Raj Kapoor
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AB DILLI DUR NAHIN (Dir. Amar Kumar, 1957, India) – A Nehruvian Dream Through a Child’s Eyes
* * * Raj Kapoor’s 1950 production, Ab Dilli Dur Nahin, carries an unmistakable Nehruvian focus that, while sometimes feeling contrived, is salvaged by Master Romi (Mohammed Salim), one of India’s first child actors. Romi, first made a name himself in the K. A. Abbas Munna in 1954, apparently the first mainstream songless Indian film. Continue reading
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SHREE 420 / MR. 420 (Dir. Raj Kapoor, 1955, India) – Contesting Ideologies
The title for Raj Kapoor’s 1955 film Shree 420 takes its social inspiration from the Indian Penal Code. Section 420 deals with cases of fraud and cheating yet it’s popularisation by Raj Kapoor has meant it has become ubiquitous with the figure of the con-man or trickster in Continue reading
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