'Angry. Met so many chamcha people last night at Priyanka Chopra's do last night. Few at Vinod's. So transparent. So angry with them.'
Rishi Kapoor has slammed the 'actors of this generation' in a series of tweets for not attending Vinod Khanna's funeral.
Khanna passed away early on Thursday morning, after battling cancer.
Kapoor, who worked with Khanna in films like Amar Akbar Anthony, Eena Meena Deeka and Chandni, described the absence of the young generation of stars at the cremation as 'shameful'.
'Shameful. Not ONE actor of this generation attended Vinod Khanna's funeral. And that too he has worked with them. Must learn to respect.'
'...Why this? Including mine and thereafter. When I die, I must be prepared. None will shoulder me. Very very angry with today's so called stars.'
He also lashed out at the celebrities, who were present at Priyanka Chopra's party earlier but did not bother to attend Khanna's funeral.
'Angry. Met so many chamcha people last night at Priyanka Chopra's do last night. Few at Vinod's. So transparent. So angry with them,' he tweeted.
Kapoor said his son Ranbir Kapoor and wife Neetu Singh could not attend the funeral as they were out of India.
'Yes it has been expressed earlier on social media my wife and Ranbir are out of the country. Would never had been reason not to be there.'
Director Mahesh Bhatt, who directed Khanna in Jurm, said he did not attend the cremation as he thought 'it was a private funeral'.
'This was one funeral, I would have wanted to attend but I couldn't because I was initially told by an insider that the family wanted a private funeral.'
'It was quite late in the evening that I got to know the press was also invited. Otherwise, nothing could ever hold me back from attending his funeral.'
Amitabh Bachchan and son Abhishek, Randhir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Jackie Shroff, Kabir Bedi and Danny Denzongpa were among those who attended the funeral along with Gulzar, Subhash Ghai, Ramesh Taurani and Ramesh Sippy.
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- Goodbye, Vinod! Khanna's schoolmates pay tribute
- Vinod Khanna's star turn, over the years
- Farewell Vinod Khanna: Heaven must be full of swagger today
- 'My dear friend Vinod Khanna... will miss you'
- Vinod Khanna: An actor with a touch of sadness
- Shabana: I will always be thankful to Vinod Khanna
