Failed marriage affected his acting career: Randhir Kapoor for brother Rajiv

Randhir Kapoor has opened up about the
probable cause behind his brother Rajiv’s not so successful Bollywood career. He
said that he couldn’t focus on his career due to ‘unfortunate episodes in his
life’.

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“Rajiv had an unfortunate
marriage (the late actor was married to Aarti Sabharwal in 2001), which lasted
for only for two months. He had many unfortunate episodes in his life, which
led him astray. There was deep frustration, which caused him to neglect his
professional life. His life missed a swing. Ironically, he was the most
talented of the Kapoors. He even directed a film (Prem Granth, 1996), which
sadly failed,” he wrote for Yahoo! India.

Rajiv couldn’t achieve as much success
as his brothers Rishi Kapoor or Randhir Kapoor. The actor made his acting debut
with ‘Ek Jaan Hain Hum’ and ‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’ continues to be his
most popular film.

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The actor also said that after his
failed marriage, Rajiv had a few girlfriends but had no desire to remarry.

“Why Rajiv didn’t marry again?
Well, you can’t force anyone to get married. You can only advise a person to a
point. He was grown up enough to decide for himself. He had a lot of
girlfriends. But he never felt the desire to marry again. Basically, he got
disheartened. He took to drinking big time. In fact, I feared that if anything
disastrous were to happen to Rajiv, it would be because of alcohol. But I never
expected him to die the way he did,” he added.

Rajiv died on February 9 this year at
the age of 58.

Previously,
Randhir revealed that on the morning of his death, the at-home nurse informed
the actor that Rajiv’s pulse for low and only dropping further. They rushed him
to the hospital immediately but they couldn’t save him