The great Indian actor Raja Kapoor,whose biography will be described in this article, was called the "Indian Charlie Chaplin". In his country he was also called "the king of Indian cinema". For his creative career, he starred in more than 80 films. He is rightly considered the pioneer of a new era of Indian cinema, in the world he was the "emblem" of his country. The most famous films in which he played, were "Mister 420" and "Tramp". It was for them that he was recognized in all parts of the world. He played his roles with virtuosic skill, not only playing a role, but also dancing, singing, performing various acrobatic stunts. It is believed that until now Indian cinema has no more talented and capacious artist, like Raj Kapoor. His biography is similar to the script of the film, it is also interesting and full of events.
He was born in the middle of December 1924.in the city of Peshawar, which was considered a British colony. Today this part of India has left Pakistan and is its province. The Raja family was creative: his father, Prithviraja Kapoor, was a producer and director. He was the owner of the theater Prithvi Theater. The grandfather of the future actor was also a great Indian theater artist. So he became the continuer of the already established acting dynasty.
Raj Kapoor, about the biography, whose family wewe will tell you further, he loved to spend time with his brothers in the walls of his father's theater. He knew every corner of the backstage. From the age of six his father took him as the performer of this or that children's role in various productions. In addition, he helped all technical workers - lighters, cleaners, artists, decorators, - with everything he could. Father liked that his son was so interested in the theater and did not disdain any hard work. Already in his teens he could give any adult professional artist a head start. Everyone noticed that the young man possesses exceptional temperament and energy, as well as a talent for improvisation, which is very important for a theater actor, where there is no possibility of multiple takes.
And yet the most cherished dream of RajaKapoor, whose biography is devoted to this article, was a movie. He dreamed of being on the set and playing, playing, playing ... For the first time he was involved in the film process at the age of 11. The film was called "Revolution". Then there were other films. However, Raju wanted not only to play, but also to make films. At first he got a job as an assistant director in Bombay Talkies. Although in order to become a director, one had to get higher education, but the star of Indian cinema did not want to enter a higher educational institution, and decided to gain professional knowledge and skills on the basis of experience, as well as analysis of the Western film industry.
This year was a turning point in the biography of Raj Kapoor.He played immediately in several films, and as an executor of the leading roles he earned good money and decided to invest in the creation of his own film, which was to be called "Sizzling Passion" (there is another version of the title - "Fire"). The picture was a little autobiographical, about the beginning theater director. Technically, he brought a lot of individual moments to Indian cinema, for example, a contrasting black and white shooting, a game of shadow and light, and from the content side - a philosophy of beauty genuine and fake, as well as the true purpose of the artist and artist. In this picture, he acted not only as a director, but also as a performer of the main role. His partner was a beautiful actress Nargis (later their duo was shot in more than 15 films).
After successful director's work Kapoor becamemore confident and trust in their strength. In 1948 he decided to found the film company R.K.Films. Thus, he became the youngest of the directors of Indian cinema. Of course, at first, his film company did not have enough money, but his team was ready to work almost for free, believing in his director. Every day the number of fans of both the actor himself and his director's works grew. Most of them were about love, but they also touched on social problems, for which he was loved by both the lower classes and the top.
A great success for the actor-director broughtpicture "The Tramp". It was released in 1951. The film began to show not only in India, but all over the world. Every day his rating grew, which brought unprecedented fame to its director. This went on for more than a decade. Then there was the picture "Mr. 420". Especially liked the viewer of the song from this picture. The first color film with the participation of Raj Kapoor was filmed in 1964. It was called Sangam. Unfortunately, this was his last job as an actor - performer of the title role. However, Kapur continued his production and directing activities. During his entire creative career, he managed to shoot and play in about 80 scenes. He died at the age of 63 from complications caused by asthma. Six months before that, he had lost consciousness at the award ceremony of the "Best National Cinematographer" award, then was transferred to the hospital, but could not recover from the disease. His death was the end of a whole era of Indian cinema.
His wife was called Krsna.She was always in the shadow of her titled husband and children. Krsna was a very wise woman, she did not try to stick herself out, but at the same time was an ally and friend for her husband. She never gave interviews, she tried to talk little about her children, about their admirers. For Kapoor it was the only marriage: together with his wife they lived about 40 years. They had 5 children - two daughters - Rome and Rita and three sons - Rajiv, Risha and Randhir. His sons followed in the footsteps of their grandfather and father and also became cinematographers. In short, the biography of the family, the children of Raja Kapoor, was a continuation of his own. And the Kapurov clan is rightly considered one of the most successful and influential in Bollywood.
As already mentioned, the great artistHe met Nargis during his first directorial work "Sizzling Passion" ("Fire"). Of course, a passion broke out between them, but he was married and did not want to break his relationship with his family. Raj Kapoor's wife, whose biography is almost unknown - she lives only in his shadow, knew about her husband's passion, but behaved patiently and wisely. There were no reproaches or scenes of jealousy. She understood that her husband was a star, that he liked many women. By the way, Nargis herself also never advertised her close relations with Raj, and soon got married and rumors by themselves ceased. However, the press began to appear fresh publications about the new weaknesses of Kapoor. Here Krishna no longer wanted to endure, and together with the children she moved from their common house to the hotel. De facto losing his family, Raj settled down, begged his wife to return home and promised not to spoil himself by accidental ties.
In 1988Kapoor received the highest cinematic award of India - the Dadasahib Falke Award. Her actor was given the president of the country. But Kapoor right in the hall, even before the graduation ceremony was suddenly felt bad. Directly from here he was taken to the hospital by the ambulance. About a month the actor and director was sick, and no treatment helped him. In the first days of June of that year he died. His death was mourned not only by the whole of India, but also by the inhabitants of other countries. Kapoor was very much loved and appreciated in the USSR. He often visited Moscow, attended the premiere of his films. His death greatly upset Russian fans of his talent.
