Shammi Kapoor

Shammi Kapoor

शम्मी कपूर

Birth Date

10/21/1931 (Age 79)

Birth Place

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Death Date

8/14/2011

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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 perform...

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

4

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Best Known For

Mr. Kaul

Anil Kumar / Rocky

Frequent Collaborators

Vijay Anand

Vijay Anand

1 film together

Nasir Hussain

Nasir Hussain

1 film together

N.V. Srinivas

1 film together

Rahul Dev Burman

Rahul Dev Burman

1 film together

Asha Parekh

Asha Parekh

1 film together

Rajiv Mehra

2 films together

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