Shammi Kapoor
Actor, Film actor
1930 – 2011
Who was Shammi Kapoor?
Shammi Kapoor 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.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1930
Mumbai - Also known as
- Shamsher Raj Kapoor
- Shammi Kapur
- Shri Shammi Kapoor
- Elvis Presley of India
- Shamsher Raj Prithviraj Kapoor
- Shammi
- Rebel Star
- Shamsher Raj "Shammi" Kapoor
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Geeta Bali
(1955/08/23 - 1965/01/21) - Neila Devi
(1969 - 2011/08/14)
- Geeta Bali
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Indian people
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- St. Joseph's Convent, Wadala
- Don Bosco High School, Matunga
- Lived in
- Kolkata
- Died
- Aug 14, 2011
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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