Rishi Kapoor says the iconic RK Films and Studios, which burnt down in an accident, will be rebuilt as “a state-of-the-art studio”.
Kapoor, who is the son of the studio’s founder, Raj Kapoor, on Tuesday, expressed his sadness and added that the “scars” of the incident, which took place on September 16 in Mumbai, shall remain. He shared a photograph of the studio post the accident.
“2017 September 16. Gutted by a devastating inferno. Scars shall remain but will build a state-of-the-art studio,” he added.
The 65-year-old also shared a black-and-white photograph of the original opening of studio, in 1950, for the movie Awaara, starring Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor and Leela Chitnis.
“1950. R.K. Studios stage No: 1 being readied for Dusserah inauguration with the film Awaara. Dream sequence was to be shot,” Kapoor captioned the image.
The blaze gutted one of the main shooting venues — the set of dance reality TV show Super Dancer Season 2, when shooting was not under way.
The studio was the venue for movies such as Jis Desh Me Ganga Behti Hain (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 before his death in June 1988.
