Shammi Kapoor previously said that Nargis chatted with him about Awaara and offered to kiss him if she got the role. Raj Kapoor played the lead role in the film.

Nargis had promised to kiss Shammi Kapoor if she got Raj Kapoor’s Awara, according to Shammi Kapoor. Years later, she backed down on her promise because he was all grown up.

“Once I met Nargis ji. I was in school and she was shooting my brother Raj’s film Barsaat. One day I found her in a pensive mood. She wanted to work in Raj bhai’s next film Awara, but her family was not ready, there were some rumours about them. I told her, keep faith in yourself and God, surely her family would not let go this opportunity as she was on the path of becoming a big star. She told me, ‘If gharwale maan gaye toh I will give you a kiss,’” he said, in an old interview with The Quint.

“You know, Barsaat became a big hit and Raj Kapoor started his Awara and Nargis was his heroine. By that time I had finished my school, joined and left college, started working with my father Prithiviraj Kapoor’s drama theatre, company roaming all around the country. By chance, I met Nargisji again in RK studio. She saw me and said ‘I remember my promise, but now you are a grown up man, so ask for something else.’ I said, ‘Gramophone.’” he added. She took him to a store, bought him a gramophone and a few records of his choice.

Shree 420, Chori Chori, Aag, and Anari were among the films in which Nargis and Raj Kapoor featured. Shammi Kapoor, on the other hand, has appeared in a number of successful films, including Junglee, Professor, Kashmir Ki Kali, and Teesri Manzil.