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Mera Naam Joker

1970 · 248 min

A long, tender, sorrowful sweep through one man's life, making you ache for the smile he wears while his heart quietly breaks.

Directed by: Raj Kapoor
Genres: Drama, Romance, Music
Starring: Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra

Tagline: The Show Must Go On...
Overview: Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."

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Directed by: Raj Kapoor
Genres: Drama, Romance, Music
Starring: Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loneliness
love
grief
identity
family
Places: big city
school
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, romance, music
Directed by: Raj Kapoor
Written by: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Starring: Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal, Ksiena Rabiankina, Padmini, Dara Singh
Music: Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi
Cinematography: Radhu Karmakar
Runtime: 248 min
Country: India
Languages: Hindi

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