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| V Shanatram cast a struggler Raj Kapoor in a cameo and with that
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| Raj Kapoor was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 16 years after his father. The President actually stepped down from the stage to present the unique honour to the ailing actor-filmmaker. In a very tragic coincidence, Raj passed away weeks after receiving this highest honour in the land for contribution to cinema.
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| Raj Kapoor was just 11 when he made his first screen appearance in New Theatres' Inquilab starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Durga Khote and K.C.Dey. But not satisfied only with acting, Raj soon started 'right at the bottom' (as his father instructed) with Chandulal Shah of Ranjit Studios as the fifth assistant to director Kidar Sharma, who was to later introduce him as a leading man in 1947 in Neel Kamal opposite two more sensational debutantes Madhubala (as Mumtaz) and Begum Para.
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| On February 6, 1947, Raj Kapoor launched his first production and directorial debut Aag with a small muhurat and pooja at Eastern Studios in midtown Mumbai. Shooting began after a week and the film was released exactly a year later at Shimla. Its budget was an astronomical Rs 3.5 lakhs, and Raj mortgaged his first car and even borrowed money from his domestic servant Dwarka
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