Shammi Kapoor

Shammi Kapoor

1931-10-21 – 2011-08-14 (age 79) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Biography

Shammi Kapoor (Shamsher Raj Kapoor; 21 October 1931– 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.

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. 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.

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Known For

Hero
Hero

1983

as Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur

Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda

1998

as Mangal Singh, king of Alwar

Betaab
Betaab

1983

as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji

Parvarish
Parvarish

1977

as DSP Shamsher Singh

Rockstar
Rockstar

2011

as Ustad Jameel Khan

Living Legend - Raj Kapoor
Living Legend - Raj Kapoor

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Sar Ankhon Par
Sar Ankhon Par

1999

as Himself

Professor Pyarelal
Professor Pyarelal

1981

as Mr. Rai

Professor Pyarelal
Professor Pyarelal

1981

as Kishanchand / King

Shama Parwana
Shama Parwana

1954

as Gul Mirza

Batwara
Basant
Basant

1960

as Ashim Kumar

Balidaan
Chamatkar
Chamatkar

1992

as Mr. Kaul

Naseeb
Naseeb

1981

as Self

Humshakal
Humshakal

1992

as Comm. Din Dayal Kapoor

Ijaazat
Vidhaata
Vidhaata

1982

as Gurbaksh