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Raj Kapoor believed in making socially conscious films and many of his earlier films like Awaara and Shree 420 were made with the idea that Indians deserved a better life. These films urged the government to take a better look at its governance and inspected why a newly independent country’s citizens had to resort to crime.

<p>Many times co-stars get into altercations and one such time was when actresses Esha Deol and Amrita Rao got in an intense argument where Esha ended up slapping Amrita. According to a throwback clip, mother Hema Malini spoke in support of her daughter.</p>

<p>However, in the supposed golden era of Bollywood many actresses took up unconventional characters and managed to steer clear from the roles typical of a damsel in distress and move on to being a trouble-maker herself.</p>

Padmini Kapoor recalled the incidence when Raj Kapoor asked her to slap Rishi Kapoor hardly on the sets of ‘Prem Rog’