Padmini Kolhapure, who has been working with RK Studios since her childhood, has some really fond memories of the late Rajiv Kapoor, whose sudden death has left her completely shaken.

Speaking to ETimes exclusively, she says, “First Chintu (Rishi Kapoor) and now Chimpu (Rajiv Kapoor)… this is shocking for me. I am someone who has literally grown up in the Kapoor household and this is another personal loss for me. I have done two films with Chimpu–‘Preeti’, which released, and ‘Aag Ka Dariya’, which did not see the light of the day. The demise of both the brothers has impacted us in a huge way”.

Unlike others in the family, Rajiv was yet to taste commercial success but Padmini says he was “okay” in his space. “Actually, he could have made a good filmmaker. He had everything that his father (Raj Kapoor) had. He has gone too soon,” she laments.

An emotional Padmini shares, “I remember when Raj Uncle was directing me in a film and Chimpu was playing Chintu’s duplicate in a song. He always had a passion for acting and filmmaking. He knew music so well like his father! To sum it up, he had all the qualities of Raj Kapoor – the filmmaker. He grew up with him, learnt from him, and even directed ‘Prem Granth’ with Madhuri Dixit and Rishi.