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When Raj Kapoor shouted 'Mujhe Yousuf chahiye' after Rishi Kapoor was unable to give that intense expression like Dilip Kumar

Updated : Jul 11, 2021, 10:49 IST105 views

As the nation and the entire film fraternity are still mourning the loss of legendary actor Dilip Kumar, we came across an incident when late Raj Kapoor shouted at Rishi Kapoor for not able to give the intense expression like Dilip Kumar used to give in the films while essaying the role of a despondent lover. The incident was mentioned by late Rishi Kapoor himself in Dilip Kumar's autobiography. While describing the incident, Rishi Kapoor wrote, 'I have three distinct memories from my adult years that I can share without reservations...The other memory is from a day in our studio when we were filming Prem Rog that released in 1982. I had to bring the intense expression of a despondent lover, and as hard as I was trying, Raj Kapoor, the director, was not getting the look he wanted, which was irritating him. Then he shouted at me in the presence of the entire unit, 'Mujhe Yousuf chahiye. I want you to give me the look Yousuf would have given in the situation. I want the look in his eyes when he expresses love, his intensity, his realism'. He further added that after hearing this 'the whole unit got silent and could believe that he was talking about his professional rival Dilip Kumar'.

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