‘That was the first time I left Samara’: Riddhima Kapoor Sahni on when she was forced to leave daughter alone following Rishi Kapoor’s leukemia diagnosis

For many Indian parents, the thought of leaving their child alone feels almost unthinkable. That is something even Riddhima Kapoor Sahni resonates with, as she recently admitted that she had never left daughter Samara alone before 2019, when her father, late actor Rishi Kapoor, was diagnosed with leukemia.

“I left Samara for 45 days for the shoot of a film recently. Before that, I had never left Samara for these years. The first time I ever left Sam was when dad fell sick. It was before Covid-19 when he was diagnosed. That was the first time in 2019. That was the first time I left Samara. I used to travel back and forth, and of course, New York,” she told Farah Khan on her cooking channel.

Taking a cue from her admission, let’s explore what it means to have a constant presence as a par