MUMBAI: Bollywood’s one of the most loved actors, Shamsher Raj Kapoor is professionally known as Shammi Kapoor, the actor who has defined versatility with his movies and amazing acting skills, the actor was also known for his good looks, 'neck-breaking' dance moves, and much more. He had garnered a lot of love and appreciation from the fans during his time and until today we love to see the movies of the actor and admire his performances whenever we see them.
The actor began his film career at the age of 22 with several releases in 1953. He worked with the leading ladies of the day like Madhubala, Meena Kumari, and Nutan but big-time success and stardom proved elusive for the next four years.
The actor was given many names in his career like 'Elvis Presley of India', 'Jumping Jack', and much more.
The actor described himself as "shaukeen" because he was fond of cars, clothes, dancing and a good life.
The actor was born on this day in the year 1936, and on the birth anniversary of the late actor, let us know more about him and let us discuss some lesser-known facts about him.
Here are a few lesser-known facts about the actor:
Shammi Kapoor had to leave school
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Shammi had to leave Don Bosco school because the school's principal and his star elder brother (by seven years) Raj Kapoor had a fight over the school's refusal to grant him permission to miss classes and rehearse for his dad Prithviraj Kapoor's play, Shakuntala.
Junior artist before an actor
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The actor was the junior artist before he made it big in the film industry, the actor used to earn nearly 150 per month back then
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Rakhi brother of his colony
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The actor was also known for his loving and caring behavior, he was also known as a brother or few colony girls, yes, you heard right, all the girls living in Shammi Kapoor's lane used to tie him rakhi every year. He used to have at least 10-12 rakhis on his hand.
Love life
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Shammi Kapoor met Geeta Bali in 1955 on the sets of 'Rangeen Raaten'. They got married in four months and later in the year 1965b she passed away due to smallpox. The star was very sad and he sunk into severe depression. Later, he married actress Neila Devi after four years in 1969 on the condition that she would never have children. Neila kept her promise and went on to become a real mom to his kids Aditya Raj Kapoor and daughter Kanchan.
Good with Technologies
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The late actor was a tech-savvy person, he loved using technologies, and also was having a sound mind towards Technologies, the actor was said to be the first actor to use the internet. It is still not known to many that Shammi was the Founder and Chairman of the Internet Users Community of India, and tried hard to enable the setting up of the Ethical Hackers Association.
His last appearance was with grandnephew Ranbir Kapoor
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Actor’s grandnephew Ranbir Kapoor convinced him to star in his film, Rockstar (2011). And this was the last time we saw the actor on big screens.
Well, these were few lesser-known facts of the actor which many of us did not know and no doubt the actor was one of a kind and he redefined his skills with his every movie and we just love his work till today.
The actor died on 14 August 2011 as he was suffering from kidney failure.
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