March 19, 2024 09:54 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Death toll in Kolkata's under-construction illegal building collapse rises to 9 | LS polls: BJP to contest 17 seats in Bihar, JDU gets 16, Chirag Paswan's party 5 | PM Modi twisting my 'Shakti' remark: Rahul Gandhi issues clarification after receiving flak | Supreme Court asks SBI to disclose 'all information related to electoral bonds' | Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan resigns
Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor passes away at 79

Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor passes away at 79

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 04 Dec 2017, 06:34 pm
Mumbai, Dec 04 (IBNS) Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor, who charmed his way into millions of hearts with his on screen persona playing the handsome romantic hero of the 1960s, 70s and 80s films, passed away in Mumbai. He was 79.

He died in a Mumbai hospital. He was suffering from prolonged old age related illness. 

One of the foremost actors from the Kapoor clan of Bollywood, he had acted in a large number of Hindi films besides in a few English-language films. He also directed movies.

He acted in some of the superhit movies of 70s with co-actor and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, often playing siblings.

His romantic paring with many Bollywood heroines led to several super hit films.

Photo: In Deewar

He was born as Balbir Raj Kapoor and was the youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor and the younger brother of iconic superstars Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. His wife Jennifer Kendal (sister of actress Felicity Kendal) had died in 1984. They had three children- Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor.

He was conferred  the Padmabhushan by the Indian government in 2011.

He acted in some of the superhits like Sharmilee, Kabhi Kabhie, Baseraa, Deewar, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Satyam Shivan Sundaram, A Gale Lag Ja, Suhaag, Kanyadaan among others romancing heroines like Sharmila Tagore, Zeenat Aman, Rakhee, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Nanda and others.

He had also acted in films like Bombay Talkie  by Merchant Ivory Productions.

 

Photo: With late wife Jennifer and actress Helen in Bombay Talkie 

Shashi Kapoor had started as a child actor in the late 1940s, appearing in commercial films including Sangram (1950) and Dana Paani (1953) besides working in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951), where he played the younger version of hero Raj Kapoor. In Sangram (1950) he played the young Ashok Kumar. He worked in four Hindi films as a child artiste from 1948 to 1954.

 

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.