Shashi Kapoor was a Bollywood superstar in his time. He used to bring life to films with his acting. He had proved his acting skills in India and abroad and created a unique identity in the industry. When Shashi Kapoor said goodbye to this world, Hindi cinema suffered a huge shock. Even today his films and dialogues are alive in the hearts of people. Today is the 87th birth anniversary of the actor. On this occasion, let us know some special things related to his life…
Shashi Kapoor was part of the second generation of Hindi cinema’s first and largest family ‘Kapoor Khandaan’. With the death of Shashi Kapoor, the second generation of Prithviraj Kapoor’s family came to an end, as Shashi was Prithviraj Kapoor’s youngest son. He married famous actress Jennifer Kendal. From this marriage, he had three children Kunal Kapoor, Karan Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor. Kunal Kapoor married Sheena Sippy. Sheena is the daughter of famous film producer-director Ramesh Sippy. She named her son after Prithviraj Kapoor, who laid the foundation of the Kapoor family in cinema, Jahan Prithviraj Kapoor. Their daughter’s name is Saira. Shashi Kapoor’s second son Karan Kapoor married Lorna and has two children named Jacques Kapoor and Alia Kapoor. Shashi Kapoor’s third child Sanjana Kapoor married twice. She first married producer-actor Aditya Bhattacharya. Her second marriage was with Valmiki Thapar, from this marriage she has a son Hamir Thapar.
Shashi Kapoor acted in plays directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor and later debuted as a child actor under the name Shashiraj in the late 1940s. His most famous roles as a child actor were in Aag (1948) and Awara (1951), where he played the younger versions of the characters played by his elder brother Raj Kapoor. (Agencies)