{"id":362694,"date":"2025-12-21T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362694\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:45:10","slug":"welcome-marks-18-years-anil-kapoor-pens-emotional-note-for-feroz-khan-wasnt-without-rdx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362694\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Welcome\u2019 marks 18 years; Anil Kapoor pens emotional note for Feroz Khan: \u2018Wasn\u2019t without RDX\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018Welcome\u2019Marking 18 years of ‘Welcome’, Anil Kapoor paid emotional tribute to late Feroz Khan’s iconic RDX role, crediting him for lifting the film. He shared 1986 throwback pics with Khan and Nana Patekar, captioning: \u201cWelcome wasn\u2019t Welcome without RDX.\u201d Kapoor recalled Anees Bazmee saying Feroz Saab would save it. Khan’s final role. Marking 18 years of \u2018Welcome’ release, Anil Kapoor<\/a> remembers about the movie with warm gratitude and fond memories. He shared an emotional tribute to the late Feroz Khan<\/a>. Highlighting Khan’s legendary RDX role, he praised the veteran star’s explosive energy and commanding presence, which made it the film’s top standout. Kapoor gave full credit to Feroz\u2019s dynamic acting for boosting the entire project.<\/p>\n

Throwback photos<\/p>\n

Anil shared throwback images from the comedy drama on his X (formerly Twitter) handle this Sunday. The nostalgic photos show him posing with Feroz and Nana Patekar. One monochrome photo from 1986 features the late actor embracing Anil with both arms. The rest capture their joint scenes in \u2018Welcome\u2019. The actor captioned it: \u201c18 years of Welcome. This one\u2019s for Feroz Khan Saab Welcome wasn\u2019t Welcome without RDX, just like Mr. India wasn\u2019t complete without Mogambo. both are irreplaceable period.\u201d \"q\" <\/p>\n

Behind-the-scenes anecdote<\/p>\n

Kapoor added, \u201cI remember hearing the script and wondering how it would land. Picture yaha ruk jati hai baith jati hain. Anees bhai said, \u201cChinta mat karo\u2026 Feroz Saab picture utha lenge. And he did. RDX lifted the film. This film. this character, this madness. magic.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Film background and cast<\/p>\n

Released in 2007, \u2018Welcome\u2019 was co-written and helmed by director Anees Bazmee<\/a>. Loosely based on the 1999 British film \u2018Mickey Blue Eyes\u2019, it showcased a stellar ensemble led by Feroz Khan, with Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, and Mallika Sherawat in key roles. Sunil Shetty and Malaika Arora popped up in special cameos.<\/p>\n

Feroz Khan’s final role<\/p>\n

\u2018Welcome\u2019 also marked Feroz Khan’s final on-screen role; he passed away two years later following a battle with lung cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marking 18 years of ‘Welcome’, Anil Kapoor paid emotional tribute to late Feroz Khan’s iconic RDX role, crediting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10075,197438,55434,64,63,134,93549,27923,344,16367],"class_list":{"0":"post-362694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-anees-bazmee","10":"tag-anil-kapoor","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-feroz-khan","15":"tag-mallika-sherawat","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-welcome"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}