Indian actors visit Russia: Rare Footage of Raj Kapoor and the birth of Awara cult status in Russia
When the stars came down to Earth and the panorama of the city burst upon our view in a blaze of lights. And just as the Kremlin clock tower was chiming the midnight hour, our plane made a perfect fourpoint landing and exit to a stop. We were in Moscow. wildfilmsindia viewer Dr. Shafique Pathan tells us that this must be in 1958 or so. Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Bimal Roy, H. Mukerji, Nargis, Nirupa Roy with Raj Kapoor can all be seen in this video. Indian actors like Raj Kapoor, Nargis Dutt, Nirupa Roy, Balraj Sahni, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Saleel Chaudhary, Vijay Bhatt, Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Anil Biswas and Bimal Roy visit Russia for the first time. Raj Kapoor and Nargis Dutt in a ballet version of Romeo and Juliet shoot in Russia. The film fraternity from India is received by the Ministry of Culture of the Soviet Union with flowers. They also visit the war memorial apart from the many activities they conducted while on the 30day visit in Russia. This footage is part of th
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