Neetu Kapoor on coping with Rishi Kapoor's death: 'I started working as I was emotionally shattered'

Neetu Kapoor in a still from Daadi Ki Shaadi

Soha Ali Khan continues to shape All About Her into a space for honest and heartfelt conversations that resonate across generations. In this special episode on Mother's Day, she is joined by Neetu Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni for an intimate and emotional conversation on motherhood, marriage, family dynamics, grief, and the evolving perspectives of women across generations.

Neetu Kapoor opens up about Rishi Kapoor's death

Opening up about grief and healing after Rishi Kapoor's passing, Neetu Kapoor shared, "You always need people to talk to. I don't really believe in therapists as much as I believe in friends. You should have four or five friends with whom you can truly talk things out. When Papa passed away, people told me to go to a therapist. I was in a really low phase, and I did speak to one, but I kept wondering, what is a therapist really going to say? ‘Meditate, count this, count that'? I felt it was all nonsense."

She continued, "You have to take your own time unless you yourself decide to become strong. Like quitting smoking or any bad habit, you have to make that decision yourself. No habit will go away just because someone tells you to stop. You have to decide when you want to be strong and when you want to move on."

"So, what I did was, I just started working. After he passed away, I did JugJugg Jeeyo, I went on Indian Idol, and I kept working just to regain my confidence. I was emotionally shattered, and it really hurt when people would say things like, ‘Oh, he passed away and she was already working.' That was horrible, but they didn't know why I was doing it," she expressed.

Neetu shot for Daadi Ki Shaadi during Indo-Pak tension

During promotions for Daadi Ki Shaadi, Kapil Sharma revealed that things became stressful when news of the India-Pakistan tensions began spreading during filming.

Kapil shared that the situation grew serious enough for Ranbir Kapoor to personally call his mother and ask her to return home immediately.

Neetu recalled that Ranbir sounded extremely worried during the phone call and repeatedly urged her to come back safely. Trying to calm him down, she reassured him that Shimla was one of the safest places at the time and jokingly told him, "Yahan se koi bomb nahi maarega." Her light-hearted response helped ease the tension despite the uncertainty surrounding the situation.