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Raj Kapoor Mortgaged Wife's Gold for Mera Naam Joker

Raj Kapoor Mortgaged Wife's Gold for Mera Naam Joker
Raj Kapoor’s mortgaged wife’s gold bangles for Mera Naam Joker; film bankrupted him · indianexpress.com

Raj Kapoor, a famous Indian filmmaker, made a very long movie called Mera Naam Joker.

He loved the movie so much that he spent all his money on it, even mortgaging his wife's gold bangles.

The movie was four hours long and didn't do well at the box office, which made him very poor.

His friend Manoj Kumar offered to help edit the movie to make it shorter, but Raj Kapoor refused because he believed in his vision.

Later, another movie called Bobby helped Raj Kapoor's studio recover from the financial loss.

Key facts

Film Title
Mera Naam Joker
Release Year
1970
Runtime
4 hours 15 minutes
Director
Raj Kapoor
Key Cast
Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal, Sharmila Tagore
Financial Impact
Bankrupted RK Studios
Recovery Film
Bobby (1973)

Quotes

Monty Premnath

Monty Premnath is Raj Kapoor’s nephew and interviewed about the film

“Unka sab kuch bik gaya (He was compelled to sell everything he had). Mera Naam Joker failed miserably at the box office. Raj saab was under a tremendous financial crisis. He not only mortgaged RK Studios but also had to sell off his family properties.”
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“Raj uncle even mortgaged his wife Krishna’s gold bangles for the film”
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