THE BEST of Raj Kapoor
I have created this list in respect to Raj Kapoor as an actor, because i have always believed that the director in him overshadowed the great actor Raj Kapoor was. For me, he stands right up there with the greatest actors of all time and i am sure after watching these movies you will have the highest regards for Raj Kapoor the actor....
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Best movies of Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor's greatest movies
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Best movies of Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor's greatest movies
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- DirectorBasu BhattacharyaStarsRaj KapoorWaheeda RehmanDulariA naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling courtesan.Another underrated beautiful piece of art with Raj Kapoor playing a rustic villager like he never played before. The movie is realistically made and acted with a lot of soul!
- DirectorRamesh SaigalStarsRaj KapoorMala SinhaRehman KhanAn adaption of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; Ram is a destitute but bright law student who decides to rob the safe of the moneylender.The most unseen and underrated masterpiece, both in terms of acting and direction!
- DirectorAmit MitraSombhu MitraStarsPradeep KumarSumitra DeviSmriti BiswasAn innocent guy who has arrived from a village to Kolkata gets himself involved into trouble in search of water after he gets thirsty in the middle of the night.You watch this movie in the year 3011 and i am sure you will still not feel you are watching an old movie or something. Devoid of any cliches, it is much more than just a masterpiece! Raj Kapoor has almost no dialogues and he still delivers one of the best performances u will ever see.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsNargisKamini KaushalNigar SultanaFailing to move on from his loss of childhood love, a man turns to his passion for theater.A movie too old with a thought so new and so prevalent. Just like an obsession with Engineering today, Kewal's father is hell bent upon making his son a lawyer. its just that Kewal knows one thing and one thing only- Theatre.................. Another class act!
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorNargisPrithviraj KapoorA poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.The 'Time magazine' has rated Raj Kapoor's performance in Awaara as one of the Top-Ten Greatest Performances of all time in world cinema. Reason enough to have a go at it.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsNargisRaj KapoorNadiraWhen a young man from a small town decides to make it big in a city, he faces several challenges.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorManoj KumarSimi GarewalRaju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make people laugh and be happy, no matter how unhappy he is within. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on." Over six years in the making, "Mera Naam Joker" is Raj Kapoor's semi-autobiographical story of the life, love, and philosophy of an entertainer.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsNargisDilip KumarV.H. DesaiDilip loves Neena, but she treats him only as a friend. Later she gets married to Rajan. When he comes to know that Dilip once loved Neena, he misunderstands them and things change a lot then.Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar sharing screen for the first and the last time! And there are enough fireworks..
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRaj KapoorNutanLalita PawarA poor young man gets employed by a rich man admiring his honesty. But when he gets suspected in a lady's murder case, he need to prove his innocence.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsNargisRaj KapoorPremnath MalhotraPran and Gopal fall in love with village girls while on a holiday. After returning home, Gopal continues to flirt with other girls. But Pran realizes that he has truly fallen in love.
- DirectorRadhu KarmakarStarsRaj KapoorPadminiPran SikandA simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.
- DirectorAnant ThakurStarsNargisRaj KapoorGopeA spoiled rich girl on the run travels with a reporter looking for a news scoop.Another heart-breakingly fantastic performance by the showman!
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorRajendra Kumar TuliVyjayanthimalaReturning home from war after being assumed dead, a pilot weds the woman he has long loved, unaware that she had been planning to marry his best friend.
- DirectorM.L. AnandStarsNargisAshok KumarRaj KapoorRoopa lives in a chawl in a slum with her alcoholic paternal uncle, who sits at home and forces her to go out to work, earn and buy alcohol for him. Her outlook on life is close to despair, and when she finds no work, earns no money, she is severely beaten by him and thrown out of the room. On one such occasion, a neighbor named Raj comes to her aid and even loans her some money. But that only lasts for a short while, and she is back to square one again. She decides to kill herself, but is rescued by an artiste named Ashok, who asks her to model for him. Soon they become fast friends, she even moves into his palatial home, and both earn quite a bit of money from selling the paintings. Then one day Raj re-enters her life, and it was as though her past had come to re-visit. She longed to be with Raj. Ashok is unhappy because of the competition, as he is in love with Roopa and would like to marry her. Roopa decides in favor of Raj and decides to run away with him, little knowing that Raj is only interested in her newly acquired wealth, which he intends to procure by hook or by crook, to repay his debts to a gangster named Advani. Will Roopa be drawn back into her old despaired life again?
- DirectorMohan SinhaStarsRaj KapoorMadhubalaShyam SunderA comic tale of a poet and his fan both in love with each other and relentless efforts by his would be father in law to not let them marry each other. Instead, he wants his daughter to be married to the poet's friend.
- DirectorRaja NawatheStarsNargisRaj KapoorVijayalaxmiAllahabad-based Raj Raibahadur lives a wealthy lifestyle with his widowed businessman dad. His mom had passed away, a victim to tuberculosis, compelling his anxious dad to keep him away from the hustle, bustle and pollution associated with cities. As a result Raj ends up in the countryside, involved in the construction of a dam. His dad asks him to commence correspondence with a Riva-based young woman by the name of Chandra Rai, with a view to get him married, to which Raj agrees. The correspondence starts, and even without meeting each other, Chandra and Raj fall in love. They cement they love when they finally meet with each other. When Raj tells him dad, the marriage proposal is put forth, but to Raj's shock and dismay, Chandra rejects him. It is only later that Raj finds out that the woman he had corresponded with was not Chandra, but her younger sister, Neelu. Then the Raibahadur family physician, Dr. Kailash, gives them devastating news that Raj has tuberculosis and is not expected to live too long. Watch what Raj does to convince Chandra of his love, and try to prove to Neelu that she should forget him and get married to Kailash instead.
- DirectorTara HarishStarsRaj KapoorMadhubalaSulochana LatkarOrphaned brothers Jagannath and Rajan turn to crime for survival. Jagannath, a seasoned criminal, leads a double life, while Rajan aids the police. Their paths cross unknowingly. The climax unfolds with a police chase and a family reunion.
- DirectorRavindra DaveStarsRaj KapoorSadhana ShivdasaniAghaChanda lives a wealthy lifestyle in Jaipur along with her father, Thakur Dharam Singh, and mom. Since she is of marriageable age, her dad wants her to get married to a wealthy male of his choice, but she dislikes him. Arguments ensue at home and her dad slaps her, she falls down and passes out. When she regains her senses she finds herself in a hospital in Bombay with her dad at her bedside, who tells her that she was unconscious for 3 days, apologizes and promises never to pressurize her to get married. She forgives him and they return home. A few days later she gets a visitor, a male Akashwani singer by the name of Raj Kumar, who claims to be her husband, calls her by the name of Rekha, and wants her to accompany him back to Bombay where he lives in a Chawl along with a two-bit Bollywood actor, Bansi. The question remains who is this male, and why is he claiming to be Chanda's husband?
- DirectorR.C. TalwarStarsRaj KapoorWaheeda RehmanLalita PawarShekhar's (Raj Kapoor) maternal grandmother Nani (Lalita Pawar) is a very loving person, and loves Shekhar dearly as a mother. She is also very religious and firm in her beliefs. She believes that every man must have a male heir to carry on the family's name. Therefore, she will only permit Shekhar to marry a woman who will bear him a son. Shekhar presents his Nani with Sunita (Waheeda Rehman), the girl he plans to marry. Nani finds out that Sunita cannot bear any children and disapproves of her. Shekar and Sunita marry anyway, and to pacify Nani, pretend that a friend's son is their's. But for how long will the shrewd Nani allow the wool to be pulled over her eyes?