Raj Kapoor reigned the Hindi film industry with the tag of the ‘Greatest Showman’ for no ordinary reason. The pioneer filmmaker had led the craft of films achieve newer heights, which no one could think about. Not just the silver screen, Raj Kapoor was equally deemed in the world of theatre, where he produced one after the other successful shows. However, there was a time when Raj Kapoor suffered a massive defeat post the failure of his highly-anticipated film, Mera Naam Joker. It unfortunately led the filmmaker to plummet to an enormous debt.

Raj Kapoor roped in his son, Rishi Kapoor for Bobby as a way to redeem his losses

Well, the failure of Mera Naam Joker at the box-office was quite unexpected, since Raj Kapoor, as a filmmaker, proceeded to make it as one of his highly anticipated films in his entire career. However, the time was such when he was placed into a tight spot, and he decided to make his next project, Bobby, a tool to redeem the losses. However, Bobby was no ordinary film, as it starred his own son, Rishi Kapoor, who made his official debut with it, at the age of 20. Raj Kapoor chose to make Bobby with his son, Rishi Kapoor, since he couldn’t afford to cast any other star, considering the budgetary restraints he had after the failure of his previous film.

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