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Shammi Kapoor (1931-2011) was a well-known Indian actor and director. He was recognized for his flamboyant dancing model and playboy way of life in his movies. He has labored in a number of hit movies together with Dil Deke Dekho (1959), Junglee (1961), Professor (1962 ), China City (1962), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), Teesri Manzil (1966), Brahmachari (1968), Vidhaata (1982), and Rockstar (2011). Shammi Kapoor handed away on the age of 79 on 14 August 2011 on account of persistent kidney failure.

Wiki/Biography

Shammi Kapoor was born as Shamsher Raj Kapoor on Wednesday, 21 October 1931 (age 79 years; on the time of his loss of life) in Bombay (now Mumbai), Bombay Presidency (now Maharashtra), British India (now India). His zodiac signal is Libra. He accomplished his Kindergarten and Montessori training in Kolkata. He then moved to Mumbai and studied at St. Joseph’s Convent and Don Bosco Faculty. He accomplished his matriculation (Xth Class) from New Period Faculty. He then joined Ramnarain Ruia Faculty for a short time earlier than becoming a member of Prithvi Theatres. He began working in movies in 1953.

Bodily Look

Peak (approx.): 5′ 11″

Weight (approx.): 110 kg

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Blue-grey

Household

Shammi Kapoor belonged to the Kapoor household, who’ve been an integral a part of Hindi movie cinema for greater than 4 generations. The Kapoor household is often known as the First Household of Indian Cinema.

Dad and mom & Siblings

Shammi Kapoor’s father, Prithviraj Kapoor, was a well-known actor and director recognized for his movies reminiscent of ‘Alam Ara’ (1931), ‘Sikandar’ (1941), ‘Vikramaditya’ (1945), ‘Awaara’ (1951), ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960), and ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ (1971). His mom, Ramsarni Mehra, was a homemaker.

Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni Mehra

Shammi Kapoor had two brothers, Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. Raj Kapoor is named the ‘Biggest Showman Of India’ and has contributed to a number of memorable movies as an actor, director and producer. Shashi Kapoor was additionally a well-renowned actor and producer.

Shammi Kapoor along with his brothers, Raj Kapoor (sitting) and Shashi Kapoor (proper)

Spouse & Youngsters

Shammi Kapoor married twice. He married his first spouse Geeta Bali, a famend actress, in 1955. They’ve two youngsters, a son named Aditya Raj Kapoor, a widely known assistant director and actor and a daughter named Kanchan Kapoor, a movie producer. Geeta Bali handed away on 21 January 1965 on the younger age of 35 on account of smallpox.

Shammi Kapoor with Geeta Bali

Shammi Kapoor married once more in 1939 to Neila Devi, a princess of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. They didn’t have any youngsters of their very own, a aware choice on Neila Devi’s half as she needed to boost Aditya and Kanchan as her personal.

Shammi Kapoor with Neila Devi

Relationships/Affairs

Shammi Kapoor was in a relationship with Nutan they usually had been each childhood mates. Shammi Kapoor needed to marry her however her mom’s pal, Motilal, didn’t approve of it and she or he was despatched to Switzerland for additional research, thus ending their love story.

Shammi Kapoor with Nutan

In 1953, Shammi Kapoor had a quick relationship with Nadia Gamal, a well-known cabaret dancer from Egypt. Nadia, who was 17 on the time had travelled to Sri Lanka for her efficiency whereas Shammi Kapoor was touring along with his brothers, Raj and Shashi Kapoor. Being underage, Nadia didn’t need to marry instantly, so that they deliberate to marry 5 years later. Nadia later went to her dwelling nation and Shammi returned to India and their plan by no means got here to fruition.

Shammi Kapoor with Nadia Gamal

He met socialite Bina Ramani after the loss of life of his spouse. He promised to marry her and urged to elope in the event that they confronted any resistance from the household. However the marriage didn’t happen as her dad and mom and Shammi’s elder brother, Raj Kapoor had been each towards their marriage.

Bina Ramani with Shammi Kapoor

In 2011, actress Mumtaz revealed that after Geeta Bali’s loss of life, he needed to marry her. She refused the proposal as she was solely 18 with a number of provides for movies and marriage to Shammi Kapoor would imply she must hand over her profession, which she wasn’t ready for.

Shammi Kapoor with Mumtaz

Faith/Non secular Views

Shammi Kapoor was a Hindu. He adopted the teachings of his non secular guru, Shri Haidakhan Babaji, launched to him by his spouse Neila Devi within the Nineteen Seventies.

Caste

He belonged to the Punjabi Khatri household.

Signature/Autograph

Shammi Kapoor signature

Profession

In 1945, he carried out in his first play with Prithvi Theatres, ‘Shakuntala’ as Bharat. By 1948, he had began working as a junior artist, at a wage of Rs. 50 per thirty days in Prithvi Theatres. He continued working there for the subsequent 4 years and obtained his ultimate paycheck of Rs. 300, within the yr 1952. Shammi Kapoor has appeared in over 100 movies, predominantly in Hindi. He has additionally dabbled in several language movies aside from Hindi. He had a visitor look as a singer in ‘Dhadaka’, a Marathi movie launched in 1990.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Dhadaka

In 1992, he appeared within the Tamil movie, ‘Amaran’ as Don Miranda.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Amaran

In the identical yr, he appeared within the Bengali movie, ‘Mahashay’ as Prem Singh Chadda.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Mahashay

In 1994, he appeared within the Malayalam movie, ‘Sukham Sukhakaram’.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Sukham Sukhakaram

Movie

Shammi Kapoor debuted in 1953 with the movie ‘Jeewan Jyoti’ as Shyam Sundar “Shammi” which was adopted by different movies together with ‘Thokar’ and ‘Rail Ka Dibba’ as Sundar. He additionally appeared in ‘Laila Majnu’ as Qais / Majnu.

Shashi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Jeevan Jyoti

In 1954 he appeared in ‘Shama Parwana’ as Gul Mirza and ‘Chor Bazar’ as Prince Murad / Salim. In 1955, he appeared in ‘Miss Coca Cola’ as Kamal alongside Geeta Bali.

Shammi Kapoor on the poster of Miss Coca Cola

His breakthrough function got here in 1957 with the movie ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’ as Shankar Bhat and have become an in a single day sensation due to his youthful presence and distinctive model. In 1959, he appeared in one other hit movie ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ as Roop / Raja together with Asha Parekh.

Shammi Kapoor in Dil Deke Dekho

In 1960, he appeared within the Indo-Malaya co-production movie, ‘Singapore’ as Shyam. In 1961, he starred in ‘Junglee’ as Chandrashekhar “Shekhar” together with Saira Banu.

Shammi Kapoor on the poster of Junglee

In 1962, he appeared within the comedy ‘Dil Tera Diwana’ as Mohan Badriprasad. In the identical yr, he starred in ‘Professor’ as Professor Pritam Khanna for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Finest Actor.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Professor

In 1963, he starred in ‘Shaheed Bhagat Singh’ as Bhagat Singh and in ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’ as Rajesh. In 1964, he starred in ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ as Rajeev Lal and in ‘Rajkumar’ as Prince Bhanupratap / Bhagatram.

Shammi Kapoor in Kashmir Ki Kali

In 1966, he starred within the superhit movies, ‘Teesri Manzil’ as Anil Kumar / Rocky and ‘Budtameez’ as Shyam Kumar. In 1967, he starred in ‘An Night In Paris’ as Shyam Kumar / Sam.

Shammi Kapoor in An Night In Paris

In 1968, he starred within the critically acclaimed movie ‘Brahmachari’ as Brahmachari. In 1969, he starred within the fourth highest-grossing movie of the yr, ‘Prince’ as Prince Shamsher Singh / Sajjan Singh.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Prince

In 1974, he starred and directed in ‘Manoranjan’ as Dhoop Chhaon. The movie was tailored from the French play, ‘Irma la Douce’, that Shammi had needed to star in. He talked in regards to the movie in an interview and stated,

Manoranjan was taken from Irma la Douce. And I noticed Irma la Douce in London… That was a French play that was first on the stage in London. And I needed then to play the function of Jack Lemmon—it was fantastic—however by the point I made the film I used to be too previous so I made a decision to direct the film.”

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Manoranjan

By now, he had began to achieve weight due to a number of knee operations and began to lose his picture of a dancing hero. By no means the one to lose hope, he stayed along with his old flame, i.e. performing and began to look in character roles. In 1975, he starred in ‘Zameer’ as Thakur Maharaj Singh. Though the movie was critically panned, it grew to become a field workplace hit.

Shammi Kapoor on the poster of Zameer

In 1976, he directed and starred within the critically acclaimed movie, ‘Bundal Baaz’ as Genie. In 1977, he starred within the hit movie, ‘Parvarish’ as D.S.P. Shamsher Singh. In 1981, he appeared as himself in a cameo look in ‘Rocky’. In 1982, he appeared in ‘Prem Rog’ as Bade Raja Thakur and in ‘Vidhaata’ as Gurbaksh Singh.

Shammi Kapoor on the poster of Vidhaata

In 1983, he appeared in two commercially profitable movies, ‘Betaab’ as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji and ‘Hero’ as Police Commissioner Shrikanth Mathur. In 1984, he appeared in ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ as Peer Baba. In 1989, he performed DIG Sher (Sheroo) Ali Khan in ‘Daata’.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Daata

In 1988, he starred in ‘Vozvrashchenie Bagdadskogo Vora’, a Russian language model of the Hindi movie ‘Ajooba’, which was launched just a few years later in 1991.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Vozvrashchenie Bagdadskogo Vora

In 1992, he performed R. Okay. Kaul in ‘Chamatkar’. In 1996, he performed Nandlal in ‘Prem Granth’, which starred Rishi Kapoor.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Prem Granth

In 2006, he performed Swami Trilokanand in ‘Sandwhich’. In 2011, he appeared in his ultimate movie, ‘Rockstar’ as Ustad Jameel Khan along with his grandnephew, Ranbir Kapoor within the lead.

Shammi Kapoor in Rockstar

Tv

Shammi Kapoor has appeared in just a few tv exhibits as effectively. In 1986, he appeared in ‘Katha Sagar’, a present primarily based on quick tales from writers world wide. He appeared in ‘Bible Ki Kahaniyan’ as Nimrod in 1992.

Shammi Kapoor on the poster of Daya Sagar

In 1993, he starred in Anubhav Sinha’s directorial debut, ‘Shikast’. In 1994, he starred in ‘Dastaan-E-Hatim Tai’ as Sultan e Yemen, Shahe Alam. In 1997, he starred within the social drama, ‘Chattan’ as Shamsher Raj.

Shammi Kapoor in a nonetheless from Chattan

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• In 1968, Shammi Kapoor received the Filmfare Award for Finest Actor for ‘Brahmachari’.
  

  Shammi Kapoor received the Filmfare Award for Brahmachari

• In 1982, he received the Filmfare Award for Finest Supporting Actor for ‘Vidhaata’.

• Within the yr 1995, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

• He received the Particular Award for his “Contribution in Indian Cinema” on the Kalakar Awards in 1998.

• He received the Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement within the yr 1999.

• On 18th January 2001, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award on the eighth annual Star Display screen Awards.

• In 2001, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for “Contribution in Indian Cinema” on the Anandalok Awards.

• In the identical yr, he additionally received the IIFA Award for Invaluable Contribution to Indian Cinema.
  

  Shammi Kapoor obtained the IIFA Award for Invaluable Contribution to Indian Cinema in 2001

• In 2005, he was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award on the Bollywood Film Awards.

• Within the yr 2007, he obtained the Residing Legend Award from the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Trade (FICCI).

• In 2008, he obtained the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema on the Pune Worldwide Movie Competition.

• In 2010, he obtained the Rashtriya Gaurav Award.

• In 2012, a life-sized brass statue was put in at Stroll of the Stars at Bandra Bandstand.

• In 2013, a postage stamp along with his picture was revealed by the India Submit on the event of 100 years of Indian Cinema.
  

  Shammi Kapoor postal stamp launched in 2013

Automobile Assortment

• Chevrolet Intercontinental convertible

• Buick BMY 3009
  

  Shammi Kapoor’s Buick BMY 3009

Loss of life

Shammi Kapoor died in 2011 on the age of 79 on account of persistent kidney failure. His kidneys suffered because of the heavy antibiotics he took in the course of the therapy of his lungs. He had been on dialysis since 2003. Whereas speaking about how energetic he was once even throughout his hospital visits, in an interview, his spouse, Neila Devi stated,

So long as he was capable of drive his automobile, he was chirpy. He used to enter the dialysis room, singing a track. He stated that three days belonged to dialysis however 4 days of the week had been his.”

Favourites

• Meals: Yakhni pulao and dumpukht rooster

• Movies: ‘3 Idiots’ (2009) and ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’ (2003)

Details/Trivia

• He created and maintained an internet site, ‘The Kapoor Household Web site’, which was devoted to his household.
  

  ‘The Kapoor Household Web site’ designed by Shammi Kapoor

• He was one of many earliest adopters of the Web in India. In an interview, Shammi Kapoor talked about his early utilization of the web and stated
  

  Web use in India began in 1995 however I had began utilizing it in 1991 (due to a particular software by Apple). I additionally made an Web customers’ society with Mafatlal, Harish Mehta and Devang Mehta.”

• He was the chairman and the founding father of the Web Customers Group of India (IUCI). He additionally based the Moral Hackers Affiliation.

• Shammi Kapoor would usually journey with the members of IUCI, carrying an Apple Macintosh Performa 5400. They might then join it to the houses and workplaces of individuals to point out them the web and its advantages.

• He talked a couple of journal that he produced in an interview and stated,
  

  For a brief time frame I produced my very own Video Leisure Journal known as “Shammi Kapoor presents Manoranjan”. Six volumes have been already launched after which I ended as a result of there have been too many individuals doing the identical factor.

• He admits to his accident-prone nature on his web site and whereas describing how he injured his knee which finally contributed to his weight acquire, he wrote,
  

  My knee hassle began in 1964. I used to be capturing for “Raj Kumar” in Ooty. I used to be singing a track seated on an elephant and to regular my self on it’s bareback I entwined my toes within the rope tied spherical it’s neck. At a while in the course of the shot the elephant began twisting it’s neck and I couldn’t extract my proper leg from it’s neck. That I believe was the start.”

• He was often known as the “Yahoo star” due to the hit track, Chahe Mujhe Koi Junglee Kahe from ‘Junglee’.

• He was generally known as the “Elvis Presley of India” due to the similarities of their dancing model.

• In 2022, Outlook India journal positioned him of their record of “75 Finest Bollywood Actors”.

• Early in his life, he didn’t need to be part of the household enterprise of performing, moderately, he needed to grow to be an aeronautical engineer.

• He signed up for his first movie in 1951, titled ‘Primary Aur Woh’, however it acquired shelved.

• He was an avid hunter and the Maharani of Jodhpur gave him his first weapon, BSA Air Gun.

• When Yahoo! Inc. opened its workplace in Mumbai, Shammi Kapoor was invited by the then-CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang who knowledgeable him how huge of a fan he was of Shammi Kapoor and his notorious Yahoo scream.

• In an interview, he talked about his relationship with Mohammad Rafi and stated,
  

  Rafisaab was my voice. After his loss of life, I misplaced my voice. I cried like hell. He had an ideal sense of humour. Usually, I was current on the recordings of all my songs. I at all times requested him to sing the songs with the nuances that I’ll painting on the display screen. He used to fortunately oblige. And after the recording, after I listened to the songs, I questioned how he may sing precisely the best way I needed him to!”