Name
Shammi Kapoor
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-10-21
Deathday
2011-08-14 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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.
Known For
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- 1994 Sukham Sukhakaram
- 1978 Shalimar as Dr. Bukhari
- 1981 Harjaee as Raj Nath
- 1992 Humshakal as Comm. Din Dayal Kapoor
- 1983 Hero as Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur
- 1992 Chamatkar as Mr. Kaul
- 1965 Janwar as Sunder Srivastava / Sundaram Munderam / Sheikh Kalimullah
- 1974 Chhote Sarkar as Raja / Moti
- 1993 Gardish as Prithviraj Bhalla
- 2011 Rockstar as Ustad Jameel Khan
- 1963 Bluff Master as Ashok Azad
- 1957 Tumsa Nahin Dekha as Shankar
- 1981 Ahista Ahista as Sagar
- 1966 Teesri Manzil as Anil Kumar / Rocky
- 1974 Manoranjan as Dhoop Chhaon
- 1968 Brahmachari as Brahmachari
- 1964 Kashmir Ki Kali as Rajeev Lal
- 1991 Ajooba as Sultan of Bahristan
- 1961 Junglee as Chandra Shekhar
- 1999 Jaanam Samjha Karo as Rahul's Dadaji
- 1982 Vidhaata as Gurbaksh
- 1955 Tonga-Wali
- 1953 Jeewan Jyoti as Shyam Sunder 'Shammi'
- 1957 Coffee House
- 1992 Amaran
- 1953 Thokar
- 1971 Andaz as Ravi
- 1987 Himmat Aur Mehanat as Madan
- 1981 Professor Pyarelal as Mr. Rai
- 1983 Ek Jaan Hain Hum as Advocate Shyam Sunder Saxena
- 1999 Sar Ankhon Par as Himself
- 1971 Preetam as Preetam
- 1957 Mirza Sahiban as Mirza Khan
- 1963 Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Rajesh
- 1963 Shaheed Bhagat Singh as Bhagat Singh
- 1962 Professor as Professor Pritam Khanna
- 1983 Betaab as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji
- 1981 Armaan
- 1960 College Girl as Shyam
- 1967 An Evening in Paris
- 1985 Ek Se Bhale Do as William
- 1997 ...Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
- 1955 Naqab as Anwar
- 1966 Budtameez as Shyam
- 1975 Zameer as Thakur Maharaj Singh
- 1989 Bade Ghar Ki Beti as Thakur Din Dayal
- 1962 China Town as Mike / Shekhar
- 1970 Pagla Kahin Ka
- 1989 Batwara
- 1954 Chor Bazar as Chimu - Prince Murad
- 1962 Dil Tera Diwana
- 1971 Jaane Anjaane as Ram Prasad 'Ramu'
- 1982 Yeh Vaada Raha as Dr. Mehra
- 1964 Rajkumar as Prince Bhanu Pratap / Bhagat Ram
- 2001 Shirdi Sai Baba
- 2006 Sandwich as Swami Trilokanand
- 2002 Waah! Tera Kya Kehna as Kishan Oberoi
- 1982 Desh Premee as Shamsher Singh
- 1985 Balidaan
- 1998 Kareeb as Thakur Ranbir Singh
- 1960 Singapore as Shyam
- 1955 Miss Coca Cola
- 1959 Ujala as Ramu
- 1977 Parvarish as DSP Shamsher Singh
- 1976 Bundal Baaz as Genie
- 1991 Mast Kalandar
- 1992 Khule-Aam as Sikander / Bhola
- 1981 Professor Pyarelal as Kishanchand / King
- 1986 Karamdaata as Rai Bahadur
- 1987 Hukumat as DIG Khan
- 1985 Baadal as Thakur Shamsher Singh
- 1989 Daata as DIG Sher Ali Khan
- 1998 Swami Vivekananda as Mangal Singh, king of Alwar
- 1982 Prem Rog as Bade Raja Thakur
- 1992 Tahalka as Brigadier Kapoor
- 1996 Namak
- 1971 Jawan Muhabat
- 1986 Allah Rakha as Karim Khan
- 1963 Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai as Qawwali Singer
- 1996 Prem Granth as Nandlal (Somen's uncle)
- 1959 Char Dil Char Rahen as Johnny Braganza
- 1979 Ahsaas as Sudarshan Sahni
- 1959 Dil Deke Dekho
- 1953 Rail Ka Dibba as Sundar
- 1992 Heer Ranjha as Chochak Chaudhary
- 1984 Wanted: Dead or Alive as Bhim Singh
- 1969 Tumse Achha Kaun Hai
- 1994 Prem Yog as Maharaj Chatrapal Singh
- 1961 Boy Friend
- 1991 Lakshmanrekha
- 1962 Vallah Kya Baat Hai
- 1969 Prince as Prince Shamsher Singh
- 1995 Rock Dancer as Dance Master
- 1981 Naseeb as Self
- 1956 Rangeen Raaten as Moti Singh
- 1960 Basant as Ashim Kumar
- 1954 Shama Parwana as Gul Mirza
- 1984 Sohni Mahiwal as Peer Baba
- 1959 Mohar
- 1975 Salaakhen
- 1967 Latt Saheb
- 1956 Mem Sahib as Manohar
- 1969 Sachaai
- 1985 Ram Tere Kitne Nam
- 1958 Mujrim as Shankar
- 1953 Laila Majnu as Majnu
- 1979 Meera as Raja Vikramjeet Singh Sesodia
- 1954 Mehbooba
- 1987 Ijaazat
- 1987 Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema as Self
- 1954 Ehsan as Sahil
- 1953 Khoj
- 1953 Gul Sanobar as Badar
- 1955 Daku as Badal
- 1956 Hum Sab Chor Hain as Nath
- 1956 Sipahsalar
- 1957 Maharani
- 1959 Raat Ke Rahi as Bobby
- 1959 Sahil
- 1966 Preet Na Jane Reet as Ashok / Mohan
- 2002 Yeh Hai Jalwa
- 1998 Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge!
- 1986 Living Legend - Raj Kapoor as Self (archive footage)
