Ranbir Kapoor has often talked about the difficult relationship he shared with his late father and legendary actor Rishi Kapoor . In Nikhil Kamath's podcast People by WTF , Ranbir confessed that the only personal wish he has in life is to get his father back so he could spend more time with him. (Also Read: Alia Bhatt changed her ‘loud tone’ after marriage to put me at ease, says Ranbir Kapoor ) What Ranbir said “I'll wish for my father to come back so I can spend more time with him, speak to him, have conversation with him,” said Ranbir.
Both he and Rishi admitted that they don't have a back-slapping or even an open equation with each other. Rishi often compared his relationship with Ranbir to a glass wall between them: they could see each other, but not touch or feel each other. Meanwhile, Ranbir has always claimed that he shares a more intimate relationship with his actor-mother, Neetu Kapoor.
Rishi died of cancer in 2020. Ranbir on Rishi's reaction to his films “My father was so scared to watch my films. I did a film called Tamasha with Imtiaz Ali.
He didn't watch it because he thought it was too pseudo. So, instead of giving me his opinion, he said let me not watch these pseudo films. So that kind of fear was always there about what he'd think of a movie,” said Ranbir.
He recalled that his first film that Rishi was proud of was Rajkumar Santoshi's 2009 hit romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. It was contrary to Ranbir's own estimation as he believed th.