Bollywood Saturday: Raj Kapoor’s well-known RK emblem from R.Ok. Films is symbolic of Raj and Nargis’s iconic romantic pose from Barsaat (1949). However, do you know that the legendary emblem of R.Ok. Studio has a French in addition to Leo Tolstoy connection. Yes! You learn it proper. The most aesthetic and fashionable emblem of Raj Kapoor’s manufacturing firm comprising the efforts of maverick artists like M R Achrekar and Shri Balasaheb Thackeray has rather more to it. Filmmaker Rahul Rawail, who was an assistant director to Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker and Bobby has made the revelation in his memoir Raj Kapoor – The Master at Work co-authored by Pranika Sharma.Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Do You Know Ashok Kumar-Nargis Acted in This Epic Biopic on Emperor Humayun
R.Ok. Logo Was Inspired From Leo Tolstoy’s Novel?
Rahul in his memoir writes, “The logo is said to have been inspired by the iconic scene in Barsaat where Nargis Ji runs towards Raj Sahab, who is standing with a violin in his hand. Raj Sahab then catches her in embrace and bends her backwards to strike an instinctive and intimate pose. This classic scene was inspired, as all creative pursuits seek inspiration, by a painting that Raj Sahab had seen in Stuttgart, Germany. The painting is that of a man holding a violin wrapped in a passionate embrace with a lady who is bent backwards and is leaning against a piano. The painting was made by the French artist, Rene-Xavier-Prinet, who was himself inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s novel The Kreutzer Sonata in which a violinist falls in love with a pianist and kills her when he realizes that she doesn’t love him back.” Rahul additionally revealed, “It was designed by the eminent designer M.R. Achrekar and painted by the renowned and respected Shri Balasaheb Thackeray.” Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Did You Know Raj Kapoor Took Sweet Revenge From Raj Kumar in Mera Naam Joker?
Barsaat was the primary industrial hit of R.Ok. Films and established Raj Kapoor as a profitable filmmaker. It was the very best grossing movie of Indian cinema at the moment. Also Read – Bollywood Saturday: Raj Kapoor Took Inspiration From The Archies Much Before Zoya Akhtar
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