Bobby | |
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Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
Written by | Jainendra Jain (dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas V. P. Sathe |
Story by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
Starring | Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia Prem Nath Pran |
Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
Edited by | Raj Kapoor |
Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | |
Distributed by | R.K. Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 169 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | est. 31 crore[1] |
Bobby is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.[2] The film stars Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor, in his first leading role, opposite Dimple Kapadia in her debut role.[3] The film became a blockbuster securing the position of highest grossing Indian film of 1973,[4] the second highest grossing film of the 1970s at the Indian box office,[5] and one of the top 20 highest-grossing Indian films of all time (when adjusted for inflation).[6] It also became an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it drew an audience of 62.6 million viewers,[7] making it one of the top 20 biggest box office hits of all time in the Soviet Union.[8][9]
The film became a trend-setter. It was wildly popular and widely imitated. It introduced to Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-versus-poor clash as a backdrop. Numerous films in the following years and decades were inspired by this plot. Indiatimes Movies ranks Bobby amongst the 'Top 30 Must See Bollywood Films'.[10] The film was remade in Persian as Parvaz dar Ghafas in 1980. Bobby was Dimple Kapadia's first and only film of the 70s era. As she left the film industry following her early marriage, before returning back to proper movies in the mid-80s till the present date.
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