Shashi Kapoor

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Shashi Kapoor

Date of Birth

: 3/18/1938

Place of Birth

Awards

: 1965 - BFJA Award Best Actor for Jab Jab Phool Khile 1975 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Deewar 1986 - National Film Awards for Best Actor for New Delhi Times 1988 - BFJA Award Best Actor for New Delhi Times 1994 - National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for Muhafiz

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Biography : In July, 1958, he married the British actress Jennifer Kendal and they acted in a number of films together, most notably in the Merchant Ivory productions. He had three children with Kendal; Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor all of whom for a short while became film actors. Kendal died of cancer in 1984. Shashi Kapoor started acting in films as a child and his best known performances were in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951) where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor. He made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 Yash Chopra film Dharmputra and went onto appear in over 100 films. He was a very popular actor in Bollywood during the 1960s, 1970s and the early 1980s. In Hindi cinema, his most famous movies include Waqt (1965), Deewaar (1975), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Trishul (1978), Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Shaan (1980) and Namak Halaal (1982). In most of his successful films in the 1970s and early 1980s he co-starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan. He was also known internationally for starring in many British and American films notably the Merchant Ivory productions, Shakespeare Wallah (1965), Bombay Talkie (1970) and Heat and Dust (1982) in which he co-starred with his wife Jennifer Kendal. He also appeared in other English and American films such Pretty Polly (1967), Siddhartha (1972) and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987). He set up his production house, Film Valas, which produced critically acclaimed films such as Kalyug (1981), 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) and Utsav (1984). In 1991 he produced and directed a fantasy film titled Ajooba which had his frequent co-star Amitabh Bachchan and nephew Rishi Kapoor in the lead. His last and most recent film appearances were in Jinnah (1998), a biopic of Mohammed Ali Jinnah in which he was the narrator and another Merchant-Ivory production titled Side Streets (1998). He has now retired from the film industry and not appeared in any film since. He has been seen in the limelight at the "Shashi Kapoor Film Festival" held in Muscat, Omani (Sept 2007). He has lost a considerable amount of weight and looked in healthy shape.

Filmography : Aag (1948) .... Young Kewal Awaara (1951) .... Young Raj (child artist) Dharamputra (1961) .... Dilip Rai The Householder (1963) .... Prem Waqt (1965) .... Vijay Kumar Shakespeare Wallah (1965) .... Sanju Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965) ... Rajkumar Aamne Samne...(1967) Pretty Polly (1967) .... Amaz Haseena Maan Jayegi (1968) ... Rakesh/Kamal (dual role) Pyaar Ka Mausam (1969) .... Sunder Bombay Talkie (1970) .... Vikram Sharmilee (1971) .... Ajit Kapoor Siddhartha (1972) .... Siddhartha Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) .... Prem Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974) .... Mohan Babu Chor Machaye Shor (1974) .... Vijay Sharma 5 Rifles (1975) .... Dacoit Raka Deewaar (1975) .... Ravi Verma Kabhi Kabhie (1976) .... Vijay Khanna Immaan Dharam (1977) .... Mohan Kumar Saxena Trishul (1978) .... Shekhar Gupta Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) .... Ranjeev Junoon (1978) .... Javed Khan Suhaag (1979) .... Kishen Kapoor Kaala Patthar (1979) .... Ravi Malhotra Kalyug (1980) .... Karan Singh Do Aur Do Paanch (1980) .... Sunil/Laxshman Shaan (1980) .... Ravi Kumar Kranti (1981) .... Shakti Silsila (1981) .... Shekhar Malhotra Baseraa (1981) .... Balraj Kohli Vijeta (1982) .... Nihaal Namak Halaal (1982) .... Raja Heat and Dust (1982) .... The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm) New Delhi Times (1986) .... Vikas Pande Ilzaam (1986) .... Ranjit Singh Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) .... Rafi Rahman Pyaar Ki Jeet (1987) .... Dr Rehman Ijaazat (1987) .... Special Appearance The Deceivers (1988) .... Chandra Singh Akayla (1991) .... Police Commissioner In Custody (1993) .... Nur Gulliver's Travels (1996) .... Raja Jinnah (1998) .... Narrator Side Streets (1998) .... Vikram Raj

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