Flops of Rishi Kapoor as solo lead hero
These films were both box office flops and were critically panned. Rishi Kapoor got 51 films as the solo lead hero from 1974-1997 but of them 39 were box -office flops and managed only 12 hits.
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- DirectorS.R. Puttana KanagalStarsRishi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeNeetu SinghSPOILER: Arjun, a hot headed but soft hearted man, always finds himself in situations that others take him as a bad person. His childhood teacher Masterji is the only person understands him & appreciates his good quality and Arjun follows his instruction/wishes completely. Arjun loves Aarti and wants to marry her but Aarti's father does not endorse this alliance and decides to get her marry to someone else. Arjun is agitated but Masterji calms him down and asks him to not disrupt this marriage, instead convince Aarti to marry the boy her father has chosen for her. Arjun follows what Masterji has asked him. Devastated Arjun finds love in Margret who he has been fighting with since she came to town. Now Margret's uncle and mother are against their marriage. This time Arjun is not lenient and does not even listen to Masterji. Arjun and Margret run away and commit suicide jumping down a mountain.
- DirectorSikandar KhannaStarsRishi KapoorNeetu SinghZaheeraThis is the story of two brothers and a father. The brothers are twins Arun Sharma, and Kewal Sharma (both played by Rishi Kapoor), and the father is Major Hemraj Sharma (Pran), a war veteran who became disabled in the last war, and has to rely on crutches to walk. The Major has a soft corner for Kewal, but shows open disapproval of Arun, thus alienating him. He constantly asks Arun to make sacrifices for Kewal, including giving up his love, Rekha (Zaheera). Heartbroken Arun leaves his father's home and meets an old acquaintance who he had saved from committing suicide, Jyoti (Neetu Singh). Jyoti gets Arun a job at her dad's (Pinchoo Kapoor) Diwan Pratap chand's hotel. Here Arun meets with a hotel waiter who tells him that his mother is still alive. Arun is shocked to note this and asks his mother to accompany him to confront his father. Was Arun's father really that cold-hearted to let go of his wife, and keep this secret from his sons?
- DirectorK. ShankarStarsRishi KapoorSulakshana PanditPrem ChopraTwin brothers realize that the older sister they thought dead is in fact alive, whereupon they embark on a quest to save her from the lecher who has her in his thrall.
- DirectorS. RamanathanStarsRishi KapoorParveen BabiAshok KumarThe first Indian adaptation of the film The Godfather was inspired from and loosely based on Ratan Khatri.
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsRishi KapoorShoma AnandReena RoyYoung Anup Saxena lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Bombay along with his widower dad, Durgaprasad, who works as a Police Inspector. Anup's life is turned upside down when he witnesses four men assault and kill his father. He spends the rest of his childhood acquiring money and athletic ability to avenge his father's death - a decision that will take him to Las Vegas, New York, Geneva, Madrid and Paris - where he will find his life threatened by his father's assailants as well as a New York-based detective who is determined to arrest him at any and all costs.
- DirectorRamesh TalwarStarsShashi KapoorRishi KapoorNeetu SinghKanu, Timsi and Nisha find themselves entangled in an emotional saga, the struggle of Nisha's past, Kanu and Timsi's present and an uncertain future.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsRishi KapoorBhavana BhattDanny DenzongpaMahesh Chopra lives a middle-classed lifestyle with his Government-employee dad, and mom, Shanti, in Government quarters in Bombay. Here he is enrolled in an Arts college, and is in love with wealthy Kiran Mehta, much to the chagrin of her businessman dad. He successfully graduates, and his dad wants him to carry on and get a post-graduate degree. Before he could do so, his dad retires, they are forced to vacate their apartment, and move into slums, where Mahesh's life spirals out of control.
- DirectorSamir GangulyStarsRishi KapoorNeetu SinghNirupa RoyManoharlal and his wife Shanti lose their son Raja in a train accident. He is saved by an elephant and taken to a circus. A girl named Rita tries to lure Raja but fails and gets Ranjeet to kidnap him.
- DirectorSikandar KhannaStarsRishi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeAshok KumarAware that his grandson has acquired all the bad habits of a rich and spoiled brat, including womanizing and alcohol, Lala Ganpat Rai, instructs his lawyers to make it conditional that he, Vishal, not receive any money or property from his estate unless he fulfills either of two conditions. One: That he marry a woman of Rai's choice, Shalini, who shall inherit half of the property; and in order for Vishal to inherit all of the property he must re-locate to their farmhouse in a village, cultivate a piece of land, and grow some crops on it within one year. Needless to say, Vishal is enraged at this, and neither of the two conditions are acceptable to him. However, he reconsiders this, and he and half a dozen friends travel to the village, set a comfortable albeit accommodations, and attempt to cultivate the land. Things do not go as planned, as Vishal and his friends are accused of molesting and raping a village belle, which leads to her suicide. His friends, noticing the changed atmosphere, disappear, leaving Vishal alone to carry out the mammoth task of cultivating the land on his own, without help or support, and angry villagers who may expel him from their village. It looks like Vishal is on his way of losing everything he had ever hoped, prayed, and taken for granted.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsRishi KapoorNeetu SinghIndrani MukherjeeThe Rai family consists of four: father, mother, Shanti, and two sons, Ajay and Vijay. While traveling on a ship, they run into a severe storm, which leads to the ship capsizing, and the family getting separated. While Ajay and his mother are together, Rai is separate, and so is Vijay. Wealthy Jagatnarain Khanna rescues Rai,takes him home, ensures that he is treated well, and makes him a business partner. Years later, the Rai sons have grown up. Ajay is a lowly motor mechanic working in Pinto's Garage, but has big dreams, and a dual life as a Casanova, who is a liar, a conman, who dreams of making it big with a wealthy woman named Sheetal Khanna. Then there is Vijay, who is now known as Vikram, who works for Sheetal Khanna, and hopes to marry her one day, but has an affair with a gorgeous woman named Mala. When Mala gets pregnant, Vikram refuses to marry her, and an argument ensues. Shortly thereafter Mala is killed, and Vikram is being blackmailed by a man named Prem, who claims he saw Vikram kill her. When Vikram and Prem find out that Sheetal may marry Ajay, they get together and plot against him - and Ajay's lies, and a dual life, make it easy for them to frame him.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsRishi KapoorParveen BabiRajendra Kumar TuliPolice inspector Madan Singh is married to Sushma, whose brother Arun is a violent leader of mill workers. Arun is shot dead by Madan when the former tries to kill the mill owner. Sushma leaves him.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsRishi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeOm PrakashYoung Chetan Prakash and beautiful Payal are in love and would like to marry each other. Their respective fathers, Daulatram and Retired Col. Bhagwant Singh, have other plans and want them to marry the spouses of their choice. So Chetan and Payal decide to elope, and marry on the run. Bhagwant Singh advertises in the newspapers for his missing daughter, and offers a handsome reward for her return. Chetan finds a job as a chauffeur, and Payal works as a maid in a house, and they become absorbed in their daily chores, not realizing that their employer, Geeta, is under the power and influence of a gangster named Shivlal, who operates a religious sect under the name of Mahayogi, and who has a gas chamber that he uses to kill people who disagree with him.
- DirectorHarish ShahStarsRishi KapoorNeetu SinghPran SikandA child, left unattended in a truck, is adopted by it's drivers, Mangat and Bajirao, and cared for by a woman, Buaji. The child, a male, is named Lucky and grows up street-smart in the city of Bombay. When he attains adult-hood, he meets and falls in love with Shanti, and when he approaches her dad for her hand in marriage, he is humiliated and asked to leave. Lucky swears to win back Shanti and sets about to amass a huge fortune, a fancy car, and a palatial bungalow. When he returns to Shanti's residence, he is welcomed by her dad, but Shanti refuses to marry him. Lucky also finds himself alienated from Mangat, Bajirao, and Buaji, who are aware that the wealth accumulated by him is through nefarious activities - and his bid to out-do business rival Raj Saxena. Lucky now faces a choice - either fore-go his new-found wealth and friends or forget about Shanti, Mangat, Bajirao, and last but not the least, Buaji - the only person who may know the secret of his parentage.
- DirectorNasir HussainStarsRishi KapoorPadmini KolhapureAmjad KhanRavi, son of industrialist SK Nanda, returns to find Ramesh and his family, falling in love with Ramesh's sister Kanchan, who discovers Ravi is Ramesh's younger brother and promises not to visit Nanda house.
- DirectorKapil KapoorStarsRishi KapoorTina AmbaniPoonam DhillonThe Promis What I love most about the film was when they met again after the successful operation and Sunita was singing but he couldn't recognise her but he recognised the voice and the hand clapping.
- DirectorBhappi SonieStarsRishi KapoorTina AmbaniSarika ThakurAmrit's generosity and kindness initially lands him in the bad books of a dancer; then in prison; and then as false son-in-law of a very wealthy man.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsRishi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeShammi KapoorAccused of theft, Ram Singh abandons his wife and relocates to the city with his son Vijay. Years later, while on his deathbed, Ram Singh tells the truth to Vijay, who vows to set things right.
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsRishi KapoorPadmini KolhapureGovardhan AsraniArchitect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. This is where he meets his attractive neighbor, Salma Khan, and both fall in love much to the chagrin of her widower dad, Hamid, who had promised her mother that he will get her married to a wealthy man named Anwar. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to re-locate to Lahore, Pakistan. Salim attempts to stop them but Hamid assaults him and leaves him senseless. Salim does recover but takes to alcohol and a Courtesan named Phoolrani in a big way. His mother intervenes, and compels him to get married to their new neighbor's daughter, Sahira, which he reluctantly does. Now trapped in a marriage with a woman he does not love, Salim continues to frequent Phoolrani's brothel, with hopes of being re-united with his estranged sweetheart - only to find that the seemingly demure Sahira will not let go of him that easily.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsRishi KapoorShabana AzmiPadmini KolhapureAmar lives in picturesque Kashmir in Northern India, and makes his living working as a guide for tourist together with his friend, Aziz. Amar is in love with a young woman, Bhavna, who works in a hotel as a receptionist, but is afraid to tell her. He does so with the help of Bhavna's sister, Sangeeta, and finds out to his delight that Bhavna also loves him. Before they could decide on any marriage plans, Sangeeta befriends a young man by the name of Vikram alias Vicky Mehra, who is an alcoholic and a womanizer. Amar manages to convince Sangeeta to not to have to do anything with Vicky, after a violent confrontation. Shortly thereafter, Amar meets with an accident by falling down a mountain, leaving Bhavna devastated and depressed to an extent that she loses her mind altogether. Then a look-alike of Amar in the shape and form of Flight Lieutenant Pavan Kumar Saxena comes to Kashmir for a visit, and is immediately mistaken for Amar. Dr. Mehra, who is treating Bhavna, asks Pavan for his assistance to meet Bhavna and pose as Amar, but Pavan refuses. Sangeeta decides to seduce him in order to get him to change his mind, and she succeeds. Pavan meets Bhavna and she starts to recover slowly. It is then she finds out that Pavan is really in love with Sangeeta; and tries to prove to the police and the community that Amar's death was a homicide and not an accident. But will anyone believe someone who has lost her mind?
- DirectorSukhwant DhaddaStarsHema MaliniRishi KapoorPoonam DhillonRani, a loving wife, lives a peaceful life with her husband Trilok, a horse carriage driver. However, Rani's life takes a new turn when Trilok is killed.
- DirectorAnil GangulyStarsRishi KapoorPadmini KolhapureAsha SachdevAmar G. Kapoor is an unemployed but talented youth who was born in Lahore, and is the grandson of renowned Lala Kedarnath. He re-locates to Delhi in search of employment as a singer/dancer, meets with Sangeeta, whose mom, Rukmini, owns and runs a post hotel, gets a job there, falls in love with Sangeeta, and much to the chagrin of Rukmini, both get married, and soon become parents of twins, Kiran and Jyoti. The marriage does not last long as minor issues bludgeon, leading to accusations that Amar is having an affair with the daughter of the hotel chef. Amar decides to take Kiran and moves out. Seven years later Amar has accomplished himself in Bombay, runs an advertisement agency, while Kiran is studying in school. While on an outdoor trip, both twins meets, and decide to change places, in order to bring their parents together. Watch what happens when Rukmini finds out and is all set to stop this from happening, and in order to complicate matters even more, Jyoti finds out that an alcohol-induced Amar is having an affair with Kiran's dance-teacher, Chanchal.
- DirectorVijay SadanahStarsRishi KapoorDanny DenzongpaAmrish PuriAn Architect by profession, Sunil lives a wealthy lifestyle with his mom and dad in a city in India. His firm undertakes a project in distant Rajgarh, and he travels there with his friend, Prakash. Enroute their vehicle breaks down and they take shelter in a mansion which is occupied by a watchman/caretaker. Once inside, Sunil starts to feel as if he has been in this place before and starts to recollect his past life - a life in which he was a Range Officer named Vinay, who meets and falls in love with a village belle, Chandramukhi, much to the chagrin of her lover, Dhuman, and Yuvraj Thakur Balbir Singh, who lusts after her. The story unfolds resulting in the tragic death of Chandramukhi. Watch what happens when Sunil starts to recollect how she died, who was responsible for her death, as well as what happens now in his present life.
- DirectorAnwar PashaStarsRishi KapoorFarha NaazKiran JunejaVishal (Rishi Kapoor) comes from a wealthy Hindu family. His father is well known Chandraprakash Singh (Amrish Puri), and his mom is a housewife, Sharda (Asha Parekh). Vishal falls in love with a young Catholic girl, Ruby Miranda (Farha). While Ruby's dad (Alok Nath) approves of the marriage, Chandraprakash does not, and will not even hear of his son marrying someone not of equal status in wealth, leave alone a different religion. He is all the more enraged when he learns that Vishal is not really his son.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsRishi KapoorFarha NaazA.K. AgnihotriImran is a professional freelance photographer. He accepts an assignment from wealthy Nawab Dada Sarkar from Alipur, and travels there by train. When he alights at Alipur, he has problems getting a ride, and decides to walk. On the way there he comes across a mysterious singing woman, when he goes towards her, she disappears. Disturbed by this turn of events, he arrives at the Nawab's house, and is met by a young woman named Asiya, who looks exactly like the mysterious woman, but denies being her. Then the mystery deepens, as Imran is thrust into a nightmare where his sanity is under question, and he repeatedly keeps on seeing the mysterious, who no one else sees. Who is this other woman? Or is Imran hallucinating?
- DirectorKalpataruStarsRishi KapoorJaya PradaRaj BabbarFate separates two couples even before they could embark on their married lives together. However, they meet each other again but under very different circumstances.
- DirectorKeshu RamsayStarsRishi KapoorNaseeruddin ShahKimi KatkarRavi gets a call from Father Anthony saying that his missing wife is with him in the Church.But when he meets her claims that she is not his wife. Inspector Balbir finds all the proofs are against Ravi but why is Ravi not ready to face it?
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsAparajitaGovardhan AsraniLaxmikant BerdeDivya loved Suraj who is now no more she marries Vijay for the sake of her family and plans to divorce him soon but will Vijay agree to her terms.
- DirectorJ.K. BihariStarsVikas AnandAparajitaGovardhan AsraniBombay-based Rohit is the only son of multi-millionaire widow of Shankar Dayal Walia. She would like to get him married, but Rohit is more interested in alcohol, dancing courtesans, and late nights out with his friends. Disappointed, his mom talks to him and asserts that he look after the family business and get married. This talk has considerable effect on Rohit and he decides to assist his mom run the business, so for starters he goes to picturesque Pallampur to supervise and assess the situation. Once there he meets with a stunningly beautiful young woman, Tania, the niece of Dr. Lall Jaiswal, and both fall in love with each other. Both plan to get married, however, they have an accident and end up getting hospitalized. When Rohit is discharged he finds out to his shock and disbelief that Tania has left Pallampur in the company of her dad. Efforts to locate her are in vain. When he returns to Bombay, he finds that his mother had picked Tania to get married to him. Thrilled both mother and son approach Tania's dad, Mahendra Pratap Oberoi, and soon Rohit and Tania get engaged. But there is something very wrong as Tania asserts that she does not know Rohit and is not interested in marrying him - for she has given her heart to a middle-class young man by the name of Sagar, who works as a garage mechanic. Rohit must now uncover the truth as to why Tania refuses to recognize him, leave alone marry him.
- DirectorDeepak AnandStarsRishi KapoorUrmila MatondkarBindu DesaiProfessor Vishwa Mitra, the founder of a group that dissuades marriages, and his follower fall in love with the same girl, Shaku. Durshan persuades Vishwa to take the right decision and marry Bindu.
- DirectorK. Ravi ShankarStarsRaj BabbarKrishan DhawanMangal DhillonBipin and Karan sell women's clothing off of a sidewalk in Bombay. Bipin has always been lucky in money matters, as he even 'finds' a suitcase containing Rs.10 Lakhs, and has several affairs with women, getting them pregnant, and eventually coercing them to abort the fetus. Then one day he meets with Sadhna, the daughter of the deceased owner of the suitcase, she falls in love with him, gets pregnant, but refuses to abort her child. Bipin's friend, who has just lost his sweetheart, Madhu, comes to her rescue, marries her and agrees to look after her son as his own, even foregoing any sexual relations with her. Bipin goes on to marry Laxmi, the daughter of wealthy businessman Dhaniram, but ends up not having any children, which leads him to concoct a plot so devious that will eventually force Karan and Sadhna to surrender his biological son to him as Bipin has always manipulated fate in his favor.
- DirectorKetan DesaiStarsMaya AlaghSudha ChopraAnil DhawanAnmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her evil family.
- DirectorK.C. BokadiaStarsRishi KapoorZeba BakhtiarAshwini BhaveOrphaned Motor Mechanic Raja (Rishi Kapoor) likes to live it up on pay-day, which is the first of every month, and behaves like a very rich man, in a borrowed garage car. One such day he gives a lift to Poonam Singh (Zeba Bakhtiar) who is stranded on a wet rainy night. He introduces himself as a wealthy man, and she introduces herself as a poor school-teahcer, not knowing that both are deceiving each other. Both meet on several occasions, and fall in love. Raja tells her that he is a motor mechanic, and she tells him that she is the city's richest man's, Rai Bahadur Mahendra Pratap Singh's (Mukesh Khanna) daughter. Rai Bahadur is enraged at the very thought of his daughter marrying a motor mechanic, and decides to marry his daughter off to his friend, Dr. Anand's (Kader Khan) only son, Amar. The pleas of his daughter and Raja fall on deaf ears, and no one can stop Rai Bahadur from doing what he has always wanted to do - on his own terms.
- DirectorSurendra Kumar BohraStarsRishi KapoorJuhi ChawlaDeepak TijoriThe Dhanrajs are blessed with a daughter. However, during childbirth, Dhanraj's wife dies and he blames his daughter for his wife's fate. He refuses to see her face and remarries. His daughter, Laxmi, grows up to be a beautiful woman who's ignored by her father and abused by her stepmother. The only person who stands by her is her half-brother. Laxmi soon gets married but fate seems to hold nothing new for her. She has a loving relationship with her husband, but her mother-in-law couldn't stand her and she too physically abuses her.
- DirectorManmohan SinghStarsRishi KapoorTabuAnupam KherSapna runs away from her aristocratic home, fed-up of the hatred and family politics. She meets with Raj, who she is attracted to. Raj, at first wants to get rid of her, then eventually falls in love with her. Then the two of them have to be on the run as her family find out where she is after they put up a reward for her whereabouts.
- DirectorRajeev Kumar ChowdharyRajeev ChowdhuryT.K. Rajeev KumarStarsRishi KapoorMadhooShammi KapoorMaharaj Chatrapal Singh and his wife the Maharani are delighted when they become proud parents of a son - the heir to the thrown of Ramgad. Their delight is short-lived when the Palace Astrologer predicts that Chatrapal will be the last of the Maharajas for Ramgad, and no throne is destined for his son, Raju. Perturbed at this news, Chatrapal decides to protect Raju from the world, and makes him lead a secluded life within the four walls of the palace and it's surrounding grounds. Years later, Raju has grown up and his has arranged his marriage with a young woman of noble parentage. Raju is unhappy with this decision, and decides to run away with his bodyguard, Gulshan. They end up in Bombay city, where Raju starts to work as a waiter in a restaurant. He meets with and falls in love with a dancer and singer, Anita Sethi, who is the daughter of a wealthy man. Her father would like her to marry Jimmy Narang, son of the wealthy Mr. Narang, but Anita too falls in love with Raju. When JImmy finds out that Raju is a heir-apparent to Ramgad's throne, he tells Anita, who is angry with Raju for suppressing this information from her. Narang also informs Chatrapal, who sets off with an army, to bring Raju back to marry the woman he has chosen for him. Raju now has to make a choice - stay and be captured by his father's men; or run away elsewhere.
- DirectorJayprakkash ShawStarsRishi KapoorRaveena TandonSumeet SaigalSagar is a popular singer, and since he is a bachelor, he is always mobbed by young women wherever he stages his shows. On one such show in Srinagar, he meets with beautiful Sapna Narang, and after a few misunderstandings, both fall in love with each other. But Sapna's dad, Pran, has other plans for her, and wants her to marry someone of his choice. In this way both lovers are separated. Years later both will meet each other, but during this meeting Sagar will be announcing his marriage with Kavita, while Sapna will be engaged to Sagar's childhood friend, Rakesh. It is during this meeting that many truths will surface - which will change their lives forever.
- DirectorDavid DhawanStarsRishi KapoorMadhuri DixitRaj BabbarLalita (Madhuri Dixit) catches the eye of J.B. (Raj Babbar) and he immediately falls in love with her and decides he must marry her. He bribes Lalita's uncle Madanlal (Tej Sapru) into convincing Lalita to marry him. However, Lalita refuses and J.B. kidnaps her and forces her to marry him. One fateful night, Lalita manages to escape and she meets Raj (Rishi Kapoor) whose family consists of an olderly grandfather (Kader Khan) who dotes on him and wants him to get married at any cost. Raj and Lalita fall in love with each other and his grandfather also approves of Lalita. Raj and Lalita are about to get married. However, J.B. grows wise of Lalita's whereabouts and in no time he tracks her down. J.B. reveals to Raj and his grandfather about Lalita's true identity which was just one side of a coin. J.B. forcibly takes Lalita with him and Lalita agrees to stay with him forever to save her chastity and honour. But will she be able to live with an overpowering and cruel man like J.B.? Will Raj ever be able to find out the truth about Lalita's past?
- DirectorRajeev KapoorStarsShammi KapoorRishi KapoorMadhuri DixitProfessionally qualified as a lawyer, Somen lives a wealthy lifestyle with his mom, Parvati, and dad, Dharam Bhushan, who presides over the town of Shripuri as an upper caste Hindu Priest. During the Dassera fest, Somen meets with village belle, Kajri, and falls in love with her despite of the fact that she is of a much lower caste. After seeking his mom's permission, he goes to bring Kajri to meet her, but finds out that she has left for an unknown destination. Unable to stand his dad's hypocrisy and Bhagwan Shri Ram's temple being misused by Kedar Nath, Somen leaves home to go to the city but is unable to get Kajri out of his mind. A year later he returns home to the same fest, but is still unable to locate Kajri. When his dad insists that he marry Kedar's daughter, Somen not only refuses but leaves home to go and stay with his paternal uncle, Nandlal, who runs a Dairy farm. This is where he meets with Kajri and both rekindle their romance. Somen returns home, convinces his mom initially to approve of Kajri, and is pleasantly surprised to find that even his dad has given his approval. On the day of the marriage, Somen's world is turned upside down when his dad accuses Kajri of being a woman of ill repute as well as an unwed mother. The question remains: Are Bhushan's allegations true, and if so, will Somen accept Kajri now, or will he reject her and marry Kedar's daughter?
- DirectorPartho GhoshStarsRishi KapoorSrideviSuresh OberoiSapna, a Psychiatrist, falls in love with her patient Karan. When Karan gets normal, he asks Sapna to get married. But she disapproves of this relationship. What could be the reason?