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Raj Kapoor

Producer, also director

2 Primetime Emmys · BAFTA Award nominee

Raj Kapoor - an Emmy winning creative talent whose imaginative work has been seen on stages and screens around the world. Kapoor has earned eight Emmy Award nominations and won two Emmys for executive producing the "96th Oscars" - Outstanding Variety Special (Live) and "Adele: One Night Only." - Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). Some of his biggest television credits include the 9 most recent Academy Awards, the 12 most recent Grammys, ACM Awards, AMAs, American Idol, Aretha! Grammy Special, The Beatles Grammy Special, Beauty & The Beast A 30th Celebration, Billboard Awards, Celebrate America Inauguration, CMAs, Christmas at Graceland, Dancing with The Stars, Democratic National Convention, Disneyland 60, Elvis '68 Special, Emmys, Graduate Together, Greatest Hits, Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas, iHeart Radio Music Awards, Latin Grammys, Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special for Apple TV+, Motown 60, People's Choice Awards, RDMA's, Sinatra 100 Grammy Special, Stand Up To Cancer, The Disney Family Singalong Series, The Little Mermaid Live!, The Voice, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert, Xfactor and XQ Super School Live. Recent projects include being both Showrunner and Executive Producer for the 97th Academy Awards, the 67th Grammys and the 60th ACM Awards. Recent highlights include the Paris LA28 handover in the Olympics Closing Ceremony. Recent projects include being both Showrunner and Executive Producer for the 96th Academy Awards, the 66th Grammys and the 59th ACM Awards. Recent highlights include being an Executive Producer for the Paris Olympics LA28 Handover Closing Ceremony and the Paris Paralympics LA28 Handover Closing Ceremony.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer, also director
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all

What are Raj Kapoor's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 17 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 4

Gentle 14 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 17 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 1

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 17 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
15
Warm
13
Hopeful
4
Triumphant
3
Romantic
1
Other
1

How their films end

  • Happy17

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Raj Kapoor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Raj Kapoor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

24 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles from 1953 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing16 of 16: 14 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score84thOther crew2 of 16: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

1950s2 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s12 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys from 13 major nominations, 2019–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  3. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Entertainment Programme
  4. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
  5. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  6. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  7. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Raj Kapoor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 18; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 18 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed5

Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Raj Kapoor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Raj Kapoor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hamish Hamilton shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Katy Mullan8 titles
    See all 8 shared titles with Katy Mullan
  • Rita Bland6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Rita Bland
  • Angelina Rha6 titles
    See all 6 shared titles with Angelina Rha
  • Rob Paine5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Rob Paine