RK Studios celebrates to become a commercial complex

The show will no longer take place in the famous RK Studios, aged 71 years. It will now make way for a posh residential complex and a shopping plaza through its new owner, the real estate agency Godrej Properties Ltd., said Friday a manager.

The GPL purchased the premises of RK Studios in Chembur, northeast of Mumbai, founded in 1948. It was devastated by a major fire on September 16, 2017.

GPL, which signed the contract with the Kapoor clan of the Bollywood, plans to convert it into a modern residential complex

Randhir Kapoor, veteran actor of Bollywood, son of the founder of RK Studios, the legendary Raj Kapoor, said: "This property of Chembur was d considerable importance. to my family over the many decades that RK Studios has been operating. We are delighted to have chosen GPL to write a new chapter for this site and take advantage of its rich history. "

The sale of the studio building comes eight months after the death of Raj Kapoor's widow, Krishna, at the age of 87. October 1, 2018.

Shortly after the fire, which also reduced to ashes and costumes of the RK Films and Studios banner's films over the past seven decades, the Kapoor family has expressed its inability to revive or preserve it. 19659004] The RK studios were the location of clbadic films such as "Aag" (1948), "Barsaat" (1949), "Awaara" (1951), "Shree 420" (1955) and many others. [19659004] Raj died in June 1988, after which some of his incomplete films such as "Ram Teri Ganga Maili" (1989) and "Henna" (1991) were also shot here.