Mumbai: In an exclusive chat with the Writer-Director, Seema Kapoor, shares stories about her siblings, discussing their influence on her life. She also talks about her time with Brother Raghuvir Yadav, describing the impact he had on her. With warmth and candor, Kapoor opens up about her family dynamics and the people who have shaped her experiences.
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00:00My eldest brother, Ranjit Kapoor, is the king of the world of drama.
00:15He has no one to support him in the drama world.
00:25He is a very big name.
00:27He has written many films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Mangal Pandey, Khaki, Lajja, etc.
00:40He is a very good writer and a great actor.
00:48It is a story of struggles in our lives.
00:52My grandfather was an army officer.
00:57All of them were big army officers.
01:00My grandfather was an artist.
01:04The king of Tikamgarh gave shelter to my grandfather because he was a revolutionary.
01:13He got shelter in Tikamgarh because of the atrocities of the British.
01:19My grandfather was an artist.
01:23He grew up in politics.
01:28My grandfather was an army officer and a lawyer.
01:38My father started a drama company in 1930-1935.
01:44At that time, there were only 4-5 drama companies in India.
01:49Cinema was not so popular.
01:53Drama was the only entertainment in the society.
02:00There was a lot of crowd in the streets.
02:11There was a lot of crowd for the hero and heroine of that time.
02:20Despite all this, it was said that women from good families did not go to the drama companies.
02:32Because drama and cinema were not seen well in the society.
02:41The women who went to the drama companies, they went from the house of the tabaifas.
02:48Those artists were also seen as tabaifas in the society.
02:53They were neglected.
02:55The so-called elite class of the society,
03:10the middle class,
03:14they were ashamed to be in contact with those women.
03:31I have also experienced that tragedy.
03:35My mother has also experienced it.
03:37My father had a drama company.
03:40The girls from my school did not come to play with me.
03:46Because their family members used to stop them from coming to our house.
03:55Because their mother and father used to say that they are not good women.
04:03Do not go to their house.
04:05I have experienced this in my childhood.
04:12Fortunately, my parents were very educated.
04:20They were interested in literature and art.
04:26Even though we used to get social harassment,
04:31but no matter how hungry they were,
04:36they used to get good books for us.
04:40Literature books.
04:42In our house, I have said this before,
04:45even though we did not have food,
04:47we were hungry,
04:48but we used to get books of children like Champak, Nandan, Chandamama, Parag.
04:56When we were young, I do not know how my parents used to get books for us.
05:06Even though we did not have money to buy food,
05:09we used to get books of children from the library.
05:16When we grew up and reached Delhi,
05:19we came to know that this was world literature.
05:21Robinson Crusoe, Robin Hood, Himbala, Saath Boney, Red Rose, Kala Gulab,
05:31so many books like Coral Island, Moong Ekadweep.
05:39They introduced us to world literature.
05:43When we grew up, my mother introduced us to Shara Chandra, Vankim Chandra, Prem Chandra.
05:56My father was well versed in English literature.
06:00He had studied in D.A.V. college in Lahore.
06:04He introduced us to Victor Hugo, Keats, etc.
06:14Ragbir Yadav ji is like my brother Ranjit.
06:28My mother used to introduce us to Ranjit, Ragbir, Anu, Seema, Nikhil.
06:39Since he was very young, I think he was in 9th grade,
06:46he ran away from home.
06:49At that time, our company was set up in Harpalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
06:58He ran away from home.
07:00I think he gave an exam in 8th or 9th grade.
07:04He asked my father's permission to join our play company.
07:18My father asked him what he does.
07:23He said he sings.
07:25He heard the song.
07:27His Urdu was very bad.
07:32He sang a song called Khushiyon.
07:37He was singing Khushiyon.
07:40My father said that his pronunciation was very bad.
07:43My mother said that his voice is good.
07:46He can work on his pronunciation.
07:49Ragbir told him about an incident.
07:51He told him that his pronunciation was bad.
07:54He didn't even know what pronunciation is.
07:57He thought that the rhythm of the tabla was bad.
08:00Ragbir replied that he will be fine if he rehearses on the tabla.
08:07He was told what pronunciation is.
08:10It has nothing to do with the tabla.
08:13This is how Ragbir came to our play company.
08:21All the artists of the play company had good Urdu.
08:27They were experts in classical music.
08:32My mother and father worked with Ragbir in pronunciation and music.
08:42This is how Ragbir grew.
08:44Ragbir was our favorite brother.