Shammi Kapoor

Name: Shammi Kapoor
Birthday: Wednesday, October 21, 1931
Star Sign : Libra
First Film : Dil Deke Dekho








BIOGRAPHY

Shammi Kapoor (born October 21, 1931) is an actor in Hindi films. Most of his successful films were in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was born 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. He acted in many fun and boisterous films; he is often considered the Indian Elvis Presley. He particularly used Mohammed Rafi as his playback voice and Rafi was also his friend. In fact, it was Rafi who shouted the song "Yahoo" and famously picturized on Shammi in the huge hit film Junglee (1961). He won the Filmfare award as Best Actor for Brahmachari (1968). Producers loved pairing Shammi with new heroines, but only three became huge stars: Asha Parekh, Saira Banu, and Sharmila Tagore. He and Asha Parekh were paired together in four films, the most successful being the murder mystery Teesri Manzil (1966). However, tragedy struck during the filming of Teesri Manzil (1966), when Shammi's first wife, actress Geeta Bali, died of small pox, leaving him with two small children. It led to a failed romance with Mumtaz, his co-star from Brahmachari (1968). In 1969, he married his second wife Neela, and his significant weight gain ended his career as a romantic hero in the early 1970's, with Andaz (1971) being one of his last hits. He turned supporting actor, playing Saira Banu's father in Zameer (1975), when he had been her leading man a decade earlier in Junglee (1961) and Bluff Master (1964). He also directed Manoranjan (1974) and Bandalbaaz (1976), but neither were successful. He won his second Filmfare award, this time as Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata (1982). He also won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. Shammi Kapoor was also one of the foremost internet users in India. He is the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India (IUCI) and has been instrumental in setting up internet organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association