Film Heritage Foundation extends Raj Kapoor film festival citing 'public demand'

New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) on Sunday said the retrospective celebrating the birth centenary of screen icon Raj Kapoor will continue till December 19 due to public demand.

Mumbai: Students of Gurukul School of Art draw portraits of late legendary actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor ahead of his centenary birth anniversary, at Lalbaug, in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_13_2024_000477B)

The three-day event, which began a day before Raj Kapoor’s 100th birth anniversary on December 14, was previously scheduled to conclude on December 15.

“Extended due to public demand! ‘Raj Kapoor 100 – Celebrating the Centenary of the Greatest Showman’ will now continue till December 19, 2024!” the FHF wrote on X.

Viewers will be able to watch five of the actor-filmmaker’s classics “Awara”, “Shree 420”, “Sangam”, “Mera Naam Joker” and “Bobby” in limited cinemas nearby, the Mumbai-based foundation added in the post.

Other Raj Kapoor films that were screened as part of the retrospective were: “Aag”, “Barsaat”, “Jagte Raho”, “Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai”, and “Ram Teri Ganga Maili”.

Raj Kapoor’s grandson and Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor announced the ‘Raj Kapoor 100 – Celebrating the Centenary of the Greatest Showman’ gala at the International Film Festival of India in Goa last month.