AE BHAI ZARA DEKH KE CHALO [HD SONG] ... MUKESH ... FILM - MERA NAAM JOKER

"Mera Naam Joker" (Hindi: मेरा नाम जोकर, Urdu: میرا نام جوکر, translation: My Name is Joker) is a 1970 Hindi film directed by Raj Kapoor. The screenplay was written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. This film was the debut of Rishi Kapoor.

Mera Naam Joker is a film about a clown who must make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. The film is reportedly inspired by Raj Kapoor's own life and the clown an allegory for his own life as an actor.
 

Starring;

Raj Kapoor

Simi Garewal

Manoj Kumar

Rishi Kapoor

Dharmendra

Dara Singh

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Padmini

Rajendra Kumar



Music is by Shankar Jaikishan.

Lyrics by Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Neeraj, Shaily Shailendra, and Prem Dhawan ["Oh! Susanna"]



Six years in the making, with Raj Kapoor investing much of his own personal fortune, Mera Naam Joker flopped at the box office. In later years, however, the film has garnered critical praise.



Awards * Filmfare Best Music Director Award- Shankar Jaikishan * Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award- Radhu Karmakar * Filmfare Best Male Playback Award- Manna Dey for the song "Ay bhai zara dekh ke chalo" * Filmfare Best Director Award- Raj Kapoor * Filmfare Best Sound Recordist- Allauddin Khan Qureshi



Trivia;



The school shown at which Rishi Kapoor's character studies is St Paul's School, Darjeeling.



Raj Kapoor spent so much of his own fortune that on flopping the film at the box office,Raj came close to be totally bankrupt, so much so that he was said to be thinking of auctioning the famed RK studios in order to pay off the debts.



The film is said to have started shooting in 1963 and finished in 1970.