Upon which, Kapoor asked him if he could write two songs for his next film, Barsaat (1949).
But the youngster would have none of it, and offered to do something in return. Kapoor readily gave him the money, but not as a loan. With Kapoor’s offer echoing in his ears, he met the actor-director and requested a loan of Rs 500. His wife was pregnant, and he needed money for her delivery. Sometime later, in a curious turn of events, the young poet, who worked as an apprentice at a railway workshop, did exactly that. Taken aback yet impressed, Kapoor made the poet a standing offer: he could come to Kapoor anytime, should he change his mind. But the young man rebuffed Kapoor, saying his poetry was not for sale. Kapoor was keen to use it in his under-production film Aag (1948). Impressed by the fiery thoughts and the passionate recital, Kapoor requested the young poet to sell him the song. Before Pakistan can produce any science worth the name, it must overcome its deeply held prejudicesĪt a mushaira in Bombay in the late 1940s, Raj Kapoor heard a young man recite a poem called Jalta Hai Punjab.Interview with Oxfam India CEO: With India’s inequality exploding, it can’t be business as usual.Why UP elections are a referendum on the idea of Hindu rashtra and three other weekends reads.Watch: Parent threatens to bring loaded guns to school in US if students are forced to wear masks.‘Abide With Me’: Listen to the hymn that has been dropped from the Beating Retreat ceremony.Watch: Yashraj Mukhate of viral ‘Rasode Mein Kaun Tha’ fame is back with new video, ‘Boring Day’.‘Abide with me’ – Gandhi’s favourite hymn – dropped from Republic Day’s Beating the Retreat ceremony.
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