जपानी जोडे- ठाणे ते उटी....Raj Kapoor@93

Today December 14 2017 is 93rd birth anniversary of Raj Kapoor

Rishi  Kapoor, ‘Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored’, 2017:

“...Once, when he (Raj Kapoor) was making Shree 420, Papa told my mother that he’d be away for two nights to Thane and Lonavala to picturize the song ‘Mera joota hai Japani’. He was the only actor required for the sequence and since he was also the director, he took off with his cameraman, Radhu Karmakar, with a studio van and a hired truck. But when he arrived there, he didn’t like the visuals. He couldn’t see the clouds in the black-and-white frame. He began to chase the clouds and reached Kolhapur. From there he landed in Belgaum and finally found himself in Ooty. So what was to be two days of shooting in Thane ended several days later in Ooty, all in search of the perfect shot...”

मी कै.  कपूर यांना खालील कारणांसाठी मोठे मानतो :

१. जागते रहो
२. श्री ४२०
३. २/३ मेरा नाम जोकर
 ४. आवारा
५. बूट पॉलिश
६. तीसरी कसम
७. बॉबी

यातील पहिल्या दोन सिनेमातील तर प्रत्येक क्षण बघण्यासारखा आहे. 'श्री ४२०' चा शेवट सुद्धा लक्षात राहण्यासारखा आहे कारण तो बनवण्यामागची सौन्दर्य दृष्टी, अपार कष्ट... जे वरील अवतरणात शब्दबद्ध झाले आहेत.

I guess it is Ooty and Not Thane or Lonavala 

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