Citizen Kane and Raj Kapoor
Yesterday Night I watched Citizen Kane. The movie was made in 1941. Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud". In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane; they tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane's life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath.
The movie reminded me of early Raj Kapoor movies like Aah, Aag and Awara. The storyline was very similar. Although Citizen Kane was not as great as Jaagte Raho, I still saw similarity to Raj Kapoor style of film making. The point worth noting is that Aag and Aah came in late 1940's and early 1950's while Citizen Kane and Meet John Doe started a trend in Hollywood of similar movies at the same time.
We always thought that 'the actor' Raj Kapoor was influenced by Charlie Chaplin. Maybe 'the director' Raj Kapoor shared mutual admiration for western directors like Orson Welles. It is worth noting that Orson Welles acted in most of the movies he directed, just like our own RK.