One of the founding fathers of modern Bollywood, Raj Kapoor was known for his distinctive style
A gutsy up-front film maker who continuously braved odds and defied the times to weave his own personal version of aching, heart-stopping, romantic fare. His over the top formulas were always ahead of its time be it 'Sangam' or 'Bobby', but that never stopped him from following his heart.
Shankar-Jaikishan were Raj Kapoor's music director of choice - worked in 20 films in all including 10 of his own films
Rajkapoor and Nargis worked together in 16 films including 6 of his own productions
Mukesh was Raj Kapoor's almost exclusive singing voice in almost all of his films. Also, when Mukesh died, Raj had said, Main ne apni aawaaz ko kho diya... (I have lost my voice...)
Awaara(1951)and Boot Polish(1954) nominated for the Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival
Awards won by Raj Kapoor
Two National Aswards for Best Feature Film in Hindi
10 Filmfare Awards and 19 Nominations
Boot Polish(1954) - won Filmfare Award for Best Movie
Anari(1959)-won Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai(1960) - won Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Sangam (1964) - won Filmfare Award for Best Movie and Best Director
Mera Naam Joker(1970) - - won Filmfare Award for Best Director
Prem Rog(1982) - won Filmfare Award for Best Movie and Best Director
Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985) - won Filmfare Award for Best Movie and Best Director
Govt of India Honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971
Govt of India Honoured him with the Dadasaheb Palke Award in 1987
A postage stamp, bearing Raj Kapoor's face, was released by India Post to honour him on December 14,2001
A brass statue of Raj Kapoor was unveiled at Walk of the Stars at Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai in March 2012.
Many of Raj Kapoor's movies had a patriotic theme.- Aag,Shree 420,Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai and (In the country where the Ganges flows) celebrated the newly independent India, and encouraged film-goers to be patriots
Raj Kapoor commissioned these famous lyrics for Mera Joota Hai Japani , a song from the movie Shree 420
- Mera joota hai Japani (My shoes are Japanese)
- Ye patloon Inglistani (These trousers are English)
- Sar pe lal topi Roosi (The red cap on my head is Russian)
- Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani (But still, however, my heart is Indian)
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