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on 2007/1/3 6:36:30
Inside the wardrobe department of R K Studios, the props and costumes from memorable films such as Shree 420, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Sangam, Barsaat and Anari have been gathering dust for years.
Few are aware that a doll, made famous by its appearance in Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker was actually created in several sizes to suit the various shot requirements of the film.
The clown-doll is an image that has become symbolic of the Showman himself. Today, several models of this doll lie unattended and forgotten inside the wardrobe department that is nothing more than a godown of useless items.
A bagpipe, for example, is the same one that was used by Raj Kapoor in his blockbuster Sangam. Another item - a dhafli (musical instrument) - and a lantern from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai are in a slightly better condition, but the same can't be said for a hat and shoes that were used in Shree 420.
Made famous the world over through that memorable song, these props have no takers on home turf.
Another costume, a famous gown worn by the beautiful Nadira in a hit item song from Shree 420, Dimple Kapadia's dress from Bobby, a showstopping dress of Aruna Irani's in the same film and several other outfits lie moth-eaten inside storage boxes and cupboards in RK's wardrobe department.
The same is true thousands of film-stills, slides, posters and music records of R K Films that are literally gathering dust.
For movie-buffs, even archival agencies, this material would qualify as treasure, but here at R K, it is of little use to anyone.
Even the famous tank in which all top stars were dunked by the Showman during the studio's annual Holi celebrations, was destroyed a few years ago.
And a dilapidated structure at one end of the Studio is the cottage Raj Kapoor himself occupied when he was alive, the room he didn't leave for days at an end, when he was busy scribbling out his screenplays.
“It’s like any other studio. The personality of RK studio has gone after Raj Kapoor’s death,” says film Journalist, : Bunny Reuben.
The camera department at R K Studios houses some of camera models of the 40s and 50s that captured in their lenses many leading stars including Rajendra Kumar, Nargis and Vyjayanthimala among others.
The studio, now run jointly by Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor after the death of their father in 1988 has clearly lost its glory.
Once a city landmark that could be identified from a distance by its distinct logo, today R K Studios is just another one of the many rundown studios with memories of another day.
source:Ibnlive
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