Late
actor
Shammi
Kapoor's
son
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor,
in
a
recent
interview
with
an
entertainment
portal,
recalled
the
chain
of
events
that
compelled
him
to
quit
the
film
industry
when
he
was
about
to
make
his
Bollywood
debut
at
a
young
age
under
his
home
banner,
RK
Films.
In
the
same
interview,
Aditya
also
opened
up
about
how
his
mother,
actress
Geeta
Bali's
death
left
him
scarred.
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor
On
Losing
His
Mother
And
How
It
Left
Him
Scarred
A
Spotboye
report
quoted
him
as
saying,
"My
mother
was
gone
in
just
15
days.
I
had
gone
on
location
in
rural
Punjab
where
she
contracted
smallpox.
It
was
for
a
film
called
Rano,
which
was
later
made
with
Rishi
Kapoor
and
Hema
Malini
and
titled
Ek
Chadar
Maili
Si.
At
that
time
Dharmendra
was
playing
Rishi's
role
and
Mummy
was
playing
Hema's
role.
My
mom
had
picked
me
up
from
boarding
school
and
taken
me
to
the
location.
I
spent
the
whole
month
with
her.
Then
she
fell
ill.
My
father
left
his
own
shoot
and
picked
both
of
us
up.
Her
condition
got
worse
and
finally
she
died.
Dad
was
doing
Teesri
Manzil
at
that
time.
The
death
of
my
mother
left
me
scarred.
It
took
my
second
mother
a
good
ten
years
to
heal
me."
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor
Says
His
Spiritual
Guru
Told
Him
To
Leave
The
Film
Industry
He
further
continued,
"By
the
time
I
was
17,
I
was
a
rebel
without
a
cause.
I
was
going
to
make
my
film
debut.
Then
I
found
my
spiritual
guru.
And
he
told
me
those
life-changing
words
-
Leave
The
Film
Industry.
At
that
juncture
when
I
was
to
be
launched
as
a
hero
under
the
RK
Banner
right
after
Rishi's
was
launched
in
Bobby,
I
left.
I
was
also
assisting
Raj
Saab
and
preparing
to
be
a
film
director.
My
father
questioned
my
decision
over
and
over
again.
But
I
was
adamant."
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor
Talks
About
His
Return
To
Films
"My
Guruji
instructed
me
to
try
my
luck
in
entrepreneurship.
He
arranged
for
me
to
work
with
a
shipping
magnate
Yogendra
Madhav
Lal,
then
Rajan
Nanda.
Then
I
started
my
own
company.
For
25
years
I
never
looked
at
cinema.
I
stopped
seeing
films.
The
temptation
to
return
to
the
industry
never
left
me.
Even
after
my
Guruji's
death,
I
didn't
look
back
at
the
film
industry.
Only
after
I
migrated
to
Dubai,
did
I
return
to
movies," Aditya
told
Spotboye.
Finally,
Aditya
Made
His
Acting
Debut
At
The
Age
Of
52!
Speaking
about
it,
he
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"Circumstances
forced
me
to
direct
300
episodes
for
a
TV
serial.
I
directed
my
first
English-language
film,
followed
by
two
others.
When
I
returned
to
Mumbai
at
the
age
of
52,
I
became
an
actor...finally.
My
father
watched
every
single
shot
of
mine
in
promos,
trailers,
films.
At
the
age
of
76,
he
played
the
role
of
my
career
guide
and
mentor...a
role
he
would've
played
when
I
was
19
had
I
not
left
the
film
industry."
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor
made
his
debut
as
an
actor
with
the
2010
film
Chase,
and
went
on
to
act
in
films
like
Isi
Life
Mein,
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
among
others.
He
also
starred
in
Ashutosh
Gowariker-directed
TV
series
Everest.