Rishi Kapoor’s Ancestral Home in Peshawar to Become a Museum

The Kapoor family lived in Pakistan until the Partition.

Rishi Kapoor has requested the Pakistani government to preserve his ancestral home.

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The Pakistan government has decided to convert actor Rishi Kapoor's ancestral home in Qissa Khwani Bazar in Peshawar into a museum soon, heeding a request by the actor.

"There was a call from Rishi Kapoor. He requested that his family’s home in Peshawar should be made into a museum or some sort of institution. We have accepted his request," said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi addressing a group of visiting Indian journalists.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Shehryar Khan Afridi also said that the actor had communicated his wish for the home to be preserved. "The federal and provincial governments are working on this and will will transform the house into a museum soon," he said.

The Kapoor Haveli was built by Basheswarnath Kapoor, the father of Prithviraj Kapoor.

Raj Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, was born in Peshawar on December 14, 1924. The Kapoor family left Peshawar after the Partition in 1947.