HOW RAJKAPOOR GOT A CHANCE IN FIRST FILM
HOW RAJKAPOOR GOT A CHANCE IN FIRST FILM ...Kidar Sharma slapped his assistant Raj Kapoor before casting him in his film The multi-talented filmmaker was a close friend of Raj’s father, Prithviraj Kapoor, from their days together in Kolkata working for New Theatres. .T SONAL PANDYA Kidar Sharma saw filmmaker Debaki Bose’s Puran Bhagat starring KL Saigal and decided then and there that he wanted to pursue a career in films. Against the objections of his family, he boarded a train to Kolkata to find a job in the film industry there. He got an opportunity to work with his idols, befriending KL Saigal and getting a job as a still photographer on Bose’s next production. In fact, on the sets of the internationally acclaimed Seeta (1934), Sharma, along with director Debaki Bose, leads Prithviraj Kapoor and Durga Khote were nicknamed ‘Gang’ and ‘Four Musketeers’ by the crew. Through the encouragement of various key individuals at New Theatres, Sharma rose up t...