Rishi Kapoor passes away at 67; Ekta Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Shweta Tiwari express shock

Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30, Thursday morning after his year-long battle with cancer. The actor was hospitalised a few days ago, and actor-brother Randhir Kapoor had confirmed that it was due to cancer. This news has left everyone devastated and TV actors like Maniesh Paul, Ronit Roy, Shweta Tiwari and many others shared their grief about the 67-year-old veteran actor's demise. (Photo: Twitter)

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actress shared a collage of the work done by Rishi Kapoor. "Any age, any role...you always won hearts. The showman's son was India's pride. It's heart breaking to know that we won't be able to witness any more of your excellence. May you rest in peace knowing you are loved by all and will be remembered forever. #RIP #RishiKapoor sir (sic)" (Photo: Instagram)

Neha Dhupia shared a picture with Rishi Kapoor and wrote, "Absolutely shattered ... each time we saw you on screen we wept with you and burst out into uncontrollable laughter with you ... you taught us the true meaning of romance and we felt pain when u did and today we feel more pain than ever caus we lost one of our greatest. . . No matter where you were your infectious smile and your interesting stories would light up a room in person and a nation on screen ... you will live in our hearts forever ...love you (sic)" (Photo: Instagram)

Bigg Boss 13 contestant Rashami Desai is also taken aback by this news. The actress wrote: "Just when I was trying to cope up with the loss of @irrfan sir, I woke up to yet another terrible news. Yet another major loss to the industry. It breaks my heart to realise how fragile life is. They say the sun always rises after a cloudy day. But after today, I guess it'll be gloomy in the film industry for a long time. You'll live on forever in our hearts, Rishi Kapoor sir. You're a legend, and legends live on!" (Photo: Instagram)

Chhavi Mittal shared a black picture and wrote, "It's a black day. RIP 2 of the greatest actors our country has seen." (Photo: Instagram)

Arjun Bijlani shared a video of Rishi Kapoor from his first film Bobby and wrote: "Life can’t get more unpredictable.. RIP #rishikapoor . Condolences to the Kapoor family. You will always be alive in our hearts ...(sic)" (Photo: Instagram)

Dipika Chikhlia, who played the role of Sita in Ramayan also expressed grief. She wrote, "Shocked to hear, condolence to his family and us his fans loss, beyond words RIP (sic)" (Photo: Instagram)

Ekta Kapoor shared black and white pictures of Rishi Kapoor with her actor-father Jeetendra, Rakesh Roshan, Prem Chopra and a few others where they were seen partying hard. Shocked by this news, Ekta wrote, "They don't party like this anymore."(Photo: Twitter)

Ronit Roy has worked very closely with the late actor in the film, Student of The Year is in complete shock. He wrote: "NOOOOO! Dark dark morning. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Chintuji, My most favourite person in the industry has left us. I loved him so much and he always returned the love so warmly. The void you’ve left in my heart will never be filled. R.I.P. Chintuji (sic)" (Photo: Twitter)

Maniesh Paul has hosted many award shows and has had fun banters with Rishi Kapoor. He took to his Twitter account to share the news by writing, "Rishi kapoor sir passes away...im heart broken...no words... #RIP (sic)" (Photo: Twitter)

Mere Dad Ki Dulhan actress Shweta Tiwari also is in a complete state of shock. "My Heart Can’t take it anymore! This is Devastating! Rest In Peace Rishi Sir!!," wrote the actress. (Photo: Twitter)

Actor Ram Kapoor wrote: "It’s the end of an era, the industry has lost one of its pillars. Condolences to the family. " (Photo: Twitter)

Rajeev Khandelwal wrote: "I have no words...it is not often that your eyes well up for someone whom you don’t even know closely. #RishiKapoor (sic)"(Photo: Twitter)

"A very sad day indeed and the worst year of our lives is going on . @chintskap. would be there at every funeral possible and we all can’t be there to pay our respects to the great man ! He will be remembered forever with love by all of us," tweeted the former Bigg Boss contestant.(Photo: Twitter)

Rohit Roy also expressed grief and stated, "This is insane.. shocked beyond belief.. I’ve always been so fond of u chintu ji and u always returned that love.. so much so that I flew down to goa for an evening when u said “aaja daru peete hain”! Will never forget you, your love and your adviseCrying face #RishiKapoor RIP @chintskap (sic)" (Photo: Twitter)

Bigg Boss 13's former contestant Tehseen Poonawalla also tweeted about it and passed his condolences to the family. "Heartbroken to learn about #RishiKapoor .Met him last before he went to US at a friends house where we laughed at length on politics & Twitter. @mvadera & my condolences to Randhir ,Rajiv, Kapoor siblings, daughter Ridhima ,son in law Bharat, wife Neetuji, son Ranbir. Om Shanti (sic)" (Photo: Twitter)