That Raj Kapoor and Nargis made a great on screen couple is corroborated by this "It happened one night" inspired flick. Nargis is near perfect as the snobbish heiress on the run. She runs away from a caring father who puts his foot down when she wants to marry a playboy (Pran). Enroute she meets Raj Kapoor, a reporter who wants to do an exclusive on her journey. After the initial bickering and animosity, they fall in love. And after a big misunderstanding , everything gets sorted out in the end. Shankar Jaikishen come up with a score which has a winner in very number. Raj Kapoor is excellent and so is Nargis. Very very watchable.
Hindi movie with Rishi Kapoor, Rati Angihotri and Poonam Dhillon.
raj kapoor and waheeda rehman in teesri kasam
Hindi movie with Amitabh Bachchan & Shabana Azmi. Written by Javed Akhtar, Directed by Tinnu Anand and released in 1989!
Dastaan is a masterpiece of Raj Kapoor. For me, the most interesting thing about this movie was that the lead actress, Suraiya, is also credited as a playback singer. This is the first time in my (admittedly limited) viewing of Bollywood films that I've encountered a star doing her or his own singing. However, checking her other film credits, she did so fairly often. She did hardly any dancing in this film, though, and sang a couple of numbers seated at a piano. I also seemed to detect a Latin influence in the music, particularly in the rhythms. (I'm reminded of an even more pronounced influence of Latin music, i.e. the nightclub scene in Shree 420.) All three of her suitors in this film are good guys, but I won't spoil the ending by divulging who does or doesn't get the girl. However both my viewing companion and myself were disappointed by the ending of the film -- which is not to say it was inappropriate for the time and melodramatic moral tone of the film.
Raj Kapoor's presentation of the humble lifestyle of two children who wish to overcome the obstacles of abject poverty.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand.................................. Performers: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman.... Singers: Mohammad Rafi........................... Music: Ravi.............................................. Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni............................ Film: Chaudhvin Ka Chand, 1960................ Starring: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman, Johnny Walker, Minoo Mumtaz
a song from andaaz 1949
Golden Rain! It was 60 years ago, that Raj Kapoor could establish R.K. studio on the success of this movie. Very skinny, very young - Raj Kapoor, Prem Nath & Nargis.
nargis dilip kumar in andaaz 1949
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