Raj Kapoor Disaster Movie: Popular Hindi cinema actor Raj Kapoor started working as a director and producer along with acting at a young age. Raj Kapoor remained in the news for his superhit films along with his personal life. Raj Kapoor used to make a film with great passion, every scene of the film was taken from some true incident and this was his style. Raj Kapoor used to be very famous in many countries of the Soviet Union.
After ‘Awara’ (1951), Raj Kapoor’s popularity increased in many countries of the Soviet Union, especially in Russia. His films were released there, one of them was ‘Mera Naam Joker’. This film was a flop in India but was a superhit there.
‘Mera Naam Joker’ had ruined Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor’s film Mera Naam Joker was a great cult classic released on 18 December 1970. ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the longest running film of Indian cinema with a duration of 4 hours and 15 minutes. Due to this, two intervals were kept in the film. The film made records in many matters but its earnings made Raj Kapoor bankrupt to a great extent.
According to media reports, Raj Kapoor even mortgaged his house to make the film Mera Naam Joker. Raj Kapoor had invested a lot of money in this film, more than half of which was wasted. According to reports, Raj Kapoor had invested Rs 1 crore to make ‘Mera Naam Joker’, which was considered a huge amount at that time. The film earned 70 to 80 lakhs at the Indian box office. It is said that Raj Kapoor went into a lot of depression when the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ flopped.
‘Mera Naam Joker’ was a superhit in the Soviet Union countries
Raj Kapoor’s popularity has been immense in other countries of the Soviet Union. Raj Kapoor’s films were especially liked in Russia. Raj Kapoor’s film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was liked a lot there and this film earned a lot of money.
But he did not get any profit because when the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ flopped, Raj Kapoor, disappointed, sold the rights of the film to a distributor company which released the film in the Soviet Union along with some other parts of India. Whatever profit the film made went into the pockets of the distributor company and Raj Kapoor’s film, despite being successful, remained a failure for him.
Why did ‘Mera Naam Joker’ flop?
Rishi Kapoor played the role of Raj Kapoor’s childhood in the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’. Actors like Simi Garewal, Manoj Bajpayee, Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar, Rajendra Nath, Om Prakash, Dara Singh, Achala Sachdev were seen in it. The lead actress of the film was Padmini who was a big actress of South and she also made a successful career in Hindi cinema.
The story of the film was good but people got bored because the film was very long. Today the film can be watched for free on YouTube or on Amazon Prime Video. This film is also considered a cult classic but due to being slow at many places, one feels bored.
