D O B March 18,1938
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Kolkata
Known For Actor, Director, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Shashi Kapoor born Balbir Raj Kapoor on March in Kolkata then Calcutta is an Indian film actor and producer He is a member of the Kapoor family a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor the son of Prithviraj Kapoor the widower of Jennifer Kendal and the father of Karan Kapoor Kunal Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor He is remembered for many hit Hindi films including ones he starred in with Amitabh Bachchan such as Deewar Do Aur Do Paanch and Namak Halaal He has also played leading roles in a number of British films including several Merchant Ivory productions such as Shakespeare-Wallah Shashi Kapoor started acting in films as a child in the early s appearing in several mythological films His best known performances were in Aag and Awaara where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor He made his debut as a leading man in the Yash Chopra film Dharmputra and went on to appear in over films He was a very popular debonair actor in Bollywood during the s s and the early s with his most famous movies include Waqt More Jab Jab Phool Khile Kanyadan Haseena Maan Jayegi Aa Gale Lag Jaa Roti Kapda Aur Makan Chor Machaye Shor Deewaar Kabhi Kabhie Fakira Trishul Satyam Shivam Sundaram Kaala Patthar Suhaag Shaan Kranti and Namak Halaal In most of his successful films in the s and early s he co-starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan He was also known internationally for starring in many British and American films notably Merchant Ivory productions such as Shakespeare Wallah opposite his future sister-in-law Felicity Kendal Bombay Talkie and Heat and Dust in which he co-starred with his wife Jennifer Kendal He also starred in other British and American films such as Pretty Polly opposite Hayley Mills Siddhartha and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid In he set up his production house Film Valas which produced critically acclaimed films such as Kalyug Chowringhee Lane and Utsav In he produced and directed a fantasy film titled Ajooba which had his frequent co-star Amitabh Bachchan and nephew Rishi Kapoor in the lead His last and most recent film appearances were in Jinnah a biopic of Mohammed Ali Jinnah in which he was the narrator and another Merchant-Ivory production titled Side Streets He has now retired from the film industry and not appeared in any film since He has been seen in the limelight at the Shashi Kapoor Film Festival held in Muscat Oman Sept He has lost a considerable amount of weight and looked healthy Attended Don Bosco High School in Matunga Bombay In July he married the British actress Jennifer Kendal and they acted in a number of films together most notably in the Merchant Ivory productions He had three children with Kendal Karan Kapoor Kunal Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor all of whom for a short while became film actors Kendal died of cancer in His son Kunal is married to director Ramesh Sippy's daughter and Sanjana to wildlife conservationist Valmik Thapar