Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor. The movie is known to be a trend-setter in its own right. It introduced in Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-vs-poor clash as a backdrop. Numerous movies in the following years were inspired by this plot. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. The film became a "blockbuster" and was the top grossing hit of 1973,... and also became the second top grossing hit of the 1970s decade. The film is a story about the love between two Bombay teenagers of different classes – Raj Nath , son of a rich businessman Mr. Nath , and Bobby Braganza , daughter of a poor Anglo-Indian Christian fisherman Jack Braganza . The couple first sees each other during Raja's birthday party, and meet when Raja goes to see his old governess, Mrs. Braganza. There, he sees her granddaughter Bobby, and it is love at first sight for him.
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| Release date: | November 1973 |
| Directed by: | Raj Kapoor |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 168 Minutes |
| Producer: | Raj Kapoor |
| Editor: | Raj Kapoor |
| Music by: | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
| Cinematography: | Radhu Karmakar |
| Screenplay by: | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe |
| Genre: | Musical |