Shammi Kapoor was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema during the late 1950s and 1960s. He passed away on the morning of August 14th, 2011 at 5.15 AM. He was 79 years old.
He was 2nd son to film and theater actor Prithviraj Kapoor. His elder brother was Raj Kapoor and younger brother Shashi Kapoor.
He debuted in Bollywood in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti. He was the leading star of Hindi cinema during the late 1950s as well as the 1960s.
He has acted more of his films with co-stars Asha Parekh, Sharmila Tagore and Saira Banu. In fact, Sharmila Tagore made her bollywood debut with Shami Kapoor in Kashmir Ki Kali and Saira Banu made her debut with him in Junglee.
I always have seen SHARARAT in his eyes. Shammi Kapoor married fellow actress Geeta Bali in 1955 and were blessed with two kids son Aditya Raj and daughter Kanchan. Some of his hit films were: Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town, Rajkumar, Kashmir Ki Kali, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris, Bramhachari, and Andaz and Vidhaata. He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his performance in Brahmachari and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982.
The funeral for the Bollywood legend will be held tomorrow (August 15) at 11 am at Ban Ganga crematorium, Mumbai.
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