Awaara, Sri 420 and Jagte supply velvet manufacturer in china Raho — would have secured him a high place in the pantheon of Bollywood. Next year, in Praksh Jha’s ambitious film Rajneeti, loosely based on Mahabharat and Hollywood masterpiece Godfather, which also featured stalwarts like Nana Patekar and Manoj Bajpai, Ranbir’s restraint and convincing act reminds of Michael Corleone of Godfather Part II. Raj travelled in the local trains to various studios with a small lunch box and honed his skills from the scratch; from a spot boy, he rose to be an assistant of Kedar Sharma who once famously slapped him across his face when he messed up a shot!
A born genius with infectious passion for films and irrepressible ambition to succeed, Raj had courage to take risks, so he produced and directed his first film Aag in 1948 when he was barely 25! And he did it without burning his dad’s money.. The movie should have Gulzar’s lyrics and Rehman’s music, which should be directed by Ayan Mukerji. He looked good, acted effortlessly and left the viewers in awe with his performance. In pursuit of an unforgettable film of mass appeal, he should produce Devdas with Alia as Paro and Shradha Kapoor as Chandramuklhi. It is the only Hindi film which was seen by 3 history shaping personalities — Mao Zedong, Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev. Awaara was nominated for the Palme d’ Or at the Cannes in 1953.At a time when “nepotism in Bollywood” is being debated heatedly, it might be worth remembering that Prithviraj Kapoor, pioneering personality of Indian theatre in 1940s and who is still remembered for his cult roles in the films like Sikandar, Mughal-e-Azam and Nanak Naam Jahaj Hai, didn’t launch his talented, blue-eyed son — Raj Kapoor — in Hindi filmdom.
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