Glitz Glamour struck Prem Chopra and Raza Murad
Glitz Glamour struck Prem Chopra and Raza Murad
Glitz and Glamour of Bollywood struck Prem Chopra and Raza Murad.
Prem Chopra evinced interest in acting as he had commenced to take part in many plays in his college days.
Notwithstanding opposition from his parents, he managed to go to land in Mumbai, the ‘Mecca’ of Bollywood to pursue his dream of acting in Bollywood films.
In his initial days he put himself at guest houses in Colaba, Mumbai. He started visiting film studios to display his portfolio. To survive in the fast life of Bombay, he took up a job with The Times of India while trying to gain a foothold in the film industry. He looked after circulation of the paper in Bengal, Orissa and Bihar and was required to tour 20 days a month.
Prem Chopra used to cut his touring time by calling the agents to come and meet him at the station so that he could quickly return. This way a tour that would normally take 20 days would get completed in 12, and he would spend the rest of the time going from one studio to the other
Likewise Raza Murad studied at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune from 1969 to 1971, and received a diploma in film acting.
With a distinctive baritone voice, one of his memorable roles as a character actor was the despondent poet in 1973’s Namak Haraam with Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna
News Editing KV Raman
