{"id":3302,"date":"2016-06-15T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T11:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:58:53","slug":"rk-studios-legacy-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=3302","title":{"rendered":"Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din: Why We Should Have Kept the Legacy of RK Studios Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span><\/p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s the city geared up to welcome Lord Ganesh last year, the announcement about the sale of the famed RK Studios kept ringing in my mind. As one icon of the city made his annual return, the other would leave \u2013 forever. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I walked inside the red-and-white gates of RK Studios for the first time on an afternoon in September 2006. There was immense excitement in the air as the Kapoors were getting ready for their annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/music\/aga-bai-tasha-ganeshas-drummer-girls\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ganpati celebrations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For me, it was all new; as new as the frenzied coverage of Ganesh festival that had just begun gripping the imagination of TV channel editors sitting in Delhi. And as a young reporter, all of 22, sneaking inside spaces you were not invited to, was like sugar rush. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, sugar was venturing into a small-ish room with a lot of \u201csamaan\u201d. This samaan \u2013 when the guard broke for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/grub\/teetotallers-alcohol-drinking-tea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 turned out to be a joker mask \u2013 the legendary one worn by Raj Kapoor in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mera Naam Joker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a few other clothes. I later learnt those were the precious costumes worn by Nargis and Padmini in several RK productions. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even then, I wondered why all of this was just dumped together in a musty room, instead of being preserved like the precious artefacts they were. Those thoughts soon dissolved in the loud sounds of the aarti and hysteria from the assignment desk demanding footage upload. This was followed by a spectacular visarjan procession, where all three senior <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/saif-kareena-karishma-randhir-ranbir-lolo-bebo-taimur-kapoors-whatsapp-group-international-vacation-holiday-plans-humor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kapoors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Randhir, Rajeev, and Rishi \u2013 danced their way to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/of-burning-men-and-sinking-gods-ganesh-chaturthi-festival\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">immersion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> venue, something of a Kapoor tradition. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/music\/aga-bai-tasha-ganeshas-drummer-girls\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dhols<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, manjiras, and the sheer energy of the aam janata always made these yatras such a delight to watch and cover. <\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">There\u2019s been a lot of chatter about what the Kapoors could have done to preserve Raj Kapoor\u2019s legacy \u2013 maybe, by opening a part of the studio complex to the public and arranging regular guided tours.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But today, as the iconic RK Studios makes way for apartments and retail space, I wonder if the boisterous visarjan yatras had become more relevant than the studio itself. If the place had become a mere emblem of the days gone by, like the faded paint on an old sign, instead of a living, breathing entity. By the Kapoor family\u2019s own admission, the studio business had been suffering for years now, with only a few TV shows being shot there. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike a Film City or a Filmalaya, shouldn\u2019t RK Studios have meant more to people who make and consume cinema? Built by Raj Kapoor, the man labelled the Showman of India, barely a year after India embraced its Independence, and witness to the production of films like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sangam<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mera Naam Joker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Satyam Shivam Sundaram<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, RK Studios is what we like to call an institution. An institution that was born in the State of Bombay and went on to become the pride of Maharashtra. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a revered slice of cinema history. Could we not have treated it better? Given it a new lease on life, possibly as a contemporary cinema history museum? \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/photos\/entertainment-gallery\/857894\/rk-studio-fire-raging-inferno-envelops-iconic-film-studio-in-mumbais-chembur-watch-horrifying-photos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dastardly fire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that broke out last year, RK Studios was a treasure trove of cinema memorabilia. Costumes of almost every RK film right from Nargis\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1948) to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aa Ab Laut Chalen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1999), jewellery, furniture, props from various films, like the piano from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awara<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, were all preserved as memories. A lot of these were charred in the fire, but we have a precedent in Hollywood\u2019s Universal Studios. <\/span>\n\n<figure>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39327\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1536673568-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"RK Studios\" width=\"3190\" height=\"1964\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>The spectacular visarjan procession, where all three senior Kapoors \u2013 Randhir, Rajeev, and Rishi \u2013 dance their way to the immersion venue from RK Studios, is something of a Kapoor tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Vikas Khot\/Hindustan Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering thematic rides to the public for over a century now, the studio has caught fire nine times \u2013 the 2008 fire being particularly damaging. Over <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40,000 archived digital video and film copies, chronicling Universal\u2019s movie and TV history and the King Kong attraction section were gutted\u2026 and rebuilt. T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he whole point is, there was a will to keep a legacy alive for future generations. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s been a lot of chatter about what the Kapoors could have done to preserve Raj Kapoor\u2019s legacy \u2013 maybe, by opening a part of the studio complex to the public and arranging regular guided tours. Who should they have preserved this heritage for? <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If history is the unfolding of events made great or tragic by the participation of a community, then shouldn\u2019t its preservation also be the shared responsibility of the community? After all, Raj Kapoor\u2019s body of work was not a personal heirloom. The RK Studio story runs deeper \u2013 it\u2019s a matter of how we treat our heritage. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frankly, do we even care? Do a random dipstick survey on the road asking people to name five <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/madame-tussauds-delhi-wax-musuem-regal-cinema\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">museums<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/heritage sites or simply monuments of historical importance and you\u2019ll get your answer. Even the gorgeous Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, which was renovated with much effort and is the best example of a living museum in this country, struggles for footfalls on most regular days. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except a few conscious sorts, do we as Indians really give a thought to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/first-person\/world-heritage-day-heritages-artefacts-antique-india-indian-heritages-uma-parmeshwari\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heritage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Not if you go by the millions of \u201cPintu loves Pinky\u201d type of inscriptions on caves, historic pillars, and ancient sites. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as for the government, heritage seldom extends beyond renaming streets\/railway stations and building <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/pride-of-maharashtra-rs-3-600-cr-shivaji-statue-too-expensive-will-now-be-shorter-with-longer-sword-349468.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shivaji statues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in obscure locations, spending crores of taxpayer money. Maybe if Raj Kapoor had played Shivaji Maharaj and his sword or armour or topi were on the verge of disposal, the big dudes at Vidhan Bhavan and Sena Bhavan would take notice. As for \u201cwhat can the humble government do in case of private property\u201d argument, I have only one acronym for you. PPP (Public Private Partnership), which helped build an expensive Mass Rapid Transport System. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot can happen on two acres, if you have the will. And that\u2019s the problem in a nutshell. The lack of will. Not just to preserve history but also to inculcate a sense of appreciating it. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RK Studios might soon be replaced by a swanky glass tower, in a few years. And then in another few, that too will be lost in a sea of towers. Memories will rust. And that which survived seven decades will probably be forgotten in less than one. <\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built by Raj Kapoor, the man labelled the Showman of India, the iconic RK Studios will make away for apartments. Could we not have treated it better? 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