Shammi Kapoor
Acting
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.
Born: October 21, 1931
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Known For
Bade Ghar Ki Beti
Mala is the daughter of Kishanlal who works as a servant with a wealthy family. One day Mala meets with the owner of this family, who is so impressed with Mala that he asks for her hand in marriage for his fourth son, Gopal, which Kishanlal humbly accepts. As a result, Mala gets married to Gopal, and moves in to their palatial home. While Mala is extremely helpful and sweet-natured, the rest of the daughters-in-law, three of them, are quite the opposite.
Karamdaata
Rai Bahadur is a very rich man. Neeta, his daughter, elopes with a taxi driver who later is revealed that wanted her only for her money. Desperate, Neeta commits suicide, abandoning her little daughter to Rai Bahadur's arms to raise her. When young Pinky grows up and also falls in love with the taxi driver Govinda, Rai Bahadur, afraid that the same misfortune will now plight his grandaughter, tries to seperate them. But Pinky's father will return from the shadows to claim what is his.
Baadal
Baadal has a bitter rivalry with Thakur Kiran Singh, who plans to usurp his land to avenge his father's death. However, when Kiran's sister Meenakshi falls for Baadal, it creates complications.
Heer Ranjha
A newer version of the popular love story of Heer (Sridevi) and Deedho (Anil Kapoor), who calls himself Ranjha after leaving his house and living incognito in Heer's village as a labourer in her father's (Shammi Kapoor) house. Heer and Deedho were childhood sweethearts, separated because of family animosities, which have grown over the years and kept on the boil by Kaheda (Anupam Kher), whose leg was irreparably fractured by Deedho's family and friends.
Lakshmanrekha
A man's friend refuses to let him take the law into his own hands to avenge his father.
Rock Dancer
Jaya is a dancer who wants to build a charitable hospital for the poor, but when her show takes place, she is shot, making her unable to dance. The leader of her dance group decides to train Jaya's sister Ritu to fulfill Jaya's dream, but when Jaya is killed, Ritu's life is also under threat.
Laila Majnu
A timeless romance of two souls intertwined, Laila (Nutan) and Qais (Shammi Kapoor), whose bond transcends all societal barriers. Though fate drives them apart, their love endures, resisting separation and sacrifice in this classic 1953 Hindi drama based on the legendary tale of Layla and Majnun.
Mehbooba
Mehbooba, directed by K. Amarnath, is a Hindi-language costume drama set in a historical or mythological backdrop. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Nalini Jaywant, Gope, Achala Sachdev, and Hiralal. The music for the film was composed by Roshan, with lyrics penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri.
Mast Kalandar
Widower Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh is disappointed when he wants to marry someone poor. Pratap instructs him to forget about his love-life, his son refuses, and as a result Pratap asks him to leave the house. Years later, Pratap receives a letter in the mail, informing him that his son is dead, and that his widowed daughter-in-law and her son, Guddu, are on their way to live with him. He is delighted, and sends Prem, his nephew to receive, however, both mother and son do not arrive and are believed to be missing. Rai Bahadur subsequently finds out that his daughter-in-law is dead, and Guddu is living in a slum with a thief and drunk, Shankar. With the help of the courts and the police, Pratap manages to bring Guddu to his home. This is where Pratap will find out that money and power will not buy him his grandson's love, he will also find out that his daughter-in-law did not die a normal death, but was killed.
Batwara
Amidst the fall of princely states in post-independence India, the friendship between Vikram, who comes from an aristocratic family, and a peasant is tested. Vikram turns vengeful after his brother is killed in a peasant colony.
Filmography
as Ustad Jameel Khan
as Swami Trilokanand
as Kishan Oberoi
as Himself
as Rahul's Dadaji
as Mangal Singh, king of Alwar
as Thakur Ranbir Singh
as Nandlal (Somen's uncle)
as Dance Master
as Maharaj Chatrapal Singh
as Prithviraj Bhalla
as Chochak Chaudhary
as Comm. Din Dayal Kapoor
as Mr. Kaul
as Brigadier Kapoor
as Sikander / Bhola
as Sultan of Bahristan
as DIG Sher Ali Khan
as Thakur Din Dayal
as Madan
as DIG Khan
as Karim Khan
as Rai Bahadur
as Thakur Shamsher Singh
as William
as Peer Baba
as Bhim Singh
as Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur
as Advocate Shyam Sunder Saxena
as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji
as Gurbaksh
as Bade Raja Thakur
as Shamsher Singh
as Dr. Mehra
as Sagar
as Raj Nath
as Self
as Mr. Rai
as Kishanchand / King
as Sudarshan Sahni
as Raja Vikramjeet Singh Sesodia
as Dr. Bukhari
as DSP Shamsher Singh
as Genie
as Thakur Maharaj Singh
as Dhoop Chhaon
as Raja / Moti
as Preetam
as Ravi
as Ram Prasad 'Ramu'
as Prince Shamsher Singh
as Brahmachari
as Anil Kumar / Rocky
as Shyam
as Ashok / Mohan
as Sunder Srivastava / Sundaram Munderam / Sheikh Kalimullah
as Rajeev Lal
as Prince Bhanu Pratap / Bhagat Ram
as Ashok Azad
as Rajesh
as Qawwali Singer
as Mike / Shekhar
as Professor Pritam Khanna
as Chandra Shekhar
as Shyam
as Shyam
as Ashim Kumar
as Johnny Braganza
as Ramu
as Bobby
as Shankar
as Shankar
as Mirza Khan
as Manohar
as Nath
as Anwar
as Badal
as Gul Mirza
as Chimu - Prince Murad
as Sahil
as Majnu
as Sundar
as Shyam Sunder 'Shammi'
as Badar