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Mehboob Khan – The Turning Point
R.G. Torney, the general manager of Imperial Film Company, took a liking to the God-fearing young man and tried to give him as many opportunities as possible. Though Mehboob had been facing the camera for three years, he was hardly noticed, not even by himself! However, a film called Shirin Khusru changed his destiny overnight. ...
Mehboob Khan – The ‘Big’ Break
In Bombay, Mehboob’s routine was to hang around the gates of the Imperial Film Company (which was to later become Jyoti Studio) in central Bombay, day after day, hoping to get past his biggest hurdle — a hefty Pathan watchman, named Behram Shah — some day. Shah tried his best to drill some sense into ...
Mehboob Khan – Early Life
It’s difficult to imagine that a cult film like Mother India, the first ever Indian film to come close to winning an Oscar, was made by a man who had no formal education and no grounding in filmmaking. But then, that was Mehboob Khan, the man who came to be identified as the Cecil B. ...
Raj Kapoor – Fact File
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ • Raj Kapoor was allergic to air travel, disliked heights in general, always slept on the floor and usually did not get up before midday. • Raj Kapoor was always urging Dilip Kumar to get married. When he finally did marry Saira Banu, Raj Kapoor was so ...
Raj Kapoor – The Man
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ One could call him the eternal Sagittarian; full of optimism, a dreamer, shooting arrows at the stars, hoping one would fall into his hands…. He dreamt huge dreams and sold dreams to his audiences. His generosity is legendary. He was full of contradictions — loving, very affectionate ...
Raj Kapoor – The Musician
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ Despite his permanent musical team comprising Shankar-Jaikishan, lyricists Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri and singer Mukesh, it was Raj Kapoor himself whose stamp pervades all his music. He had a great ear for music, an innate sense of rhythm and could play most musical instruments by ear. His ...
Raj Kapoor – The Filmmaker
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ That he was a filmmaker first and an actor later cannot be doubted. He himself said, “My becoming an actor was an accident, I have always wanted to be a filmmaker.” As a filmmaker, Raj Kapoor’s USP was also perhaps his greatest flaw. For, unlike his peers ...
Raj Kapoor – The Actor
Once Raj Kapoor was present at a performance by Topol (the actor in Fiddler on the Roof). When the play ended and the applause died down, Topol announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, there is a misconception that I am Israel’s most popular actor. That’s wrong. I am the second most popular man, the first being Raj ...
Raj Kapoor – The Social Reformer
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ What is Raj Kapoor’s precise contribution to films? He saw his protagonist as an ingénue. His Raju (played by himself) was always forced into wrong-doing or was an innocent victim of society’s wrong attitudes. Yet his sheer innocence, exuberance, optimism and inherent goodness as it were, ...
Raj Kapoor – The Birth of The Tramp
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ Raj Kapoor’s third magnum opus was Awara. This movie played a very important role in his career, as it gave birth to the quintessential Raj Kapoor persona, which he is best remembered by even today. Awara was responsible for many firsts in Raj Kapoor’s life. He got ...
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