former actor and activist Somi Aliknown for her past relationships Salman Khanrevealed that she had been searching for missing Bollywood actor Raj Kiran for the past 16 years and said she made a commitment to the late actor. Rishi Kapoor She would never stop looking for him.Raj KiranHe mysteriously disappeared in the early 2000s and remains one of Bollywood’s biggest mysteries.
Somy Ali recalls promise to Rishi Kapoor
Sharing a detailed post on Instagram, Somi said her search started after a conversation with Rishi Kapoor during a film shoot. The two were reminiscing about Kaazi, in which Raj Kiran co-stars with Kapoor, as they discussed Kaazi’s unexplained disappearance.According to Somi, they decided to search for Raj Kiran together. Although Rishi Kapoor passed away in 2020 without finding him, she said she continues to search.“During the shoot, I promised Chintu ji that I would never stop looking for Raj Kiran before he leaves us. This is my 16th year. I went through random knocks on the door at the address given to me by a private detective. I found an apartment in New York and the front desk person told me that he had never met Raj Kiran but his brother Gobind, 1, Gobind Judy, Gobind’s wife and their daughter wrote in that apartment.
Somi Ali contacts Raj Kiran’s family
Somi shared screenshots and photos documenting her efforts to find the missing actor, including attempts to contact his brother Gobind and sister-in-law Judy.“I have contacted everyone in his family but to no avail. This is not just my commitment to Chintu ji but also because I am sincerely concerned whether Raj ji is okay or is being held somewhere under duress,” she added.Suomi appealed to the public for help, writing: “While this is not a huge reward, if anyone can provide a legal address – whether it’s a mental health facility or an apartment – you will be rewarded. Please help. Thanks. “
Consider filing a missing persons report
Among the documents shared was a letter that Somi said she sent to Judy via LinkedIn. In her letter, she revealed that she had considered contacting the New York Police Department.“My last resort is to file a missing persons report with the NYPD and offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who can provide legitimate information,” the letter read.She also revealed that she had spent her savings and even borrowed money from her mother to continue her search.“I have nothing to gain from this. As I mentioned, I spent money – some borrowed from my mother, the rest from my own savings – just to find him. I urge you to be kind in this predicament and get my message across to him,” she wrote.
Raj Kiran’s disappearance remains a mystery
Raj Kiran disappeared in the early 2000s, and over the years there have been conflicting reports about his whereabouts.At one point, Rishi Kapoor claimed that Raj Kiran’s brother Gobind told him that the actor was still alive and living in a mental hospital in Atlanta.“I was relieved when Govind told me that Raj was alive. But he was confined to an institution in Atlanta due to health issues,” Rishi told reporter Subhash K. Jha.However, Raj Kiran’s daughter Rishka Mahata later disputed the claim.“He’s not in Atlanta. We’ve been looking for him for over eight years. We’ve contacted the New York police and hired private investigators to find him, but he hasn’t been found,” she told Noonday.Recalling her father, she added, “He was the most loving father. Yes, he suffered from some mental health issues before his disappearance. We wanted to deal with this privately, but false reports forced me to speak out. It’s not fair to my mother.”Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who met Raj Kiran during his treatment, also recalled the actor’s condition in an interview with Rediff.“He was no longer the Raj Kiran I knew when he was in the psychiatric ward of Masina Hospital many years ago. He looked sullen and depressed and had difficulty speaking. There was no energy or enthusiasm that we thought he had,” Mahesh said.Despite years of efforts by his family, friends and investigators, Raj Kiran’s whereabouts remain unknown, making his disappearance one of Bollywood’s most enduring mysteries.
