Legendary actor Shashi Kapoor with actors Neetu Singh, Karisma Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Rekha after receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award inMumbai on Sunday.
Shashi Kapoor — an actor par excellence, the man who brought Hollywood and Hindi cinema closer, a director who was always affable on the sets and yet a stickler for discipline.
Tributes flowed for the veteran actor-filmmaker, who received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award from Union Information and Broadcasting Minster Arun Jaitley at the Prithvi Theatre here on Sunday. Ill-health had prevented Kapoor from attending the official ceremony in Delhi.
Applause filled the Prithvi Theatre when the 77-year-old actor came to the dais on with children Sanjana and Kunal.
The veteran actor-producer is the 46th winner of the honour, conferred by the government for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. > Read more
›Namak Halaal -This box office hit has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role as a village simpleton who comes to the city to get a job. Shashi Kapoor stars as the owner of a five-star hotel who employs him.
› Junoon -Based on Ruskin Bond's 'A Flight of Pigeons', this award-winning 1978 film has Shashi Kapoor playing a feudal chieftain with a thing for rearing carrier pigeons
› Deewar -It is the story of two impoverished brothers (Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan) who struggle against all odds to sustain in the harsh streets of Mumbai.
› Prem Kahani -Shashi Kapoor plays a hospitable policeman who unwittingly shelters his wife's former lover and revolutionary.
› Kabhie Kabhie -This heart-warming love story starring Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead roles yet again became known for its music.
› Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Shashi Kapoor plays the role of a dashing engineer who battles with his emotions after marrying Zeenat Aman whose face is disfigured due to a horrific accident.
Fellow actors, including nephew Rishi Kapoor and superstar Amitabh Bachchan, shared their memories. The Union Minister led the gathering in showering tributes on the thespian who began as a child artist in the 1940s.
“Shashi Kapoor is undoubtedly a versatile personality Indian cinema has ever produced,” said Mr. Jaitley.
Mr. Rishi Kapoor said his uncle was the third in the Kapoor clan to receive the Phalke award after Prithvi Raj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. This prompted Mr. Jaitley to quip: “The way the family is producing talent, I am sure this is not the last one.”
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