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