Raj Kapoor — The Greatest Showman
As we all know, in this world there less than 1% people’s who serve there life. For a reason, they live for that reason and they died for that reason.
One of those great people’s one is Indian filmmaker Raj Kapoor, he is one of the legends. Who spend his whole life, to entertained people.
Kapoor was born in Peshawar, North Western Frontier Province, British India(in present Peshawar in Pakistan)at Prithviraj’s Kapoor Haveli on Dec 14, 1924.
Raj Kapoor his screen name but his real life name is Randhir Raj Kapoor, Kapoor’s father Prithviraj Kapoor in struggling period when he get born.
Kapoor also had his siblings two brothers Shashi Kapoor, late Shammi Kapoor and one sister Urmila Sial. As his father migrate, his school changed.
Kapoor got first break in Neel Kamal(1947) with Madhubala in lead role. Kapoor worked with so many amazing stars like Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Dharmendra, Mandankni, Hema Malini, Nargis, etc.
After Kapoor his both brothers Shashi and Shammi start their careers in films. Where Kapoor also acted with them, in 1971 Kapoor launched his Randhir Kapoor with Kal Aaj Aur Kal he acted with his father Prithviraj Kapoor and Randhir’s to-be wife Babita.
After 2 years in 1973 Kapoor launched his younget son Rishi Kapoor career with Dimple Kapadia in Bobby this movie was the box office super hit.
Kapoor face struggled in his life, because his some movies totally flopped at box office including his big budget movie Mera Naam Joker(1970), MNJ took 6 years to complete. But later Mera Naam Joker is known as cult classic.
Kapoor, changed his films point of view to female protgonist like Satyam Shivam Sundaram(1978), Prem Rog(1982) and Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985).
Later in 1988 when Government of India, honoured him with Dada Saheb Phalke Award he collapsed on the event caused complications of asthama. He also struggled from death a month, but Kapoor loose.
At the time when he hospitalised, he already worked on Indo-Pak relation based film Henna. The rest film completed and relesed by his sons Rishi and Randhir Kapoor in 1991.
This is very meaningful song from Raj Kapoor’s Mera Naam Joker
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