Raj Kapoor And Raj Kumar Story: Whenever there is talk of best directors in Bollywood, Raj Kapoor’s name will definitely come up. Although Raj Kapoor started his career as an actor, he also started direction and production work at an early age. Raj Kapoor was known for making his best films, so when a popular Bollywood actor suggested him to take a filmmaking course, imagine what would have happened?
This story is from around the 70’s when Raj Kapoor was planning to make the film Mera Naam Joker. Many stars were featured in this film and Raj Kapoor wanted to cast another actor but let us tell you what he had to hear while narrating the role.
This actor reprimanded Raj Kapoor
There was an actor in Bollywood who was known for his arbitrariness. He used to do films as per his wish and if he did not like the role, he would reprimand even the biggest actor, director or producer. The name of that actor was Raj Kumar who will always be alive in Bollywood stories because of his loud talk. Many such big films were lost from Raj Kapoor’s hands because he did not like his role in them.
According to media reports, once when Raj Kapoor was planning his dream project film ‘Mera Naam Joker’, almost all the cast had been selected but he was looking for the magician of that circus. During that time someone suggested the name of Raj Kumar to him and he went to him. When Raj Kapoor offered Rajkumar to become the magician in ‘Mera Naam Joker’, Raj Kumar refused.
According to reports, at that time Rajkumar had said that he too should be offered a role equal to Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor refused to do so and the matter was settled. Raj Kapoor was very angry at that time but did not say anything at that time. Later, during the marriage of Prem Chopra, there was a big fight between Raj Kapoor and Rajkumar.
Raj Kapoor and Rajkumar’s fight
According to reports, during Prem Chopra’s wedding, Raj Kapoor and Rajkumar were sitting together and having drinks. An intoxicated Rajkumar started insulting Raj Kapoor. An altercation started between the two and because the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ had flopped, Rajkumar started making fun of Raj Kapoor. When Raj Kapoor also started responding to his words, Raj Kumar told him, ‘First go and do a course in film making, then cast me.’ Although everyone pacified their fight later, both of them never worked together in films.