Long before Raj Kapoor became the face of Bollywood, his teenage years were marked by rebellion. Obsessed with exploring the city’s red-light districts, he worried his father, Prithviraj Kapoor, who didn’t know how to guide him. That’s when director Kidar Sharma stepped in to mentor him, offering to straighten him out and secretly spotting his latent acting talent.

Kidar Sharma recalled in an old interview with Prasar Bharti, “I saw that Prithviraj Kapoor, my friend, was very upset with his son. I asked him what the matter was, and he said, ‘My son has entered his teens, and he wants to know everything about birds and bees. He has quit studies, and he’s becoming very difficult to deal with. I cannot raise my hand on him, I don’t know what to do.’ I told him, ‘Leave the boy to me; I will s

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