Both were very good actors. Also, the relationship between the two was also very good. Both were also seen together in the 1970 superhit film Joker.
Raj Kapoor and Manojkumar (Photo Credit: social media)
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Apart from being a good actor, Raj Kapoor, the show man of Hindi cinema, was also a great director. Similarly, there is also a name of director Manoj Kumar. Both were very good directors. Also, the relationship between the two was also very good. Both were also seen together in the 1970 superhit film Joker. Let us tell you, in an old interview, Manoj Kumar once told, when Raj Kapoor became a victim of some misunderstanding, he cried very loudly by placing his head on his lap. After all, what happened that made Raj Kapoor cry with his head in his lap. Let us tell you about it in detail.
Manoj Kapoor told that Raj thought that he was ignoring her because once when Raj tried to call Manoj, he was told that this number is wrong and the phone was disconnected saying that. But the truth was that Manoj was shooting in Mumbai when Raj called him and he never got the call. In an earlier interview with Mumbai Mirror, Manoj had told how he tried to explain the situation to Raj. “We met at (musician) Jaikishan’s residence at 4 pm, where I assured Raj sahib that neither I nor my wife Shashi would dare to harass him. I told him that I was looking forward to working with a Karmayogi and not with a showman and told him about the previous incident at the Regal Theater in Delhi. Raj sahib listened to me silently, then started crying with his head in my lap.
Got time to write the script of ‘Mera Naam Joker’
Manoj further told that Raj was very impressed with him when he was given permission to rewrite his scene in the film Mera Naam Joker. “When I deferred saying that (KA) Abbas sahib (who wrote the story and screenplay) was a senior writer, he spoke to me over the phone and it was he who gave me permission. At the same time, Raj Kapoor died of asthma in 1988.
First Published : 07 Sep 2022, 06:04:52 PM
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