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