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Living Legend - Raj Kapoor

  • TV Movie
  • 1986
  • 47m
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Living Legend - Raj Kapoor (1986)
Documentary

A documentary on Indian actor-director Raj Kapoor that captures conversations with him and archival footage from old films and soundtracks.A documentary on Indian actor-director Raj Kapoor that captures conversations with him and archival footage from old films and soundtracks.A documentary on Indian actor-director Raj Kapoor that captures conversations with him and archival footage from old films and soundtracks.

  • Director
    • Simi Garewal
  • Stars
    • Simi Garewal
    • Raj Kapoor
    • Zeenat Aman
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    • Director
      • Simi Garewal
    • Stars
      • Simi Garewal
      • Raj Kapoor
      • Zeenat Aman
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    Simi Garewal
    Simi Garewal
    • Narrator
    Raj Kapoor
    Raj Kapoor
    • Self
    Zeenat Aman
    Zeenat Aman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Sunil Dutt
    Sunil Dutt
    • Self
    Saeed Jaffrey
    Saeed Jaffrey
    • Self
    Rima Kapoor Jain
    • Self
    • (as Rima Kapoor)
    Jeetendra
    Jeetendra
    • Self
    Dimple Kapadia
    Dimple Kapadia
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    • Self
    Karan Kapoor
    Karan Kapoor
    • Self
    Krishna Kapoor
    • Self
    Prithviraj Kapoor
    Prithviraj Kapoor
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rajeev Kapoor
    Rajeev Kapoor
    • Self
    Ranbir Kapoor
    Ranbir Kapoor
    • Self
    Randhir Kapoor
    Randhir Kapoor
    • Self
    Riddhima Kapoor
    Riddhima Kapoor
    • Self
    Rishi Kapoor
    Rishi Kapoor
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Shammi Kapoor
    Shammi Kapoor
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
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      • Simi Garewal
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    6kirk781

    A conversation with the showman

    This spans conversation with an aging Raj Kapoor (who in retrospect, was reaching the end of his life) about cinema, music and his personal associations with actresses in his directed works.

    Kapoor was a giant of Indian filmmaking and had an impeccable sense of music, giving great melodies. Appropriate songs from his numerous films have been sampled/shown in the documentary.

    I do feel that the documentary doesn't go deep enough when it comes to conversation about cinema and diverges to interviews with other folks regarding Raj Kapoor. The latter had enough talent in himself to speak about cinema or it's associated tangents and I would have loved to hear his views on both Indian film-making and world film makers.

    Kapoor, being a commercial maker working in the city of Bombay is often ignored in favor of art house directors when it comes to serious cinema; but making a commercial film that melds both a social issue within the constraints of such film-making with great music is an art in itself.

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      On Director Simi Garewal's Official Youtube Channel. An Upgrade version of the film which includes additional footage of Raj Kapoor's Funeral in 1988 was included in the end of the documentary Re-Released in 2020.

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    • Release date
      • 1987 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Showman Raj Kapoor
    • Production company
      • Siga Arts International Production
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      47 minutes
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