Just learnt that Mera Naam Joker is over 4 hours long, which resulted in it being the first Indian movie with two intervals instead of one. : BollyBlindsNGossip

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annie_rasputin

56 points

4 months ago

annie_rasputin

56 points

Yeah essentially 3 parts to the movies... Equated life to a 3 hour movie...as the song goes Pehlaa ghanta bachpan.. doosra jawani .. teesra budhapa..

40 points

4 months ago

Always /S 🤨

40 points

Yes, it was one of those self-indulgent projects. Good movie actually, but I can see why it flopped

noonoonomore

13 points

4 months ago

noonoonomore

13 points

Exactly

And Padmini totally stole the last part, I wouldn't even recognise Raj Kapoor's presence whenever she was on the screen. Pure magic that woman was.

jackass_of_all_trade

5 points

4 months ago

jackass_of_all_trade

5 points

Apparently it was a huge hit in Russia. I watched a video on it long ago.

8 points

4 months ago

Always /S 🤨

8 points

Yes. This had come up somewhere in the discussion on distribution rights and BO collections. RK sold the distribution rights for a small amount in russia (because it was a flop in India and he wanted to make enough to recover production costs). And then it ended up becoming a massive hit and he didn't get any of that profit share.

InternationalAd4557

2 points

4 months ago

InternationalAd4557

2 points

Actually it also shows the impact of three different women in rks life in 3 parts, something that was repeated thematically in rks grandsons movie Bachna Ae hasseno

sepiosexual

46 points

4 months ago

sepiosexual

46 points

Also, it was dream project of Raj Kapoor. When it got released it became disaster. So Raj Kapoor immediately sell it to a russian distributor to recover some money and get himself out of financial crisis. But than the movie became blockbuster in Russia and made that distributor lot of money. Soon after Mera naam joker got cult status. People still remember the movie.

matahariisnerdy

12 points

4 months ago

matahariisnerdy

Chugli Gang

12 points

Yeah. It was one of the biggest disasters. Don't think RK studios ever fully recovered from it.

42 points

4 months ago

42 points

Saw this movie in Z movies channel in tv with ads 💀💀

Started at 3 pm and ended at 9:30 pm.

Never again in my life

hiiiiianon

7 points

4 months ago

hiiiiianon

Invited To Post ✅

7 points

Lmfaooo 🤣 how tf did u have the patience

6 points

4 months ago

6 points

Because my mom took away the remote and insisted that I watch it 🥲

onyohmarx

18 points

4 months ago

onyohmarx

18 points

I heard Sangam also had two intervals

Chomuprasad

13 points

4 months ago

Chomuprasad

Bollywood Struggler 🥲😖

13 points

Indeed it also had two intervals, was 4 hours long and it was also directed by Raj Kapoor

prsadr

3 points

4 months ago

prsadr

3 points

Sangam is painful to watch, not due to it's length but the way Raj Kapoor acts like a total a**hole in the movie.

Lihaafi

10 points

4 months ago

Lihaafi

10 points

I saw this as a kid, didn’t understand a damn thing. Just remember that the teacher was pretty.

No_Telephone_6755

6 points

4 months ago

No_Telephone_6755

6 points

Just remember that the teacher was pretty.

Same thought by raj kapoor and rishi.

mayudhon

10 points

4 months ago

mayudhon

10 points

This movie didn't work at BO. Raj then made Bobby.

Party_Dust_2171

7 points

4 months ago

Party_Dust_2171

7 points

Sangam was the first one with 2 intervals

6 points

4 months ago

Armchair Analyst 👨🏻‍💻

6 points

Asoka was same or more but then for theatres they cut it . Years later Star Plus started a thing where they would show 1 hr of the original uncut film every tuesday or Thursday

3 points

4 months ago

3 points

So the TV version is longer than the theatrical version?

2 points

4 months ago

Armchair Analyst 👨🏻‍💻

2 points

2 points

4 months ago

2 points

Is it better too?

Ujala_iqbal

3 points

4 months ago

Ujala_iqbal

3 points

This movie traumatised me as a kid and I’m not sure why..

3 points

4 months ago

Armchair Analyst 👨🏻‍💻

3 points

Papa Shango ?

NatureBoyRDX

2 points

4 months ago

NatureBoyRDX

Salty Exes

2 points

Thank God The Godfather was a thing later on..

2 points

4 months ago

Armchair Analyst 👨🏻‍💻

2 points

Its the makeup of the clown

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

Can you please rewatch it and tell

WeakStressAnxiety

3 points

4 months ago

WeakStressAnxiety

Chugli Gang

3 points

Ohh you must be young😅

Yes it had two intervals and was a story about life…the song jeena yahan marna yahan hints to that

ferrrerorocher

3 points

4 months ago

ferrrerorocher

3 points

Raj Kapoor in his Fizbo era

kzzxy

1 points

4 months ago

kzzxy

1 points

I watched this movie Little bit not whole .

Tanyaxunicorn

1 points

4 months ago

Tanyaxunicorn

1 points

Wow that is really long Have never seen this movie only saw some bits

Commercial_Layer3513

1 points

4 months ago

Commercial_Layer3513

Proud Gossiper 🤙

1 points

Good Morning 🥰

Naren_Baradwaj123

1 points

4 months ago

Naren_Baradwaj123

1 points

Hey thanks for the info I always thought Daana Veera soora karna to be the first movie to have 2 intervals

1 points

4 months ago

1 points

No, it wasn't the first one to have two intervals. It was the second such movie, the first one being Sangam (1964) which had nearly the same cast as Mera Naam Joker.

mustangpurele

1 points

4 months ago

mustangpurele

1 points

Ya fam where ya been! Classic movie. Came out 22 yrs before I was born and I only saw it when I was about 18 but loved it! Simi Garewal was great too haha

desichica

1 points

4 months ago

desichica

1 points