‘once you are a Kapoor, you will not step into the studios’. It was evident that no woman of Kapoors family worked in the movies after getting married to them. This strict rule continued to be obeyed smoothly until Karishma Kapoor took the bold step and rebelled against the family by stepping into the filmdom.

The month prior to the marriage, it was witnessed that every studio in Bombay (later renamed Mumbai) held a set for Neetu Singh to get her tasks completed. She wanted to honour all her commitments. Shooting round the clock, Neetu was doing triple-shifts and then dolling up with the dubbing jobs after that. It was the toughest month for the gorgeous actress. But since she was going to marry her lover and becoming the member of Kapoor family, it gave her the huge courage to cope with the hectic schedules.

raj kapoor with family Rajee Singh (Neetu’s mother) had single-handedly pushed her daughter’s career in films. And with her efforts, the success came in Neetu’s life and then luxuries multiplied. Her philosophy was, ‘to get something in life, you ought to be prepared to give up something’. ‘If my daughter wants marriage, she should be ready to give up her career’, she told to the reporters when they asked about Neetu’s marriage and quitting her successful career. Rajee did not want to be the barrier in between her daughter’s love. Her restraint was unmistakable when Rishi came into her daughter’s life. Initially the two used not to see eye to eye. Rishi would come to their home everyday to meet Neetu but would not greet her mother and disappear straight into her room. The rejection hurt her (Neetu’s mother) a lot, but Rajee swallowed it for the sake of her daughter’s love. On Neetu’s part, she too suffered trying hard to balance the two relationships mattered most to her. Time was running but Rishi did not officially propose to her. Like all men, he was unable to make up his mind and was in a complicated situation to take a decision till the very end. Not because he didn’t love the gal, but because he was frightened of the commitments of marriage.

rishi Their engagement is an interesting story by itself. This is what happened that the entire family of Kapoors was there in Delhi to attend a wedding ceremony in the in-laws of Ritu Nanda, the elder sister of Rishi Kapoor. Neetu was also invited at the function. The whole family decided that there would not be a more appropriate moment for Chintu (Rishi) to announce his engagement because he was in a dilly-dally situation of mind and making silly excuses to his family for the marriage. That’s when the elder brother, Randhir Kapoor (Karishma and Kareena Kapoor’s father) pulled him aside and made him see the reason. Randhir asked Rishi quick questions for which he wanted to have direct answers.