Bobby

Bobby
Bobby movie poster
Directed by	Raj Kapoor
Produced by	Raj Kapoor
Written by	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Jainendra Jain V.P. Sathe
Starring	Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Pran Premnath Sonia Sahni Durga Khote Aruna Irani Prem Chopra Farida Jalal
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography	Radhu Karmakar
Editing by	Raj Kapoor
Studio	R.K. Studios
Distributed by	R.K. Films Ltd.
Release date(s)	November1973
Running time	169 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Bobby (1973) is a popular Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor.

The movie is known to be a trend-setter in its own right. It introduced in Bollywood, the genre of teenage romance with a rich-vs-poor clash as a backdrop. Numerous movies in the following years were inspired by this plot.

Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.^[1] The film became a "blockbuster" and was the top grossing hit of 1973^[2]; it also became the second top grossing hit of the 1970s decade,^[3] and placed 10th in the all time box office hits.^[4]

Plot

The film is a story about the love between two Bombay teenagers of different classes - Raj Nath (Rishi Kapoor), son of a rich businessman Mr. Nath (played by Pran), and Bobby Braganza (Dimple Kapadia), daughter of a poor Christian fisherman Jack Braganza (played by Prem Nath).

The couple first sees each other during Raj's 18th birthday and meet when Raj goes to meet his old governess, Mrs. Braganza. There, he sees her grand daughter Bobby, and it is love at first sight for him. As the story progresses, Raj realises that his relationship with the daughter of a poor fisherman is not taken kindly by his eccentric father. Upon Raj's insistence, Mr. Nath visits Jack to initiate talks of Raj and Bobby's wedding. But instead, Mr. Nath accuses Jack of using his daughter's beauty and charm to trap Raj for his money. He even offers him cash in exchange for Bobby. Jack feels highly humiliated by this accusation and reciprocates by insulting Mr. Nath. Their talk enters a deadlock and spells doom for Raj and Bobby's tender love.

Mr. Nath engages Raj to a rich but mentally challenged girl, Alka, played by Farida Jalal, in order to establish business ties with her father. But Raj runs away from home, to unite with Bobby. They both run away together. Mr. Nath advertises a reward for anyone who can help find his son. Prem Chopra (Prem Chopra) decides that he wants the money, and he and his goons kidnap Raj and Bobby. When they try to escape, Prem starts beating Raj, and Jack tries to rescue him. Mr. Nath and the police come to help. Raj and Bobby run away and jump into the waterfall. Both Mr. Nath and Jack jump into the water. Mr. Nath rescues Bobby, while Jack rescues Raj. They realize that they love their children very much and don't want to stand in their happiness. They accept each other's kids as their own and give their blessings to the union.

Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

• Filmfare Best Actor Award-Rishi Kapoor
• Filmfare Best Actress Award-Dimple Kapadia (shared with Jaya Bhaduri for Abhimaan (1973))
• Filmfare Best Art Direction-A. Rangaraj
• Filmfare Best Male Playback Award-Narendra Chanchal for the song "Beshak Mandir Masjid"
• Filmfare Best Sound-Allauddin Khan Qureshi
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Film
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Prem Nath
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Aruna Irani
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Laxmikant Pyarelal
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Anand Bakshi for the song "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein"
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Anand Bakshi for the song "Main Shayer To Nahin"
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Vithalbhai Patel for the song "Jhoot Bole Kava Kate"
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer-Shailender Singh for the song "Main Shaher to Nahin"^[5]
• BFJA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Hindi Section)-Shailender Singh
• BFJA Award for Best Audiographer (Hindi Section)-Alauddin Khan Qureshi^[6]

Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (August 2007)

• This was the first film for both Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles.
• Both Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia embarked on a real-life romance, but it ended shortly thereafter.^[7]
• The Rajdoot GTS 175 Was used by the couple in the movie. The Bike was also affectionately called Bobby after this movie.
• Raj Kapoor was an avid fan of Archie comics which also provided him a great deal of inspiration to make "Bobby" .

References

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External links

• Bobby at the Internet Movie Database

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