RAJ KAPOOR'S 99TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: SHOWMAN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL INCIDENTS
During an interview with Sunday Magazine’s Sumit Mitra back in 1986, Raj Kapoor had spoken about his affection for nudity
He had said, "I was extremely precocious. And I was a worshipper of n*dity. I think it all started because of my intimacy with my mother who was young, beautiful."
Talking of Zeenat Aman when he was looking for a suitable actress for his film, he said the first thing he noticed about her were her breasts.
In her memoir titled, Bonding… A Memoir, Vyjayanthimala said her supposed rendezvous with Raj Kapoor was a publicity stunt
When Shammi Kapoor endorsed the Pan Parag brand long back, Raj Kapoor, in Shammi’s own words, gave him the firing of his life and said “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?”
Raj Kapoor, during the casting of Bobby, even called himself a flop director when his ambitious Mera Naam Joker bombed at the box-office
In his bookKhullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, the late actor revealed his mother Krishna moved out of their house till Raj Kapoor didn’t put an end to his extra-marital relationships
Raj Kapoor wanted to cast the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar in his filmSatyam Shivam Sundaram but the singer declined the offer