KNews Desk: The Kapoor family of Bollywood is recognized as one of the most prestigious families of Hindi cinema. Many generations of this family have made their mark in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor was a veteran actor of his time, while his son Ranbir Kapoor also achieved a different position in the industry on the basis of his brilliant acting. However, behind their success on screen, there was also a relationship which had many differences and distances along with love. Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor's relationship was not always as smooth as it appeared from outside.

Rishi Kapoor had made many important revelations about his relationship with son Ranbir in his biography 'Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored'. He had admitted that the generation gap between him and Ranbir was quite big. According to Rishi Kapoor, during his time the thinking regarding the relationship between father and son was quite different. He considered discipline and strictness necessary, whereas Ranbir's thinking was different according to the new generation. This difference often became the reason for distance between the two.

Ranbir remained close to his mother Neetu Kapoor since childhood. A major reason for this was Rishi Kapoor being very busy in his film career. Due to shooting and work, he could not give as much time to Ranbir in his childhood as is probably necessary for the relationship between a father and son. Rishi Kapoor himself had admitted that due to his busy schedule, Ranbir must have missed him in his childhood. Due to spending less time with his father and more time with his mother, Ranbir had more emotional bond with Neetu Kapoor. One reason for the distance between the two was their different thinking regarding career. Rishi Kapoor had made his mark through romantic and family films during his time, whereas Ranbir Kapoor tried to choose different types of characters and stories from the beginning of his career. Ranbir wanted to create his own identity as a new generation actor. This difference of thinking regarding films and career also sometimes became a cause of tension in the father-son relationship.

There was a lot of difference in the personalities of Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir. Rishi Kapoor was an outspoken and disciplined person. He was known for expressing his views openly. Ranbir Kapoor, on the other hand, has been relatively quiet and reserved about his personal life and emotions. Due to the strictness of the father and the different nature of the son, there was a clash of opinions between the two. However, with time, Rishi Kapoor realized many shortcomings of their relationship. In his biography, he had very emotionally admitted that when Ranbir was young, he could not be the father that his son probably wanted. He admitted that he was busy with his work and also expressed regret that he could not give enough time to his son. Rishi Kapoor had also talked about apologizing to Ranbir for this.