SHASHI KAPOOR

'Shashi Kapoor' (Hindi: शशि कपूर, Urdu: ششِ کپُور), born 'Balbir Raj Kapoor' on March 18, 1938 in Calcutta, is an Indian film actor and producer and a member of the famous Kapoor family, an influential film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the husband of the late Jennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor. Son Kunal is married to director Ramesh Sippy's daughter and Sanjana to wildlife conservationist Valmik Thapar.

Contents

Career

Personal life

Awards

Selected Filmography

Actor

Producer

Director

External links

Career

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.

Personal life

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 which for a short while became film actors. Kendal died of cancer in 1984.

Awards

1965 - BFJA Award Best Actor for ''Jab Jab Phool Khile'' [1]
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'' [2]
1994 - National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for ''Muhafiz''

Selected Filmography

Actor

★ ''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)

★ '' Aamne Samne''...(1967)

★ ''Pretty Polly'' (1967)

★ ''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

★ ''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

★ ''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

Producer

★ ''Junoon'' (1978)

★ ''Kalyug'' (1980)

★ ''36 Chowringhee Lane'' (1981)

★ ''Vijeta'' (1982)

★ ''Utsav'' (1984)

★ ''Ajooba'' (1991)

Director

★ ''Manoranjan'' (1974) (assistant director)

★ ''Ajooba'' (1991)

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