D O B October 21,1931
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor, Director
Married Yes

Biography Shammi Kapoor born October is an Indian film actor and director He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema during the late s and s He was born with the given name Shamsher Raj Kapoor in Mumbai to film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor Shammi was the second of three sons born to Prithviraj the other two being Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor all of whom were like their father successful Bollywood actors Though he was born in Mumbai he spent a major portion of his childhood in Kolkata where his father was involved with New Theatres Studios acting in films It was in Kolkata only that he did his Montessory and Kindergarten After coming back to Mumbai he first went to St Joseph's Convent Wadala and then to Don Bosco School Shammi Kapoor finished his schooling from New Era School at Hughes Road Shammi Kapoor is hailed to be the one of the finest actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced He was the leading star of Hindi cinema during the late s as well as the s One of the successful sons of film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor Shammi was extremely versatile as an actor He More debuted in Bollywood in 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 and Andaz and Vidhaata br br He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in for his performance in Brahmachari and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in Shammi Kapoor had a short stint at the Ruia College after which he joined his father s theatrical company Prithvi Theatres He entered the world of cinema in as a junior artiste at a salary of Rs per month Kapoor stayed with Prithvi Theatres for the next four years and collected his last paycheck being Rs in the year He made his debut in Bollywood in the year when the film Jeevan Jyoti was released It was directed by Mr Mahesh Kaul and Chand Usmani was Kapoor s first heroine Kapoor started out with serious roles but with Filmistan's Nasir Hussain directed Tumsa Nahin Dekha opposite Ameeta and Dil Deke Dekho with Asha Parekh he attained the image of a light hearted stylish playboy With Junglee his new image was cemented and subsequent films were all in this genre He particularly chose Mohammed Rafi as his playback voice Though in his early career he had often played second fiddle to established heroines like Madhubala in films such as Rail Ka Dibba producers now loved pairing Shammi with new heroines but only three became huge stars Asha Parekh Saira Banu and Sharmila Tagore Of all his heroines he said that Sharmila Tagore Rajshree and Asha Parekh were easy to work with He and Asha Parekh were paired together in four films the most successful being the murder mystery Teesri Manzil In the first half of the s Kapoor was seen in successful films like Professor Char Dil Char Rahen Raat ke Raahi Dil Tera Diwana Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya China Town Kashmir Ki Kali Bluff Master Janwar and Rajkumar Although nominated before in he received the first Filmfare Best Actor award of his career for the film Bramhachari At the height of his career Shammi Kapoor - tall athletic lively fair complexioned green-eyed and with handsome features- was a heartthrob and his good looks and physique complemented his image In the s Kapoor s weight problem proved an obstacle in his path of success and ended his career as a romantic hero One of his last hits in which he played the lead role was Andaz With time he moved to career roles and acted in films like Zameer Hero and Vidhaata In he donned the hat of a director and made Manoranjan a film based on Irma La Douce Two years later he made Bandalbaaz However both the films failed to create magic at the box office His last appearance as a character actor was in the delayed film Sandwich Shammi Kapoor met Geeta Bali in the year during the shooting of the film Rangeen Raaten in which he was the main lead and she played a cameo They fell in love but since she was a year older to him and had acted with his elder brother and father they were skeptical Four months after they first met they decided to get married Shammi and Geeta went to Banganga Temples near Napean Sea Road of Mumbai and got married with Hari Walia as the sole witness It was only after the marriage that they informed their parents The couple lived a life of bliss in the coming years and had a son the following year Aditya Raj Kapoor was born on July at Shirodkar's Hospital Mumbai Five years later in they had another child This time it was a daughter Kanchan During the filming of Teesri Manzil tragedy struck the Kapoor family during the filming of Teesri Manzil and Geeta died of small pox leaving him with two small children It led to a failed romance with Mumtaz his co-star from Brahmchari In he married his second wife Neela Devi Gohil from the Royal Family of Bhavnagar in Gujarat and his significant weight gain ended his career as a romantic hero in the early s with Andaz being one of his last hits He turned into a successful supporting actor in the 's playing Saira Banu's father in Zameer when he had been her leading man a decade earlier in Junglee and Bluff Master and playing Amitabh Bachchan's foster father in Parvarish br He also directed Manoranjan a copy of Irma La Douce and in which he played a supporting role himself and Bandalbaaz but neither were successful In the s and s he continued to play supporting roles in many films and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Vidhaata He eventually cut down on film appearances by the late s and early s and made his last appearance in the delayed release Sandwich Shammi Kapoor is one of the leading internet users in India He is the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India IUCI Apart from that he has also played a major role in setting up internet organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association Kapoor also maintains a website dedicated to the Kapoor family In he told interviewers that he goes to dialysis three times a week Even that has failed to depress him Rather he is thankful to God for giving him so much