If Kabhi Kabhie, Amar Akbar Anthony, Adalat, Parvarish and Great Gambler consolidated her position as a star, Doosra Aadmi and Priyatama heralded her as an actor but she remained strangely unaffected by her stardom. It is because love not fame was the driving force of her life. As a young girl it was commitment to her mother and later, it was commitment to her boyfriend and husband Rishi Kapoor.
She got married at the age of 21 and returned signing amounts of films without regrets or remorse. She dashed off letters to all her filmmakers requesting them to relieve her before her wedding date. It was a phase when every studio in the city hosted a Neetu Singh film set and every co-star facilitated her schedule.
She did triple shifts – allotted couple of hours to every production house, started shoot early in the morning and returned home late at night. Her wedding preparations occurred simultaneously, trousseau shopping, jewelry approvals, lehenga trials everything supervised by Rajee Singh and her loyal friends.
To be continued