Director : A R Kardar, Mahesh Kaul
Music Director : Naushad, Shankar Jaikishan
Leading Cast : Raj Kapoor, Saira Banu, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiyalal, Ravindra Kapoor,
Leela Mishra, Suraiya, Suresh, Sumitra Devi, Shyam Kumar, Madan Puri, Amirbai Karnataki
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 [...]
Read More...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 [...]