Mumbai: Veteran star Rishi Kapoor, in a series of tweets, has slammed the “actors of this generation” for not attending superstar Vinod Khanna’s funeral last evening.
Khanna passed away at the age of 70 early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer.
Kapoor, 64, who worked with Khanna in films like Amar Akbar Anthony, Eena Meena Deeka and Chandni, described the absence of the young generation of stars at the cremation as “shameful”.
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“Shameful. Not ONE actor of this generation attended Vinod Khanna’s funeral. And that too he has worked with them. Must learn to respect.
“…Why this? Including mine and thereafter. When I die, I must be prepared. None will shoulder me. Very very angry with today’s so called stars. (sic).”
He also lashed out at the celebrities who were present at actress Priyanka Chopra’s party the day before yesterday but did not bother to attend Khanna’s funeral.
“Angry. Met so many chamcha people last night at Priyanka Chopra’s do last night. Few at Vinod’s. So transparent. So angry with them.”
Kapoor said his actor son Ranbir Kapoor and wife Neetu Singh could not attend the funeral as they were out of India.
Director Mahesh Bhatt, who directed Khanna in Jurm, however, said he did not attend the cremation as he thought “it was a private funeral”.
“This was one funeral, I would have wanted to attend but I couldn’t because I was initially told by an insider that the family wanted a private funeral.
“It was quite late in the evening that I got to know the press was also invited. Otherwise, nothing could ever hold me back from attending his funeral.”
