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| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | K. A. Abbas Jainendra Jain (dialogue) V.P. Sathe (screenplay) |
| Starring | Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Pran Premnath Prem Chopra Aruna Irani |
| Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
| Editing by | Raj Kapoor |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | November, 1973 |
| Running time | 168 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
Bobby, released in 1973, is a popular Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. This film is a remake of the Pakistani Film Bobby released in 1955. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for 16-year-old 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]
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 Premnath).
The couple first meet when Raj goes to meet his old governess, Mrs. Braganza. There, when he sees Bobby, 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 Raj. 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.
M. Nath engages Raj to another 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. Eventually Mr. Nath realises his mistake too, and accepts Raj and Bobby in his family.
Songs
- Jhooth bole kauwa kaate
- Hum tum ek kamre mein band hon
- Main shaayar to nahin
- Mujhe kuchh kehna hai
- Naa maangun sona chandi
Awards
In 1974 the Movie achieved five wins at the Filmfare Awards including Rishi Kapoor for Best Actor, Dimple Kapadia for Best Actress (shared with Jaya Bhaduri for Abhimaan (1973)). A. Rangaraj for Best Art Director, Narendra Chanchal for Best Playback Singer - Male (for the song "Beshak Mandir Masjid") and Allauddin Khan Qureshi for the Best Sound Recordist.
Trivia
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- This movie was so popular that many children born that year or later were named Bobby. At that time even Russian names, such as Monica and Tanya, were popular in India and this movie is one of the reasons many Indians are named Bobby, particularly in North India.[citation needed]
- The Main Shayar To Nahi song was picturised on Rishi Kapoor in this movie. The same song was reused and picturised again on him as Karan's father in movie "Hum Tum" at the Paris Airport.
- This was the first film for both Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles.
- Dimple Kapadia quit acting and married Rajesh Khanna soon after this movie. She returned to screen 12 years later with another movie called Saagar, also opposite Rishi Kapoor.
- The bike that Rishi Kapoor drove in this movie was also nicknamed 'Bobby'.
External links
- Bobby at the Internet Movie Database
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