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Actress Neetu Singh has looked back on her career. She began as a child performer at eight, and by 15 she was among the best-paid actresses of the 1970s, with a Mercedes-Benz and about five properties bought from her own earnings.

She quit films at 21, at the height of her fame, to marry Rishi Kapoor, saying she was exhausted from working since childhood. She returned to acting full-time after her husband's death, because she felt lonely.

Her son Ranbir Kapoor is now in cinemas with Ramayana: Part 1, a film made for Rs 2,000 crore that is the costliest Indian film yet.

Amitabh Bachchan’s co-star was one of Bollywood’s highest-paid actresses at 15, owned a Mercedes and five houses. Left showbiz at 21. Her son, a superstar, is now starring in most expensive Indian fil

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Neetu Kapoor has spoken in a recent interview about her early climb to fame in Hindi cinema. She said that by 15 she had acquired four or five properties and a Mercedes of her own, all while still in eighth standard.

Film offers began arriving when she was in Class 8, and by 21 she had worked in roughly 100 movies. She left the screen after her wedding to Rishi Kapoor in 1980, pointing to a schedule that sometimes meant three shifts in one day.

She returned after a break of about 25 years with a cameo in Love Aaj Kal in 2009.

By age 15, she owned 5 properties and worked in 100 films by 21: Bollywood superstar's mother reveals why she quit acting at her peak