Rishi Kapoor was born in 1952 to Raj and Krishna Kapoor. Raj Kapoor introduced his son, Rishi Kapoor, in his renowned movie, Mera Naam Joker. Rishi played the role of young Raj Kapoor in the movie which won him a National Award. As a hero, his first film was Bobby.

After the stupendous success of Bobby, Rishi gave hits like Raffoo Chakkar, Khel Khel Mein, Laila Majnu and Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin. Sargam and Karz were his other magnificent hits, which made him a household name in India. Rishi provided a launch pad to a legion of fledgling heroines: Dimple (Bobby), Kajal Kiron (Hum Kisise Kum Nahin), Shoma Anand (Barood), Bhavna (Naya Daur), Jaya Prada (Sargam), Naseem (Kabhi Kabhie), Sonam (Vijay) and Divya Bharti (Deewana).

Chintu, as Rishi is fondly addressed, was always passionate about acting. His bedroom mirror was his earliest confidante and he would try out various expressions in front of it. The films for which Rishi is still remembered are Coolie, Naseeb, Prem Rog, Amar Akbar Anthony and Chandini. Rishi has worked with all leading actresses of Bollywood right from Dimple Kapadia, Sri Devi, Madhuri Dixit, Urmila Mantodkar and Tabu. Rishi has a huge cache of hit songs to his credit and thrived as a top star for 25 years.

Rishi Kapoor married Neetu Singh who has also worked with him in a number of films before marriage. Rishi and Neetu have two children. Presently Rishi enjoys his career as director and an actor. His directorial debut was Aa Ab Laut Chalen featuring chocolate hero Akshay Khanna and gorgeous Aishwarya Rai. Today, Rishi occasionally lends sparkle to lacklustre fare like Raju Chacha and Kucch To Hai; but a youth-centric industry can offer few roles that do not waste this fine actor's talents.