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Jun 3, 2018 · After Mera Naam Joker, Raj Kapoor never faced the camera in films he directed. His later directional ventures – Bobby , Satyam Sivam Sundaram and Ram Teri Ganga Maili – were too commercial.
Dec 17, 2020 · The Bobby connect: The underwhelming response to Mera Naam Joker indirectly paved the way for Rishi Kapoor’s full-fledged debut. Raj Kapoor was forced to cast his son in Bobby as he...
May 2, 2020 · I had no time to do the things other teenagers did – at the age of sixteen, I was already working in Mera Naam Joker (1970). Also ironic is the fact that, for all my disinterest in an acting career, I was the youngest of Raj Kapoor’s children to face the camera for the first time.
Mera Naam Joker (transl. My Name Is Joker) is a 1970 Indian romantic drama film, directed, edited and produced by Raj Kapoor under his banner R. K. Films, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor as the eponymous character, with his son Rishi Kapoor making his screen debut playing his younger version, along with Simi Garewal
However, Raj Kapoor faced a huge disappointment with Mera Naam Joker. The philosophical film, which was Raj Kapoor’s dream project and took 6 years to make, was deemed too ahead of its time and failed miserably at the box office.
Dec 14, 2023 · Arguably the most ambitious project of Kapoor’s life, ‘Mera Naam Joker’ ended up as a box-office catastrophe and was also widely panned by the critics. However, eventually, it emerged as a ‘cult classic’.
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Dec 22, 2020 · Mera Naam Joker was a masterpiece with mature, non-toxic masculinity, nuanced portrayal of human emotions, and flawed, real women who were equals having their own agency. On December 18 th, one of Hindi cinema’s classic movies, Raj Kapoor’s Mera Naam Joker, completed 50 years.
