Rishi Kapoor saved Padmini Kolhapure’s life, twice!

India is a country which is synonymous with talent and prodigies in every field. To boost this talent Sony Entertainment Television’s Indian Idol every year gives a stage to the upcoming singing talent and this year the talent has raised the bar to another level. To make the episode more special this weekend the stage would be graced by the bestie-duo Padmini kolhapure and Poonam Dhillion.

During the shoot of the show, Padmini shared many stories and one of the special one was of Rishi Kapoor. Post Pawandeep’s scintillating performance on the song Hoga Tumse Pyaar and Yeh Zameen she shared an interesting story. Not only that both, Padmini and Poonam, also shared they had especially requested that they wanted to hear Pawandeep live in the episode they are coming. Hearing this Pawandeep was on cloud nine.

Padmini Kolhapure revealed, that the late Rishi Kapoor saved her twice from fire hazards. She revealed, she was saved by him during the shoot of the song hoga tumsay pyaara kaun  when the entire set was caught on fire, and next time during the shoot of the blockbuster movie Prem Rog.

Padmini said “ Rishi ji was not only a great actor but a very nice human being also . He was always there to help others and he saved me twice. The respect I had for him inevitably increased. He will always be there in our prayers.”

Indian idol airs every Saturday and Sunday at 8PM on Sony Entertainment Television.