Raj Kapoor (December 14, 1924 – June 3, 1988) was a legendary actor, director, and producer of Bollywood (Indian) movies.

Raj Kapoor began his career as a clapper boy assisting Kidar Sharma. At age eleven, he appeared in films for the first time, in the 1935 film Inquilab. Raj Kapoor’s big break, however, came when [...]

When the world celebrated 100 Years of the Cinema, Russia had planned to release a series of picture books on the great personalities of cinema who had influenced Russian viewers. They released books on such film craftsmen as Sergei Eisentsien, Sergei Bondarchuk, Charlie Chaplin… and Raj Kapoor.
Raj Kapoor! What was India’s legendary showman doing [...]

The young artistes of Jaipur fondly remembered the “Shahenshah” of cinema Raj Kapoor at his 19th death anniversary on June 2, by rendering evergreen songs from different films in their voice. The cultural evening, organized in the auditorium of the Pink City Press Club (PCPC), began with Prakash Panwar singing ‘Diwana leke aaya hai…’. [...]