Does anyone remember Raj Kapoor's Bobby !!

Bobby (1973 film)

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 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 dbut 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. The film became a "blockbuster" and was the top grossing hit of 1973; it also became the second top grossing hit of the 1970s decade, and placed 10th in the all time box office hits.

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.

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Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_(1973_film)

Its amazing that no one remembers this super duper hit movie of its time and the birth of two new super stars Rishi Kapoor & Dimple Kapadia !! Raj kapoor's greatest movie ever !! 👏