Shammi Kapoor has had a great list of songs picturised on him.
But he has very few films to his credit as a hero of which only 47 are notable films for both his acting , dancing and are classics and rest in the below list are the films in which he played only supporting role to the leading hero.
Andaz had Rajesh Khanna in special appearance but Khanna stole the show in his 15 minutes appearance resulting the film becoming a superhit.
But he has very few films to his credit as a hero of which only 47 are notable films for both his acting , dancing and are classics and rest in the below list are the films in which he played only supporting role to the leading hero.
Andaz had Rajesh Khanna in special appearance but Khanna stole the show in his 15 minutes appearance resulting the film becoming a superhit.
Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; 21 October 1930[4] – 14 August 2011) was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. In 2009, He became the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in India. He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his performance in Brahmachari and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982.
Shammi Kapoor is hailed as one of the most entertaining lead actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced. He was one of the leading stars of Hindi cinema during the late 1950s, the 1960s and early '70s. He made his Bollywood debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, and went on to deliver hits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town, Rajkumar, Kashmir Ki Kali, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris, Bramhachari, Andaz and Vidhaata.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Film career
3 Personal life
4 Death
5 Awards
6 Partial filmography
7 Further reading
8 References
9 External links
Early life[edit]
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He was given the name Shamsher Raj Kapoor at his birth in Bombay (now Mumbai) to film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsharni Kapoor née Mehra.[5] Shammi was the second of the three sons born to Prithviraj (the other two being Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), both successful Bollywood actors.
Though born in Mumbai, he spent a major portion of his childhood in Calcutta (now Kolkata), where his father was involved with New Theatres Studios, acting in films. It was in Kolkata that he did his Montessory and Kindergarten. After coming back to Bombay, he first went to St. Joseph's Convent (Wadala) and then, to Don Bosco School. He finished his matric schooling from New Era School at Hughes Road.
Kapoor had a short stint at Ruia College after which he joined his father’s theatrical company Prithvi Theatres. He entered the cinema world in 1948, as a junior artiste, at a salary of Rs. 50 per month, stayed with Prithvi Theatres for the next four years and collected his last pay check of Rs. 300, in 1952. He made his debut in Bollywood in the year 1953, when the film Jeevan Jyoti was released. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul and Chand Usmani was Kapoor’s first heroine.
Film career[edit]
Kapoor started out with serious roles but with Filmistan's Nasir Hussain directed Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) opposite Ameeta and Dil Deke Dekho (1959) with Asha Parekh, he attained the image of a light-hearted, and stylish playboy.[citation needed]
With Junglee (1961) his new image was cemented and his subsequent films were all in this genre.[clarification needed] Mohammed Rafi was frequently chosen as his playback voice. In his early career in the fifties, he acted with established heroines: with Madhubala in films such as Rail Ka Dibba (1953) and Naqab, with Nutan in Laila Majnu, with Shyama in Thokar and with Nalini Jaywant in Hum Sab Chor Hain. In the 1960s however he was often paired with new heroines such as Asha Parekh, Saira Banu, and Sharmila Tagore, all of whom had very successful careers.[6] Of all his heroines, he said that Sharmila Tagore, Rajshree, and Asha Parekh were easy to work with.[7]
Sharmila Tagore and Saira Banu made their Bollywood debuts with Shammi Kapoor in Kashmir Ki Kali and Junglee respectively[8] He and Asha Parekh were paired together in four films, including the murder mystery Teesri Manzil (1966) and the romance film Jawan Mohabbat.
In the early fifties Kapoor accepted serious roles in films such as Shama Parwana (1954) with Suraiya, comedy flick Mem Sahib (1956) with Meena Kumari, and thrillers like Chor Bazar (1954), as well as in the tragic love story Mirza Sahiban (1957) opposite Shyama.[9] He gained more widespread popularity with the successful films Tumsa Nahi Dekha (1957), Ujala and Dil Dil Deke Deko (both 1959). In the first half of the 1960s, Kapoor was seen in successful films like College Girl, Basant, Singapore, Boy Friend, Professor, Dil Tera Diwana, Vallah Kya Baat Hai, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, Bluff Master, Janwar and Rajkumar.
In 1968, he received the first Filmfare Best Actor award of his career for the film Bramhachari. He made a unique place for himself in the industry as he was the only dancing hero in Hindi films from the late fifties till early seventies.[citation needed][10] He used to compose dancing steps by himself in the songs picturised on him, and reportedly never needed a choreographer. This earned him the name of Elvis Presley of India.[2][11]
His pairing opposite Southern heroines tended to be commercially successful. He played opposite B. Saroja Devi in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Preet Na Jane Reet, with Padmini in Singapore (1960 film), and opposite Vyjayanthimala in College Girl and Prince (1969 film).[12] In the late sixties, his successful films included Budtameez and Sachaai with Sadhana, Latt Saheb with Nutan and Tumse Achha Kaun Hai with Babita.
In the 1970s, Kapoor’s weight problem proved an obstacle when playing the romantic hero, and the last such film he played in was Andaz (1971). He would later move to character roles and acted in films like Zameer, Hero, Vidhaata, Hukumat, Batwara, Tahalka, Chamatkar, Namak and Prem Granth. In 1974, he directed Manoranjan and in 1976 Bundal Baaz.
Shammi turned into a successful supporting actor in the 1970s, playing Saira Banu's father in Zameer (1974), when he had been her leading man a decade earlier in Junglee (1961) and Bluff Master (1964) and playing Amitabh Bachchan's foster father in Parvarish. He also directed Manoranjan (1974), a movie inspired from Irma La Douce and in which he played a supporting role himself and Bundal Baaz (1976) starring Rajesh Khanna, but neither were successful commercially though got critical acclaims and were hailed as classics and to be ahead of its time. In the 1980s and 1990s, he continued to play supporting roles in many films and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Vidhaata (1982). He got the opportunity to do some films in other languages such as Bengali and Tamil in the nineties.
He did a social melodrama serial called Chattan aired on Zee TV for more than a year in the 1990s. He eventually cut down on film appearances by the late 1990s and early 2000s and made his appearances in the 1999 Salman Khan and Urmila Matondkar starrer Jaanam Samjha Karo, 2002 release Waah! Tera Kya Kehna and the delayed 2006 release Sandwich. His last appearance as a character actor was in the delayed 2006 film, Sandwich. He made his last appearance in Imtiaz Ali's directorial venture Rockstar co-starring his grand-nephew Ranbir Kapoor, the grandson of his brother Raj Kapoor.
Film director Shakti Samanta directed Shammi Kapoor in six hit films like Singapore, Pagla Kahin Ka, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening In Paris and Jaane Anjane and quoted in an interview “I found Shammi to be a thoroughly good man. Even in his heydays, he was humble."[13]
Personal life[edit]
Kapoor met Geeta Bali in 1955, during the shooting of the film Rangeen Raaten, where he was the leading actor and she played a cameo. Four months later, they married at Banganga Temples, near Napean Sea Road of Mumbai. They had a son, Aditya Raj Kapoor, on 1 July 1956, at Shirodkar's Hospital, Mumbai, a year after they were married. Five years later, in 1961, they had a daughter, Kanchan.
Shammi Kapoor was the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India (IUCI). He had also played a major role in setting up internet organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association. Kapoor also maintained a website dedicated to the Kapoor family.[14]
Death[edit]
Kapoor was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai on 7 August 2011 suffering from chronic renal failure. His condition remained serious for next few days and he was kept on ventilator support.[15] He died on 14 August 2011, 05:15 am IST, of chronic renal failure, aged 79.[16][17] Funeral was held on Monday, 15 August at Banganga cremation ground, Malabar Hill, Mumbai. Aditya Raj Kapoor, the actor's son, performed the last rites at the cremation. The entire Kapoor family were present to pay their last respects, including his younger brother Shashi Kapoor, sister in law Krishna Kapoor, grand nephew Ranbir Kapoor, nephews Rishi, Randhir and Rajiv, Randhir's wife Babita and grand nieces Karishma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.[18] Bollywood personalities Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Subhash Ghai, Amitabh Bachchan, Ramesh Sippy, Danny Denzongpa, Prem Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Aamir Khan,Rani Mukherjee, Sharukh Khan, Kabir Bedi and Priyanka Chopra were among those who attended the funeral.[19]
Awards[edit]
National Film Awards
2009 - Dadasaheb Phalke Award for life time contribution to Indian cinema.[20]
Filmfare Awards
1968 – Filmfare Best Actor Award, Brahmachari[21]
1982 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Vidhata[22]
1995 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award[23]
IIFA Awards
2002 – Invaluable Contribution To Indian Cinema at the IIFA.[24]
Bollywood Movie Awards
2005 – Lifetime Achievement Award[25]
Zee Cine Awards
1999 – Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
Star Screen Awards
2001 – Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
Other Awards
1998 – Kalakar Awards – Special Award for "contribution in Indian Cinema"[26]
2001 – Anandalok Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)[27]
2008 – Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Indian cinema at the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF).[28]
Rashtriya Gaurav Award[29]
Partial filmography[edit]
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Year Film Role Co-Star Notes
1953 Jeevan Jyoti Shyam Sunder 'Shammi' Chand Usmani Debut Film
Rail Ka Dibba Sundar Madhubala
Thokar
Laila Majnu Majnu Nutan
Ladki
Gul Sanobar
Khoj
1954 Shama Parwana
Mehbooba
Ehsan
Chor Bazar
1955 Tangewali
Naqab
Miss Coca Cola Geeta Bali
Daku Badal Shashikala
1956 Sipahsalar
Rangeen Raatein Mala Sinha
Memsahib Manohar Meena Kumari Negative character
Hum Sab Chor Hain
1957 Tumsa Nahin Dekha Shankar Ameeta First breakthrough in career
Maharani
Coffee House Geeta Bali
Mirza Sahiban Mirza Khan
1958 Mujrim Shankar/Anand Ragini
Dil Deke Dekho Roop/Raja Asha Parekh
1959 Ujala Mala Sinha
Raat ke Raahi Jabeen
Mohar Geeta Bali
Char Dil Char Rahen Johny Braganza Raj Kapoor
1960 Basant Ashim Nutan
College Girl Vyjayanthimala
Singapore Padmini
1961 Boyfriend Shyam Madhubala
Junglee Chandra Shekhar Saira Banu Shammi Kapoor's first colour film
1962 Dil Tera Diwana Mohan Mala Sinha
Professor Professor Pritam Khanna Kalpana Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
China Town Mike/Shekhar Shakila & Helen Double role
Vallah Kya Baat Hai Kundan Bina Rai
1963 Bluff Master Saira Banu
Shahid Bhagat Singh
Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai Qawwali singer Geeta Bali & Shashi Kapoor Cameo appearance
Pyar Kiya To Darna kya
1964 Rajkumar Sadhana
Kashmir Ki Kali Rajiv Lal Sharmila Tagore
1965 Janwar Sunder Srivastava / Sundaram Munderam / Sheikh Kalimullah Rajshree
1966 Teesri Manzil Anil Kumar "Sona"/Rocky Asha Parekh
Preet Na Jaane Reet Ashok Saroja Devi
Budtameez Shyam Kumar Saxena Sadhana
1967 An Evening in Paris Sharmila Tagore
Laat Saheb Nutan
1968 Brahmachari Brahmachari Rajshree Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1969 Prince Vyjayanthimala
Tum se Acchaa Kaun Hai Ashok Babita
Sachchai Sadhana
1970 Pagla Kahin Ka Sujit Asha Parekh & Helen
1971 Andaz Ravi Hema Malini & Simi Garewal
Jawan Mohabbat Asha Parekh
Jaane Anjane Leena Chandavarkar
Preetam Preetam Vinod Khanna & Leena Chandavarkar
1974 Zameer Maharaj Singh Amitabh Bachchan
Manoranjan Dhupu Zeenat Aman Director
Chhote Sarkar Sadhana
1976 Bundal Baaz Genie Rajesh Khanna Director
1977 Parvarish
1978 Shalimar
1979 Meera Raja Vikramjeet Singh Sesodia
1981 Professor Pyarelal Nadira, Dharmendra
Rocky (Himself) Sanjay Dutt
Naseeb (Himself) Cameo appearance
1982 Prem Rog Bade Raja Thakur Sushma Seth & Rishi Kapoor
Vidhaata Dilip Kumar Won—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Desh Premee Shamsher Singh Amitabh Bachchan
1983 Hero Jackie Shroff
Betaab Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji Sunny Deol
1984 Sohni Mahiwal
1987 Hukumat
1988 Ijaazat Mahender's grandfather Naseeruddin Shah Guest Appearance
1991 Ajooba
1992 Tahelka
Chamatkar
1993 Aaja Meri Jaan
1994 Sukham Sukhakaram Malayalam film
1996 Aur Pyar Ho Gaya Dadaji Bobby Deol
Prem Granth Nandlal (Somen's uncle) Rishi Kapoor
1998 Kareeb Thakur Ranbir Singh Bobby Deol
1999 Jaanam Samjha Karo Rahul's Dadaji Salman Khan
East Is East
2002 Yeh Hay Jalwa
Waah! Tera Kya Kehna Kishan Oberoi Govinda
2005 Bhola in Bollywood Producer
2006 Sandwich Swami Trilokanand
2011 Rockstar Ustad Jameel Khan Ranbir Kapoor Last film before death