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Shashi Kapoor Biography (1938-)

Born March 18, 1938, in Calcutta, India; son of Prithviraj Kapoor (an actor and theatre company manager); married Jennifer Kendal (an actress; died, 1985); children: Kunal and Karan (sons), Sanjana (a daughter).

Nationality

Indian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 18, 1938

Calcutta, India

Famous Works

• Credits
• FILM DEBUT--Aag, 1950.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Prem Sagar, The Householder (also known as Gharbar), Royal, 1963.
• Sanju, Shakespeare Wallah, Continental Distributing, 1966.
• Amaz, A Matter of Innocence (also known as Pretty Polly), Universal, 1968.
• Vikram, Bombay Talkie, Merchant-Ivory, 1970.
• title role, Siddhartha, Columbia, 1972.
• Javed Khan, Junoon (also known Obsession), Film-Valas/Glanard Wood, 1978.
• the Nawab, Heat and Dust, Curzon/Universal, 1983.
• Samsthanaka, Utsav (also known as Festival), Film Valas, 1984.
• Rafi Rahman, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Cinecom, 1987.
• Chandra Singh, The Deceivers, Cinecom International, 1988.
• Also appeared in Char Diwari, 1960; Kalyug, 1980; Vijeta (also known as Conquest), Film Valas, 1983; New Delhi Times, PK Communication Private, 1987;Anjaam, 1987; and in more than two hundred films in India.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER
• Junoon, Film-Valas/Glanard Wood, 1978.
• Vijeta, Film Valas, 1983.
• (with Dharampriya Das) Utsav, Film Valas, 1984.
• Also producer (with Dharampriya Das), 36 Chowringee Lane.