Rishi Kapoor's Sandalwood connect with Puttanna Kanagal

Rishi Kapoor leaves behind a huge body of films and also a mark as the quintessential romantic hero of Indian cinema. Interestingly, in the beginning of his career, he also tried to embrace the angry young man avatar.


Rishi had a Puttanna Kanagal connect with this regard. Kanagal directed Rishi in Zehreela Insaan, the remake of Nagarahaavu. Rishi played the role originally essayed and made immortal by late

Dr Vishnuvardhan

. While

Zehreela Insaan

did not do as well as the Kannada orginal, the film had the memorable track O Hansini.


Zehreela Insaan incidentally also had late Ambareesh reprising his role as Jaleela. Moushumi Chatterjee and

Neetu Kapoor

were the leading ladies in the film.