   rishi kapoor  (born 4 september 1952) is an indian bollywood actor, film producer and director. he received the national film award in 1971, for his debut role as a child artist, and filmfare best actor award for bobby in 1974 as well as a number of other awards including the filmfare lifetime achievement award in 2008. ==early life==  kapoor was born in bombay as rishi raj kapoor. he was the second son of film director and star raj kapoor. he did his schooling with his brothers at campion school, mumbai and mayo college, ajmer. his brothers, randhir kapoor and rajiv kapoor, are also actors. == career == ===1970-1979=== rishi kapoor debuted in his father's 1970 film, mera naam joker, playing a child. kapoor had his first lead role opposite dimple kapadia in the 1973 film bobby. in an interview in 2012, he stated "there was a misconception that the film was made to launch me as an actor. the film was actually made to pay the debts of mera naam joker. dad wanted to make a teenage love story and he did not have money to cast rajesh khanna in the film".proud of ranbir's choice of roles: rishi kapoor | latest news & updates at daily news & analysis since then, he played leading roles as the romantic lead in 92 films between 1973 and 2000. as per indian express, he did 41 multi-hero films and 51 solo hero films from 1973-2000.photos: happy birthday rishi kapoor: from perennial romantic hero to a scheming villain photo gallery, picture news gallery - the indian express he appeared opposite his future wife neetu singh in 12 films, namely, khel khel mein (1975), rafoo chakkar (1975), kabhie kabhie (1976), amar akbar anthony (1977), duniya meri jeb mein (1979) zehreela insaan (1974), 
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