Mera Naam Joker (1970) is a Raj Kapoor musical, which introduced an eighteen year old Rishi Kapoor to Bollywood.  The movie narrates the story of Raju aka 'Joker',  a boy whose passion is to become a successful crowd entertainer as a joker.  Raju's mother is completely against her son joining the circus as her husband too had been a joker in circus, and had fallen to his death in a stunt which went wrong.  The movie tracks Raju's turbulent passage through adolescence in which he finds himself infatuated with his young and beautiful school teacher.  Though the movie is supposed to be a Raj Kapoor movie all the way,  Rishi Kapoor, who plays the young Raju, gets nearly a third of the screentime and delivers a very commendable and memorable performance.  Raju continues to don the colors of a joker and entertains street crowds, till a twist of fate leads to the fair skinned Raju being mistaken for a member of a visiting group of Russian circus performers collaborating with a local circus house.  The event results in Raju joining the circus as a full time joker, after the mistaken identity is exposed.  From then onwards, the movie traces the dual life of Raju; the happy-go-lucky circus clown and the deeply emotional and sad individual behind the joker's facepaint.  A small doll of a joker that he has right from his childhood serves as a metaphor for his unrequited love;  Each time Raju falls in love, he gifts the doll to the one he's in love with, but each time, they end up returning the doll to him and exiting his life.  Raju tries to hide his disappointment behind his smiling countenance, but we realize the depth of his sadness.  When he grows older, he sends out invites to all the lost loves of his life and puts on a special show for them, marking his retirement from the life of a circus performer.

The movie features several extremely popular songs, including 'Jeena yahan, marna yahan', 'Jaane kahan gaye woh din', and 'Kehta hai Joker' sung by the famous singer Mukesh and 'Ae bhai, zara dekh ke chalo' sung by Manna Dey.

"Ae Bhai, Zara dekh ke chalo"