Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died
14 August 2011(2011-08-14) (aged 79)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Other names
Elvis Presley of India, First Rockstar of Indian Cinema
Occupations
Actor
director
Years active
1953–2011
Spouses
Geeta Bali
(m. 1955; died 1965)
Neila Devi Gohil
(m. 1969)
Children
2, including Aditya
Parents
Prithviraj Kapoor (father)
Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor (mother)
Family
Kapoor family
Website
shammikapoor.net
Signature
Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced [ʃʌmːi kʌpuːɾ]; 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. Kapoor is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.[2] In a career spanning over five decades, Kapoor worked in over 100 films. He is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards, including one for Best Actor.[3]
Born to actor Prithviraj Kapoor and a member of the Kapoor family, he made his film debut with the commercially unsuccessful Jeewan Jyoti (1953). Following roles in continued box-office flops, he had his breakthrough with Tumsa Nahi Dekha (1957), which attained him the image of a stylish playboy and dancer, and subsequently gained further recognition with Dil Deke Dekho (1959). Kapoor rose to widespread recognition with the romantic blockbuster Junglee (1961), and went on to become one of the most marketable Bollywood stars throughout the 1960s, appearing in a number of highly successful films such as - Professor (1962), Dil Tera Diwana (1962), China Town (1962), Rajkumar (1964), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), Janwar (1965), Teesri Manzil (1966), An Evening In Paris (1967), Brahmachari (1968) and Prince (1969). For Brahmachari, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Following his leading role in Andaz (1971), he began to appear in supporting roles. His notable such roles include - Parvarish (1977), Prem Rog (1982), Vidhaata (1982), Betaab (1983), Hero (1983), Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Wanted (1984), Hukumat (1987), Daata (1989), Tahalka (1992), Chamatkar (1992), Gardish (1993) and Rockstar (2011), which was his final film. For Vidhaata, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Apart from acting, Kapoor is widely considered among the best dancers.
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ShammiKapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced [ʃʌmːi kʌpuːɾ]; 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi...
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actor and producer Prithviraj Kapoor, and grandnephew of the actor Trilok Kapoor. His paternal uncles, Shammi and Shashi Kapoor were both actors. Also, his...
well as Prem Chopra; paternal uncles Shashi Kapoor and ShammiKapoor.[verification needed] Rishi Kapoor's two sisters are late Ritu Nanda, who was an...
produced by Nasir Hussain. Released on 21 October 1966, the film stars ShammiKapoor and Asha Parekh in titular roles and Helen, Premnath, Iftekhar and Prem...
Raj Kapoor and ShammiKapoor. Actor Trilok Kapoor was his paternal uncle. Kapoor acted in plays, directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor, while...
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his cousin. The Kapoor family tree also includes his grand-uncles, the actors ShammiKapoor and Raj Kapoor. Growing up in the Kapoor family, Zahan spent...
grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and her paternal uncles were Raj Kapoor and ShammiKapoor. Her brothers Kunal Kapoor and Karan Kapoor have also acted in some...
directed by ShammiKapoor. It is a remake of Irma La Douce. Sanjeev Kumar plays Jack Lemmon's role, Zeenat Aman Shirley MacLaine's and ShammiKapoor plays Lou...
Shammi Iqbal (born 1975), English cricketer ShammiKapoor (1931–2011), Indian film actor and director Shammi Narang (born 1956), Indian voice-over artist...
gave Hussain Tumsa Nahin Dekha to direct. The film made a star of ShammiKapoor. Kapoor and Hussain made another hit, Dil Deke Dekho (1959), for Filmalaya...
Bachchan as the titular superhero Ajooba, along with Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Sonam, ShammiKapoor, Dara Singh, Saeed Jaffery and Amrish Puri in pivotal...
and Kedarnath on Dusshera and then Somen marries Kajri. ShammiKapoor as Nandlal Rishi Kapoor as Somen Madhuri Dixit as Kajri Anupam Kher as Swami Dharam...
Hindi-language romance film directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars ShammiKapoor, Sharmila Tagore in her Hindi movie debut role, Pran, Dhumal, Nazir...
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