On February 6, 1947, Raj Kapoor launched his first production and directorial debut Aag with a small muhurat and pooja at Eastern Studios in midtown Mumbai. Shooting began after a week and the film was released exactly a year later at Shimla. Its budget was an astronomical Rs 3.5 lakhs, and Raj mortgaged his first […]

Known as the Showman of Indian Cinema, the image of Raj Kapoor as the Charlie Chaplin like ‘Raju’ is hard to forget. This Bollywood actor- director was born in Peshawar on 14 December 1924 to Prithviraj Kapoor, a famous actor.
As a child, Raj was affectionately called Chisto, Gora or Lashkaree. Even in school Raj Kapoor […]

Ruddy-cheeked and light-eyed, Raj Kapoor was unmistakably Destiny’s blue-eyed boy. Raj Kapoor
It got him many film roles and the talented Kapoor made sure he left a mark in each of them.
This boy wonder started multi-tasking from the age of 24 when he produced, directed and acted in Aag (1948).
He had the unique ability to marshal […]