The legend of Indian cinema Shashi Kapoor was a native of acting dynasties.
He was born on March 18, 1938 in Calcutta. The name given to him at birth sounds like Balbir Raj. Shashi's father is an equally famous actor around the world - Prithviraj Kapoor. The actors were also the brothers Shashi Kapoor. The Kupurov family was very friendly. For a long time, the search for himself as a person, as an actor, as a family man - Shashi was supported morally and financially by his entire family. Particular friendships developed between Shashi and his brothers. He was the last and unplanned child.
Actor's career and first film work
The first acquaintance with the theater and cinema took place in the distant 1944. Then Shashi was only six years old. Children's roles were played by him in 19 films. The most memorable characters from the films "Sizzling Passion" and "Tramp". Since then, Shashi Kapoor began working as an assistant director.
Many years later, Shashi made his debut in the film under the title “Son of Fate”, but the film was expected to fail completely at the box office, as well as the next films in which Shashi starred for the next several years.
The first "explosion" and real fame to the actor brought the film "When the Flowers Blossom." With this picture came the long-awaited popularity. Subsequently, the actor was long in demand as a leading actor, but in 1984, after the death of his beloved wife, the Englishwoman Jennifer Kapoor (Kendal), he grieved for a long time, and soon, gaining extra weight during the depression, continued to act as a secondary actor.
Change of professions
Shashi is the first Bollywood actor to conquer the heights of British and American cinema. After the actor starred as a child, communication with the cinema continued as an assistant director, and already in the 70s, Shashi was re-qualified as a producer of films in which he himself played the main roles. He also shot his wife and his children in his films. His paintings, contrary to evil languages, were a great success and international recognition. This has been noted with various prizes and film awards. 1980 was the year of birth of the production company Shashi Kapoor. Shashi did not bypass the direction and the opening of his own theater, named after his father. But the director's experience was unsuccessful. The Soviet-Indian film shot by Shashi Kapoor did not please the viewer. And in his last film, he did not appear at all in the frame, but simply voiced the tape, like a narrator in 1998.
