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Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood romantic film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début 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, and also became the second top grossing hit of the 1970s.
Original Release
09/28/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dimple Kapadia | Bobby J. Braganza |
Rishi Kapoor | Raja |
Pran Sikand | Mr. Nath |
Premnath Malhotra | Jack Braganza |
Sonia Sahni | Mrs. Sushma Nath |
Durga Khote | Mrs. Braganza |
Aruna Irani | Nima |
Prem Chopra | Prem Chopra |
Farida Jalal | Alka 'Nikki' Sharma |
Piloo J. Wadia | Mrs. Pestonji (as Mrs. Piloo Wadia) / Mrs. Pestonji |
Directors
Writers
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dimple Kapadia | Bobby J. Braganza |
Rishi Kapoor | Raja |
Pran Sikand | Mr. Nath |
Premnath Malhotra | Jack Braganza |
Sonia Sahni | Mrs. Sushma Nath |
Durga Khote | Mrs. Braganza |
Aruna Irani | Nima |
Prem Chopra | Prem Chopra |
Farida Jalal | Alka 'Nikki' Sharma |
Piloo J. Wadia | Mrs. Pestonji (as Mrs. Piloo Wadia) / Mrs. Pestonji |
Pinchoo Kapoor | Mr. Sharma |
Jagdish Raj | Police Inspector |
Shashi Kiran | Shyam (Raj's college-mate) |
Raj Rani | Mrs. Sharma |
Aarti | (as Arti) |
Chanda | |
Kamal Roy | |
Bhanumati | |
Mona Saxena | (as Mona) |
Ghanshyam Rohera | Waiter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raj Kapoor | Producer |