The friendship between Russia and India has not only been diplomatic but has also deepened through films. From the time the people of the Soviet Union (now Russia) first came across Raj Kapoor’s films in the 1950s, till 1991, Indian films held a special place in the cinema culture there.

The love for Bollywood in Russia was so much that people used to stand in queues for hours to buy tickets. In such a situation, let us know about the most popular Bollywood films of all time in Russia and why the people there remember them even today.

These Bollywood films were popular in Russia

1. Stray
Raj Kapoor’s ‘Awara’ was like a revolution for the Soviet people. Raj Kapoor himself acted in it and showed the difference between good and evil in the story. The film was released in Russia four years late and sold 63.7 million tickets. Even the Soviet people adopted it not just as a film but as a culture.

2. Bobby
Raj Kapoor’s son Randhir Kapoor’s ‘Bobby’ also proved to be a huge hit in Russia. 62.6 million people bought tickets to see the love story of a poor girl and a rich boy. The Soviet audience was impressed by the new kind of story and style in this film.

3. Disco Dancer
The most special thing for Soviet boys was ‘Disco Dancer’. In this, Jimmy and the entertaining music forced everyone to dance. 60.9 million people watched it. People were especially impressed by the song ‘Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja’ and the style shown in the film.

4. Gunpowder
‘Barood’ was a combination of action and romance. A boy named Anup decides to avenge his father’s murder, but the story takes a twist when he falls in love with his enemy’s daughter. Soviet audiences praised it, with 60 million tickets sold.

5. Sita and Geeta
55.2 million people bought tickets to watch Hema Malini’s film ‘Sita Aur Geeta’. The story of two twin sisters touched the hearts of the Soviet audience. The film became so popular that a parent in Kyrgyzstan named their twin daughters Sita and Geeta.

6. Mamta
Suchitra Sen’s ‘Mamta’ was watched by 52.1 million people. The story was about a woman Devyani, who marries without love and then gets separated from her daughter. Soviet people loved its emotions and story of motherhood.

7. Flowers and stones
45.4 million tickets of Meena Kumari and Dharmendra’s film ‘Phool Aur Patthar’ were sold. The story of a sick girl and a thief touched the hearts of the audience.

The Soviet audience did not just see Indian films as entertainment, but also connected the emotions shown in them like good and bad, love and family, struggle and victory to their lives. Even today, Bollywood film festivals and retro shows are organized with great enthusiasm in Russia.

Raj Kapoor’s most ambitious dream was broken. ‘My name Joker’, which had created a mountain of expectations, the mind had fallen. The Great Show Man was drowned in Aakanth’s loan. Home and R.K. Had to mortgage even the studio. He raised his favorite pastime in debt burden, deep disappointment and depression.

It was a comic book. The name was Archie. While reading this, his eyes were stuck on a dialogue, and he was, “Seventeen years of age, we have our own life, and we realize it.” What happened after this, he set a new example bypassing the customs.

This entire story is mentioned in KA Abbas’s book Bobby-The Complete Story. Is also justified. A film that changed the direction and condition of cinema, why not write a book on it? That too at the hands of the person who has been a part of that history!

How did Rishi Kapoor become the hero of ‘Bobby’

A sentence of Archie Comics ’17 is no age ‘shook Raj Saheb inside. Raj Kapoor picked up the car and reached the office of his trusted writer ‘Khwaja Ahmed Abbas’ in Juhu. On the way, Abbas Saheb’s partner and co-writer V.P. Sathe also joined him.

In that journey from Dionar to Juhu, Raj Kapoor had created the entire scene in his mind. Had had decided to give the character of Hero to his son Chintu (Rishi Kapoor). The same son whose ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was well appreciated.

The afternoon of 1972 became a sweet memory and settled in everyone’s hearts. Kapoor, Abbas and Sathe together sowed Bobby’s seeds. The film based on teenage love touched an entire generation with innocence, simplicity and unmatched music.

‘Bobby’ became an example

When ‘Bobby’ was released on 28 September 1973, it became an example. The beginning of the seventies was tremendous. Iqbal of Indian cinema was elevated. Rajesh Khanna was dominated as a romantic hero by giving 15 hits, as well as Dev Anand’s ‘Hare Ram Hare Krishna’ (1971) showed hippie and drug culture well, in the meantime, Prakash Mehra’s ‘Zanjeer’ (1973) made the Hindi film industry aware of ‘Angry Young Man’.

In a similar era, Raj Kapoor introduced ‘Bobby’ on a teenage age innocent rebellion, where Rishi Kapoor became the face of the younger generation dreams. Breaking the traditions in the film, Raj Kapoor gave a modern look to fourteen -year -old teenager Dimple Kapadia. Like the characters adorned on the pages of Archie Comics, there was an emphasis of shorts, swimsuits, maxi gowns, polka dots and bell-boatms. Rishi Kapoor’s style also turned into a jolt. Torn jeans, Bushshirts and Pulover became the style statement of the youth.

This film changed many narratives. Kishore love, new actors, younger generation rebellion, fashion, music and boldness attracted the youth a lot and this is where the era of teenage romance in Hindi cinema started.

Bollywood stars are awarded different awards for their acting and hard work. Recently, Shah Rukh Khan won the National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Jawa’. This award actor has received for his best performance. But do you know that there has been such a star in Bollywood. Who bought the award for his debut film by paying money. This has been revealed by veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee ..

Rishi Kapoor bought the award for which film,

Actually we are talking about the late actor Rishi Kapoor. Those who not only romantic but also played the role of Villain in their career. Rishi Kapoor made her Bollywood debut as a hero through the film Bobby at a young age. In which he appeared with Dimple Kapadia. The first film of both was a blockbuster hit.

30 thousand was paid for the award

But you will be surprised to know that Rishi Kapoor received the award for this film. He bought that actor. Rishi has also revealed this in his book ‘Khullam Khulla’. He had told that through PR, he had bought that award and for this the actor gave 30 thousand rupees. The actor had also said that he had also regained a lot of regrets later.

When did Rishi Kapoor died,

Please tell that Rishi Kapoor is no longer in this world. He died in the year 2020, but through his stories and stories, they will always be alive in the hearts of fans. Rishi Kapoor married actress Neetu Kapoor. Both have two children. Out of which son Ranbir Kapoor has also become the famous name of Bollywood today. Now the actor’s daughter Riddhima Kapoor is also going to debut in acting.

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Mohit Suri’s film ‘Saira’ has crossed the box office figure of Rs 100 crore on the fourth day. There are discussions of the film’s brilliant performance everywhere. Seeing the excitement among the people about the film, it seems that the film is going to make many more records.

However, right now let’s look at the special records that made the film in the first weekend and which is going to be difficult for a new artist to break in the future.

Number one film made in 4 cases ‘Saira’
According to official figures, the film did a business of Rs 84 crore in the first weekend and with this he made this record.

1. From Bobby in the year 1973 to Refugee and Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, no debutant film had taken such a big opening. Prior to this, only Abhishek Bachchan’s film Refugee was the Biggest Opener which earned Rs 1.52 crore. Syara earned 22 crores on the first day and made the place of number one in this list.
2. Saira has also made a place by earning 84 crores in the list of highest grossing romantic films in opening weekends. In this case, Shah Rukh Khan’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan’s 81 crore opening weekend collection has also taken the crown of number one here.
3. This film has also become number one in the list of films taking the biggest opening of director Mohit Suri’s career. Earlier, Mohit’s villain was at number one, which earned Rs 16.70 crore on Opening Day.
4. In the first weekend, the film has also become the film by earning Rs 119 crore, which despite being a love story, the worldwide was able to earn in the opening weekend above Rs 100 crore.

‘Saira’ budget and star cast

Adorned with the direction of Mohit Suri and the acting of Ahaan Pandey-Anti Padda, the film is being liked worldwide. The budget of the film is only 60 crores. The film has been produced by Yash Raj Films.

Dimple kapadia bikini: Whenever elections are held in the country, many political parties adopt many Hatkandas to defeat each other. Many Bollywood actors are also included in parties so that people can vote in their name. Once former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had telecast Dimple Kapadia’s film to prevent people from going to Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s rally so that people could not reach the rally.

Dimple Kapadia stepped into Bollywood with the film Bobby. In the first film, he shocked everyone by giving bold scenes. Dimple Kapadia wore a red bikini. Everyone was shocked to see and this film also proved to be a superhit. Indira Gandhi tried to stop the people from Dimple Kapadia’s Bobby. Let us tell you this anecdote.

Dimple Kapadia competed with Atal Bihari Vajpayee
This is in 1977 when the BJP held a rally against Indira Gandhi’s government at Ramlila Maidan. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was going to give speech in this rally. People used to come from far and wide to listen to Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The day Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s rally was, on that day Indira Gandhi’s government got the telecast of Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor’s film Bobby on TV. This telecast was done so that people sit at home instead of going to the rally and see the film and the rally flopped.

The BJP’s rally started at 4 pm and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s turn was 9 o’clock in the night but no one moved from there. Everyone listened to his speech and only then left.

Talking about Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor’s Bobby, it was directed by Raj Kapoor. His film proved to be a superhit. The pair of Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia were a hit.

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