Rishi initially declined 'Rauf Lala':Cinejwala:

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor claims to have turned down the negative role of 'Rauf Lala' in his last release Karan Johor's production venture 'Agneepath'. Apparently, Rishi won great accolades and critical acclamations for his villainous avatar in Karan Malhotra's directorial venture.

The yesteryear actor, who was often referred as a chocolate hero decided to experiment with different kind of roles which he had yet not ever portrayed and one such role was Rauf Lala, admitted the 'Bobby' debutant in his recent media
interaction. Initially Rishi was feared that he won't be able to don a negative role but only when filmmaker Karan Johar convinced the 59-year-old he accepted the role.

Rishi is now feeling great after his wife actor Neetu Singh, son actor Ranbir Kapoor and several other fans liked his negative performance in the film.