Raj Kapoor

The present generation of films from Bollywood still borrows several themes that had been perfected in his films, and some believe that it is still a compliment for a commercial film to be compared to one of his works. Height: 6' 01/2" (1.84 m). Thus his sensitivity to the requirements of film audiences should not be dismissed. Ripley' and ' Gattaca') his acting range is too limited to carry a film on his own. Though Raj Kapoor was described by one critic as exhibiting "the carnality of a schoolboy" in his films, it remains indubitably the case that he was among the most successful film-makers for nearly four decades. Film critics contend that though Law has been effective in supporting roles as a 'pretty boy' (as in 'The Talented Mr. The film was completed by his son Randhir Kapoor. Law's other releases of 2004 were also met with indifferent reviews and luke warm box office.

At the time of his death he had been working on Henna a film on an Indo-Pakistani love story. It was also a flop at the US box-office making less than $7 million. Raj Kapoor who had been suffering from asthma, passed away in 1988 at age 60. The 2004 remake of Alfie was voted one of the worst remakes of all time by a British film magazine. Raj Kapoor was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1987, for lifetime commitment to Indian cinema. On November 17, 2004, Jude Law was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive". Also music directors Shankar-Jaikishan, lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri started off working in Raj Kapoor films. He has since become engaged to Sienna Miller, his co-star in the remake of Alfie.

Some of the people introduced by Raj Kapoor to films include his sons Rishi and Rajiv, Nimmi, Dimple Kapadia, Zeenat Aman and Mandakini. 2002), divorced. The couple starred together in several of Kapoor's films including Awaara and Shri 420. 2000) and Rudy (b. In spite of being a married man, Kapoor also had a longtime romantic relationship with actress Nargis during the Fifties. 1996), Iris (b. Randhir, Rishi and Rajeev have also acted in films. In 2003, he and wife, actress Sadie Frost, by whom he has three children, Rafferty (b.

Youngest son Rajiv was born in 1962. For a time Frost and Law were central to the so called Primrose Hill set of young British actors that also included Ewan McGregor. His second son Rishi was born in 1952 and second daughter Rima in 1956. After minor roles in British Television Law had his breakthrough with Shopping which also featured his future wife Sadie Frost. His first daughter Ritu was born the year following that in 1948. He was born in Lewisham, in Greater London, England. His first son Randhir was born the following year in 1947. Jude David Law (born December 29, 1972) is a British actor.

Raj Kapoor married his aunt (his father's second cousin) Krishna in 1946 when he was 22 years old. The Tailor of Gloucester (1989, TV) as Mayor's Stableboy. Raj Kapoor kept up with this trend of titilating sexuality in later films like Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Families (1990 TV Series) as Nathan Thompson. By the restrictive if not puritan standards of commercial Hindi cinema, Kapadia appeared in suggestive, some would say rather sexually explicit, poses and scenes. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1991, TV) as Joe Barnes in Episode "Shoscombe Old Place". But the film owed its phenomenal success to other considerations as well. The Marshal (1993, TV) as Bruno.

The film Bobby (1973) introduced Dimple Kapadia, who would go on to become one of India's superstars, and established itself as the fore-runner of a new generation of romances targeted for adolescents. Shopping (1994) as Billy. However, after the box office failure of his ambitious Mera Naam Joker (My name is Joker), which took six years to complete, his movies took a more sensual turn. The Crane (1994) as Young Man 1. Visual imagery would always be an important part of his films. I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) as Ethan. The angst of the common man is portrayed through heavy brooding landscapes and sets with sharply contrasted light. Bent (1997) as Stormtrooper.

The songs of his films endeared Raj Kapoor not only to the masses in India, but to audiences in large parts of Africa, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union, where his films were to become enormous commercial successes. Many of his films were to be characterized not only by lively music, but by the extensive use of elaborate sets. Wilde (1997) as Lord Alfred Douglas. He appealed also, as in his films Aag and Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hein (The Country in which the Ganges Flows), to patriotic sentiment, nowhere better commemmorated than in the famous lines from a song in Shri 420:. Gattaca (1997) as Jerome Eugene Morrow. Film historians and buffs have spoken of him as the "Charlie Chaplin of India," since he often himself played a tramp-like figure who, despite adversity, could still be cheerful and honest, a gem of a man. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Billy Carl Hanson. Raj Kapoor whole-heartedly embraced the Indian popular cinema from the very beginning. He made every effort to ensure that his movies appealed to every section of society, in particular the common man. Music From Another Room (1998) as Danny.

(See also: The Number 420.). Final Cut (1998) as Jude. 420), a reference to someone who has a reputation for theft and deception, (since apprehensions for such crimes are usually section 420 of the Indian Penal Code) in 1955. The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998) as Steven Grlscz. Films) and made his first feature film, Aag (Fire), which would become the first of his many early successes, including Barsaat (Rain) in 1949 and Shri 420 (Mr. eXistenZ (1999) as Ted Pikul. In 1948, at the age of 24, he became the youngest film director of his time when he set up his own studio (R.K. Presence of Mind (1999) (uncredited) as Secretary.

He got his first break as a hero in Neel Kamal, a 1947 film by Kidar Sharma. Ripley (1999) as Dickie Greenleaf. The son of actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor started his career as a clapper boy assisiting for Kidar Sharma but bagged his first film role at the age of eleven. The Talented Mr. His family left Peshawar and came to Bombay in 1929. Love, Honour and Obey (2000) as Jude. He was born Ranbir Raj Kapoor in a town called Samandru in Peshawar (now in Pakistan). Enemy at the Gates (2001) as Vassili Zaitsev.