Shashi Kapoor
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| Shashi Kapoor | |
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Shashi Kapoor at Shammi Kapoor's prayer meet, 2012. | |
| Born | Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor 18 March 1938 [1] Calcutta, West Bengal, British India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Balbir Shashi Balbir Raj Shasha (used by his brother,Shammi Kapoor) Shashi Baba |
| Occupation | Actor, Director, Producer |
| Years active | 1941–1999 (retired) |
| Height | 1.83 m |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Kendal (1958–1984)(died of cancer) |
| Children | Kunal Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor, Karan Kapoor |
| Relatives | Shammi Kapoor (Brother), Raj Kapoor (Brother), Randhir Kapoor (Nephew), Rishi Kapoor (Nephew), Rajiv Kapoor (Nephew), Karisma Kapoor (Grand Niece), Kareena Kapoor (Grand Niece), Ranbir Kapoor (Grand Nephew) |
Shashi Kapoor (Hindi: शशि कपूर), born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938[1] in Calcutta (now Kolkata), is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been a film director and assistant director in the Hindi film industry. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the widower ofJennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor.[2] He has appeared in a large number of Hindi films as well as in a few English-language films.
Early Career(1960–1975)
Shashi Kapoor started acting in films as a child in the early 1940s appearing in several mythological films and commercial films including Meena(1944), Tadbir, and Bachpan (1945) under the name of Shashiraj. His best known performances as child artist were in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951) where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor. From the age of four, Shashi had started acting in plays directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor, while travelling with Prithvi Theatres. He worked in 19 films as child artist from 1944–54. He got an opportunity to work as an assistant director in the film Post Box 999, the debut film of Sunil Dutt, and worked as an assistant director to Ravindra Dave in Guest House (1959) which was followed by movies such as Dulha Dulhan, Shriman Satyawadi, where Raj Kapoor was the lead hero.
Shashi Kapoor made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film Dharmputra and went on to appear in 116 Hindi films as main lead protagonist, including 63 films as solo lead hero and 53 multi star-cast films, as well as 22 films as supporting actor and 5 special appearances.[citation needed] He was a very popular debonair actor in Bollywood during the 1960s, 1970s and the mid-1980s. Kapoor’s first films in Hindi – Dharmputra, Prem Patra, Char Diwari were not commercially successful, so he started acting in English-language films in 1963, including the films Householder andShakespeare-Wallah which were more successful. He was one of India's first actors to go international.[4] Actress Nanda, who was an established star at this time,[citation needed] signed 8 Hindi films with Kapoor even though his earlier Hindi films had not been successful, as she believed that he could deliver good performances.[citation needed] Their first two films as a pair, the critically acclaimed[citation needed] romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962) did not work, while the rest were successful at the box office.[5] In the 1960s Kapoor acted in several romantic films opposite Nanda, including Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965), Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966), Raja Saab (1969) and Rootha Na Karo(1970). In the 1990s in an interview, Shashi Kapoor declared that Nanda was his favourite heroine and that he regarded her as one of his mentors.[citation needed] In another interview, Nanda stated that Shashi Kapoor was her favourite hero.[citation needed]
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