Shashi Kapoor

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Shashi Kapoor born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta now Kolkata was an awardwinning Indian film actor and film producer He was also a film director and assistant director in Hindi Films He was a member of the Kapoor family a film dynasty in Indias Bollywood cinema He was 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 like Jab Jab Phool Khile Kanyadaan Pyar Ka Mausam Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati Haseena Maan Jayegi Sharmeelee Aa Gale Lag Jaa Fakira Phaansi Chor Machaye Shor Mukti Satyam Shivam Sundaram Heeralal Pannalal Junoon Swayamvar and many such films including ones he starred in with Pran like Chori Mera Kaam Phaansi Shankar Dada Chakkar Pe Chakkar and with Amitabh Bachchan such as Deewar Namak Halaal He also played leading roles in a number of Englishspeaking Indian films including the very first Merchant Ivory production The Householder followed by such as ShakespeareWallah Bombay Talkie Heat and Dust etc In 2011 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India Description above from the Wikipedia article Shashi Kapoor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia