First Indian Movie shot in Foreign: In the 40s, a person came into the film industry who did not just want to become an actor. He wanted to rule the film industry and along with this he also brought different ideas so that he could transform Indian cinema. The name of that actor was Raj Kapoor who is called the ‘showman’ of the industry. He made different records through the film, one of them was that Raj Kapoor came up with the concept of shooting films in foreign countries.
In the year 1964, Raj Kapoor brought the film Sangam and this film was shot abroad. With this, Raj Kapoor’s film Sangam became the first Indian film to be shot abroad. This film earned well at the box office and was liked a lot by the people.
‘Sangam’ was the first Indian film to be shot abroad.
It is believed that Raj Kapoor believed in keeping the concept of his films many years ahead of that era. He used to show some such things in his films which the audience of that time could not even imagine. One such film was Sangam, whose director was Raj Kapoor and he also produced the film.
Raj Kapoor was seen as the lead actor in the film, apart from him Vaijanti Mala and Rajendra Kumar were also in lead roles. The film Sangam was shot not only in India but also in Venice, Paris and Switzerland. The film Sangam is also considered to be the first color film made in the production of Raj Kapoor, which was very much liked by the audience.
Cast of the film ‘Sangam’
Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Vyjantimala were in lead roles in the 1964 film Sangam. In this, a story based on love triangle was shown. Apart from these, artists like Lalita Pawar, Achala Sachdev, Nana Palshikhar, Iftekhar, Raj Mehra, Uma Dutt, Tina Katkar, Hari Shivdasani and Farida Dadi were seen.
‘Sangam’ box office collection
Raj Kapoor was also seen as a lead actor in the film Sangam, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor had written an excellent story for this film. According to Sacnilk, the budget of the film Sangam was around Rs 80 lakh to Rs 1 crore.
The worldwide box office of the film Sangam was Rs 7.80 crore. The film Sangam proved to be a blockbuster. Along with this, people liked its songs, dialogues and scenes the most.