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Shammi Kapoor was an Indian actor and film director who worked in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, winning in the categories of Best Actor for Brahmachari (1967) and Best Supporting Actor for Vidhata (1981). In 1995, he was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Kapoor Family", also called "The First Family of Indian Cinema", with at least 5 generations of descendants over 93 years in film industry. Numerous members of the family, both biological descendants and those married into the family, have had prolific careers as actors, film directors and producers. "The Pioneer" founder of the dynasty was "The Patriarch", Prithviraj Kapoor, who was the first member of family to begin acting in movies with his 1928 debut film Do Dhari Talwar. He is known for the evergreen movie Mughal-e-Azam (1960), a movie originally released in black-and-white where he played the Mughal emperor Akbar. The movie was re-released in full colour picture format with Dolby Digital sound on 12 November 2004. He was a pioneer of Indian theatre and the founding member of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). His son Raj Kapoor was the most influential actor and director in Hindi cinema. The genesis generation or the earliest linear generation of the Kapoor family tree to ever act in the films was Prithviraj Kapoor's father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, who debuted as actor in 1951 film Awaara, which was produced, directed and starred in lead role by his grandson Raj Kapoor.
Manoranjan (transl. Entertainment) is a 1974 Indian Hindi film directed by Shammi Kapoor. It is a remake of Irma La Douce. Sanjeev Kumar plays Jack Lemmon's role, Zeenat Aman Shirley MacLaine's and Shammi Kapoor plays Lou Jacobi's. Hotel Casanova is called Hotel Mauj!. Among the rest of the cast are Paintal, Asit Sen and Dev Kumar.
Geeta Bali was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi language films.
Andaz (transl. Style) is a 1971 Indian Bollywood romantic drama film, directed by Ramesh Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed, Gulzar and Sachin Bhowmick. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna, and Simi Garewal.
Dil Deke Dekho is a 1959 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film. It was Nasir Hussain's second film as director. His first directorial venture was Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957), which became a big hit and which gave star Shammi Kapoor a new image as a comedic, dancing hero. Hussain and Kapoor reteamed with this film. also in this, Asha Parekh, a former child actress, made her film debut as a heroine. This is also music composer Usha Khanna's first film.
Vidhaata is a 1982 Indian action drama movie directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Gulshan Rai's company Trimurti Films. It stars Dilip Kumar and Padmini Kolhapure in lead roles, with Shammi Kapoor,Sanjay Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri, Suresh Oberoi and Sarika in supporting roles. The film was remade in Kannada as Pithamaha, starring Ravichandran, Rajesh, Udayakumar, Vijayalakshmi Singh, in Malayalam as Alakadalinakkare, starring Prem Nazir, Madhu, Srividya and Mammootty and was also remade in Tamil as Vamsa Vilakku, with Sivaji Ganesan and Prabhu. Vidhaata was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1982 and the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of the decade, when adjusted for inflation, being declared an "All Time Blockbuster" at the box office.
Dil Tera Deewana is a 1962 Hindi comedy film. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, Pran and Om Prakash. The music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film is black and white in an era where colour films had already started making their appearance. The music of the film was popular. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Sabaash Meena.
Brahmachari (transl. Bachelor) is a 1968 Indian film. Written by Sachin Bhowmick, it is a G. P. and Ramesh Sippy production directed by Bhappi Sonie. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran, Mumtaz, Jagdeep, Sachin and Asit Sen. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office Super Hit and won several awards, including Filmfare Best Movie Award.
Budtameez is a 1966 Bollywood film produced by Jagdish Varma and directed by Manmohan Desai. The film stars Shammi Kapoor and Sadhana in lead roles with Brahm Bhardwaj, Laxmi Chhaya, Jagdish Raj, Kanan Kaushal, Purnima, Sunder, and Kamal Mehra in supporting roles.
Bluff Master is a Bollywood movie released in 1963, starring Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Pran, and Lalita Pawar. The film was directed by Manmohan Desai.
Amaran is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action gangster film written, directed, and produced by K. Rajeshwar. The film stars Karthik and Bhanupriya, with Radha Ravi, Prathap K. Pothan, and Shammi Kapoor in supporting roles. The film had a musical score by Adithyan and cinematography by P. C. Sreeram. The film released on 15 January 1992. Actor Karthik became a playback singer for the first time in this film. This film considered as first in Tamil Cinema contains some brutal and violence scenes which is some were been censored by Television airing. The film became a box office hit.
Chhote Sarkaar is a 1974 Indian Bollywood film directed by K. Shankar. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Sadhana, Shashikala, Helen in pivotal roles.
Sachaai is a 1969 Indian Bollywood film directed by K. Shankar and produced by M.C. Ramamurthy, nephew of M.G.Ramachandran. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar and Sadhana in pivotal roles. The film flopped at the box office. This is remake of Pandhayam and was later remade as Manchi Mitrulu in Telugu with actors Krishna & Shobhan Babu.
Char Dil Char Rahen is a 1959 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and starring two big stars of the era, real-life brothers Shammi Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The movie is based on a novel of the same name.
Armaan is a Hindi film directed by Anand Sagar, starring Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur, Dev Kumar, Deepak Parashar and as a guest star Kalpana Iyer and Prema Narayan in song "Mere Jaesi Haseena". It is loosely based on the 1942 Hollywood classic Casablanca.
Pavitra Bandhan – Do Dilon Ka is an Indian soap opera created by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. The show aired every Monday to Friday at 8:30 PM on DD National. Yash Tonk and Hritu Dudhani play the protagonists.
Aditya Raj Kapoor is an Indian film actor and filmmaker and retired businessman from the Kapoor family. He is the son of late actor Shammi Kapoor and actress Geeta Bali. Kapoor is best known for his work as an assistant director in several Hindi films and his English language directorial films like Shamaal, Don't Stop Dreaming (2007) and Sambar Salsa (2007). His company has developed amusement parks in Mumbai and Delhi.
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar. The screenplay was written by Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal, with the story inspired by the 1919 novel A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sonam K Ahuja, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla, and features Seema Pahwa, Brijendra Kala, Alka Kaushal, Akshay Oberoi, and Regina Cassandra in supporting roles. The film tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a closeted lesbian, and her attempts to come out to her conservative and traditional Punjabi family.
Guilty is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Ruchi Narain and written by Ruchi Narain, Kanika Dhillon and Atika Chohan. Starring Kiara Advani and several others, the film follows the story of a songwriter whose boyfriend is accused of rape during the era of #MeToo. The film is the first production venture of Dharmatic, the digital arm of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. It was released on 6 March 2020 on Netflix.
