Raj Kapoor

CinemaScope

Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 14, 2023
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The Common Man on Screen: How Raj Kapoor Championed the Indian Proletariat

Raj Kapoor disagreed with how director Basu Bhattacharya wanted him to react to Waheeda Rehman’s lip-synching, Aa Aa Bhi Ja in Teesri…
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Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 14, 2021
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On Raj Kapoor’s 97th Birth Anniversary: Untold Memories Of A ‘Joker’

Raj Kapoor practiced the antics and body language of circus jokers by observing the Great Russian circus clowns. He always…
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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 22, 2021
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Raj Kapoor to Dev Anand: “Dev Tumne Mere Heroine (Nargis) Ko Chura Liya”

In 1953 the first Indian film delegation attended the coveted Venice International Film Festival. Led by Bimal Ray the delegation…
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Opinion

Ranjan Das GuptaJuly 12, 2021
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Dilip Kumar had met Jawaharlal Nehru, few days ahead of his demise, had noticed former PM was ‘exhausted’

“How are you?” Kemon Achish? Dilip Kumar greeted me during a telephonic conversation a decade ago as I greeted him…
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