Anil Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor belonged to different Bollywood star archetypes. Both were highly sought-after solo leads and producers found it expensive to star the two major A-listers in the same multi-starrer films.
Also, they had different cinematic styles and preferred different types of roles. Besides Anil Kapoor’s rejection in Chandni (as he was not comfortable with the wheelchair scenes) they collabrated for a few projects.
They were seen in Gurudev where Rishi Kapoor plays a honest police officer and Anil Kapoor plays Gaurav “The Guru”, who's father is associated with the underworld. The film also stars Sridevi. It was the directorial debut of Vinod Mehra and the film released after his death.
Both were part of the Yash Chopra starrer, “Vijay” where they play cousin brothers who are initially unaware of their familial relationship. They bond as close friends only to discover the dark history that pits them against one another.
They were also seen together in Rakesh Roshan’s, “Karobaar”. Two childhood friends, one of them wealthy and the other a middle-class lawyer, both fall in love with the leading lady Juhi Chawla. Rishi Kapoor plays a dual role. The film was inspired by, Indecent Proposal.
This is also an irony that whenever they collaborated they tasted nothing but failure.
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