What Was Rishi Kapoor Most Superstitious About?

While  Rishi Kapoor had many  pet peeves and  partiality. the  one superstition that he  never  got over was to do with watching his  own  films in  advance.

Rishi   never saw his films before  release. He  felt if he saw his films they would  would flop. And this had actually  happened !  The films  featuring  himself  that he  watched before  release  had bombed.This is why he refused to  watch even his own son’s  debut film  Saawariya.

 There was  a  myth  going around  Sanjay  Leela Bhansali woudn’t show Rishi Kapoor  his son’s film Saawariya. Not true!  Bhansali asked  the  anxious father  repeatedly to see  the  film. Rishi  refuse.He  saw it straight at  the  film’s premiere.

Coming to his own starrers, Kapoor & Sons  was made accessible  to Rishi  a number of  times  by producer Karan Johar.  But he wouldn’t watch  it. And he wouldn’t let  his  wife Neetu see it  either  before release. The only Kapoor who insisted  on  seeing Kapoor & Sons before release  was Ranbir.