Neetu Kapoor recalls sangeet night where Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performed and Rishi Kapoor couldn’t stop appreciating him: ‘Rarest of the rare’ | Hindi Movie News

Neetu Kapoor recently took a trip down memory lane, sharing a rare glimpse from her wedding celebrations with late husband Rishi Kapoor. The actor posted a throwback photograph from their sangeet night on Instagram, capturing a special moment featuring legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.The photograph shows Nusrat performing at Rishi Kapoor’s residence, with the late actor seen enjoying and appreciating the singer’s soulful rendition. Describing the moment as “Rarest of the rare. Rishi ji appreciating Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,” the image brought back memories of the couple’s wedding festivities. Neetu captioned her post, “Our sangeet night,” accompanied by two pink heart emojis.Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh tied the knot on January 22, 1980, at RK House in Chembur. While their wedding was a grand affair, Neetu later revealed that the celebrations were so crowded that both she and Rishi struggled to cope with the situation.During an appearance on Swiggy’s YouTube channel, the actor recalled how she fainted amid the crowds, while Rishi, who was afraid of crowds, also passed out before mounting a horse for the ceremony.“I fainted because there were too many people, and my husband was petrified of crowds, so before getting onto the horse he fainted. So he was having brandy. I was having brandy. So that’s how our wedding was, I was drunk when I was taking the pheras,” she said.Neetu also shared an unusual anecdote from the wedding, revealing that the large gathering had attracted pickpockets who managed to blend in with the guests. Some even presented the couple with bizarre gifts.“There were pickpockets at my wedding. They gave me gifts that had stones, chappals. They were all so well dressed and we thought they were guests. They crashed the wedding because it was such a huge wedding,” Neetu recalled.Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30, 2020, at the age of 67. The veteran actor died at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai after battling leukaemia for two years.On the work front, Neetu Kapoor was last seen in the family comedy-drama ‘Daadi Ki Shaadi’, which arrived in theatres on May 8.