New Delhi. Ranjeet is one of the famous stars of Hindi cinema. In his career, he has mostly played the role of dreaded villain in films. Ranjeet has worked with all the big stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna. Recently Ranjeet narrated an anecdote about his meeting with famous filmmaker-actor Raj Kapoor at RK Studio. He told one such thing related to ‘Mera Naam Joker’ about which hardly anyone would know.
While talking to news agency ANI, Ranjeet told that when he went to Raj Kapoor’s RK Studio for the first time, he saw huge cut outs on the walls of heroines who had worked in Raj Kapoor’s films. After some time, when Raj Kapoor came, I saw that he was very handsome. His entire body was fair and his eyes were shining.
Used to explain movie scenes by sitting on his lap
Ranjit further said, ‘Raj Saheb showed me the album of the film Mera Naam Joker and said that I have explained the scene to the heroine of Mera Naam Joker by making her sit in my lap. It is not that he used to flirt with the actress, rather he used to call the actress as puttar (daughter).
Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ came in 1970. (Photo courtesy: IMDb)
‘Mera Naam Joker’ was released in the year 1970.
Raj Kapoor’s film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was released in the year 1970. Simi Grewal, Padmini, Manoj Kumar and Dharmendra played important roles in it. At the same time, Raj Kapoor’s son Rishi Kapoor had entered the world of acting with ‘Mera Naam Joker’. Raj Kapoor also acted in ‘Mera Naam Joker’ and also directed the movie.
There used to be massive parties at Ranjit’s house.
During this interview, Ranjeet narrated the incident that all the Bollywood heroes used to have huge parties together at his house. Sunil Dutt, Raj Kumar, Sanjay Khan, Firoz Khan, Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha all used to come to the party. Rajesh Khanna used to drink one or two bottles of liquor throughout the night. At the same time, in the party, Parveen Babi used to prepare drinks, Moushumi Chatterjee used to prepare fish and Neetu Kapoor used to prepare ladyfinger. There used to be an atmosphere like this.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 7, 2024, 17:06 IST