With Aag, Barsaat and Awara behind him, the filmmaker in Raj Kapoor was ready to explore more avenues. In Shree 420 he further built on his image of the Chaplinesque tramp that he invented in Awara.

“Imaan bechna chahta hoon” from Shree 420 (1955) encompasses the angst and the hope of India eight years after independence. This was the time when the country reeled under poverty but held to its ...

Raj Kapoor would have been 100 on December 14. He released his first film in 1948, the year after Independence. And as India evolved through the decades, so did his movies, mirroring the dreams and ...