wife of a celebrity, she was also a celebrity-sister. My maternal uncles were the actors Premnath and Rajendranath.
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She held the family together?
My mother has tremendous endurance. She is an amazing shock absorber. She stood steady through all my father’s stormy work pressures and all other stress. There were times when they had problems. But she overcame all the trauma. With five children to look after, she still managed to keep her family life together. It is said, bardasht ki hadd hoti hai. Not with her.
Closing thoughts?
She made sure my childhood was very lovely. She made sure all of us, three brothers and two sisters, had a normal, happy childhood.
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