Shashi Kapoor: Biography of the Legend of Classical Indian Cinema
Discover the incredible journey of Shashi Kapoor, a legendary actor who defined classical Indian cinema with his timeless performances and charm.
It is impossible to ignore the passing of Shashi Kapoor, the youngest of the Kapoor brothers and the last surviving member of this traditional family of Indian filmmakers and actors. He was born on March 18, 1936 and made his debut in Awaara (1951) playing the role of the main character as a child. The film tells the story of a boy who is arrested for stealing bread and becomes a bandit when he grows up.
Shashi Kapoor was known for having a cheerful and outgoing personality and for this reason he was very well-liked by his relatives and friends. The actor had been suffering from kidney problems for some time and was on dialysis. The last of the Kapoor brothers, who were successful in the 50s and 60s, passed away in 2017. The eldest, Raj Kapoor, was the one who introduced him to cinema. Let’s get to know him better.
Raj passed away in 1988 and Shammi Kapoor (known as the Indian Elvis) in 2011. With this, a cycle comes to an end. Here are the grandchildren of this family, which is already a tradition in Indian cinema and which began with their father, actor Prithviraj Kapoor.
Shashi also became a producer and acted in more than 150 films throughout his life, also dedicating himself to theater. The actor was married to Jennifer Kendal, an actress with whom he acted in several films and also in theater. This made him break with family tradition by marrying whomever he chose. The marriage made possible a series of foreign films, and the couple had three children (who also became actors or producers). After his wife’s death from cancer in 1984, he never remarried.
Shashi Kapoor passed away on December 4, 2017, at the age of 79, at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, India. He was undergoing treatment for chronic kidney disease and had been on dialysis for several years.
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