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R. K. Films ((ヒンディー語:आर.के. फिल्म्स)) is a film production company, based in R. K. Studio ((ヒンディー語:आर.के. स्टूडियो)), a film studio both established by and named after the veteran Bollywood actor; Raj Kapoor,〔 〕 headquartered at Chembur, Mumbai. It was created in 1948, one year after the independence of India. It had a rough start, as its first movie, ''Aag'' couldn't perform well at the box office. Most of the R.K. Films productions share a common theme of criticising society and depicting love across social divide ==History== R.K. Films was formed in 1948, by Raj Kapoor in Chembur, Mumbai.〔''Bollywood: A History'' by Mihir Bose, Tempus, 2006, 0752428357〕 After the commercial failure of the studio's first venture, ''Aag'', it found success with ''Barsaat''. After this success, the company's logo was drawn to imitate the poster of ''Barsaat''. Successful films such as ''Awaara'', ''Boot Polish'', ''Jagte Raho'' and ''Shri 420'' followed. ''Awaara'' was particularly successful, not just in India, but all over the world. Many R.K. Films movies featured Kapoor opposite actress Nargis. Kapoor appeared in 15 R.K. films with Nargis and travelled around the world with her to promote the studio's films. The music team of Shankar Jaikishan also worked frequently on R.K. Films productions during this period.〔''Cinema India'' by Divia Patel, Rutgers University Press, 2002, 0813531756.〕 Starting with ''Awaara'' (1951), Radhu Karmakar shot all of Raj Kapoor's subsequent films for four decades, till his last, ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' (1985). R.K. Films produced many films in the next few decades, including ''Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai'' (1960), ''Mera Naam Joker'' (1970), ''Bobby'' (1973), ''Satyam Shivam Sundaram'' (1978), ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' (1985), Raj Kapoor's last film. In the 1970s, Randhir Kapoor joined his father at the studio, and made his acting and directorial debut with ''Kal Aaj Aur Kal'' in 1971, which also starred his future wife Babita, father Raj Kapoor and grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor. He went on to direct two more films with the company ''Dharam Karam'' (1975) and an incomplete film left Raj Kapoor which he completed after his father's death in 1988 ''Henna'' (1991). His brother Shashi Kapoor also appeared in several R.K. films. When Raj Kapoor died in 1988 Randhir took over the studio. His younger brother Rajiv Kapoor directed ''PremGranth'' in 1996, the commercial failure but successful ''Aa Ab Laut Chalen'' (1999)directed by Rishi Kapoor. Thereafter the Kapoors have made no new R.K. productions. Unlike other Bollywood studios of the time period, R.K. Films was able to preserve all the costumes used in its films.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「R. K. Films」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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