Showman Raj Kapoor’s film ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was released on December 18, 1970. Brilliant actors such as Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Dara Singh and Simi Grewal starred in this film. But all of this couldn’t prevent the movie from being a box office disaster. With the 51st anniversary of the film’s release, today we are going to share with you some interesting stories related to this film.
The movie ‘Mera Naam Joker’ took 6 years to make. Raj Kapoor spent not only time, but also a lot of money on the making of the film. According to media reports, Raj Kapoor had mortgaged his house for the making of this film, which was released in 1970. Raj Kapoor had high hopes for this film, but when it was released his hopes were dashed. According to media reports, when this movie failed, the showman was shocked, because he had a lot of debts.
‘Mera Naam Joker’ was a movie of about 4 hours, so there were 2 intervals in it. The actress in the movie, Simi Grewal, was in a lot of discussions at the time because she had shot a scene in this movie without clothes on.
Manoj Kumar, who was a big star at the time, played a small role in the movie ‘Mera Naam Joker’. Manoj Kumar’s wish was to work with Raj Kapoor, which is why he also accepted this small role.
Raj Kapoor’s son and actor Rishi Kapoor played the role of young Raj Kapoor in the movie ‘Mera Naam Joker’. Dharmendra worked with Raj Kapoor for the first time on this movie, so he was very happy.
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