Rajendra Kumar Raj Kapoor Friendship: In the film world, it cannot be said who becomes someone’s friend and when he becomes someone’s enemy. You may have come across many such stories in Bollywood but you would hardly have heard this story of friendship, enmity and then friendship again between Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kapoor.
In the 60’s, there were many stories of friendship between Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar. They also did a superhit film like Sangam (1964) together. Apart from this, they also used to talk openly about their friendship, then what happened that their friendship turned into enmity for some time?
Why was there a rift in the friendship between Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kapoor?
According to media reports, Rajendra Kumar asked Raj Kapoor to convert their friendship into a relationship, which Raj Kapoor agreed to. Raj Kapoor’s daughter Reema Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar’s son Kumar Gaurav’s marriage was discussed and the matter was finalized. But later Kumar Gaurav liked Sanjay Dutt’s sister Namrata Dutt and married her in the year 1984.
When Raj Kapoor came to know about this, he started keeping aloof from Rajendra Kumar and it is said that both of them did not even like to meet each other. Some time before Raj Kapoor’s death, Rajendra Kumar went to meet him and they became friends again.
Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar movies
Two special friends of Bollywood, Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kapoor, had worked together in some of the best films like ‘Sangam’ (1964), ‘Do Jasoos’ (1975) and ‘Mera Naam Joker’ (1970). Out of these, the film Sangam proved to be a superhit at the box office and the discussions about this film remained for a long time.
