Actor Shammi Kapoor, the dancing star who revolutionised the image of Hindi film heroes in the 1950s and 1960s with his carefree and flamboyant personality, died on Sunday. He was born on october 21, 1931. He was 79 year old. He died of kidney failure at the Breach Candy Hospital at 5.15am, his son Aditya Raj Kapoor said.
"Shammi Kapoor ji passed away this morning at 5:15 am," Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan wrote on Twitter, using the Hindi honorific, saying Kapoor brought had "flamboyance and joie de vivre" to the screen.
Nikhil Gangavane, a family friend who headed the official Shammi Kapoor fan club, said the actor was admitted to the private Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai earlier this week.
"He was on a ventilator for three or four days. He was having some chest infection, which he had had for the last one or two years. He died of renal failure this morning," Gangavane told AFP.
"He had been undergoing dialysis for the last six or seven years but developed complications."
Kapoor's dance performances in romantic hits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha" (You're One of a Kind, 1957), "Dil Deke Dekho" (Give Your Heart and See, 1959) and "Junglee" (Wild, 1961) earned him comparisons with US singer Elvis Presley.
Key to his success was his avid interest in music. Kapoor personally selected the songs he would dance and mime to, mindful that they needed to fit his exuberant on-screen style.
In doing so, he and singers like Mohammed Rafi provided some of the industry's most popular and memorable tunes.
In later years, as he withdrew from acting and direction, Kapoor became a champion of the Internet and was the founder-chairman of the Internet Users Community of India, maintaining a Facebook page and a Twitter account.
Awards and Recognition
1968 - Filmfare Best Actor Award, for Brahmachari
1982 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, for Vidhata
1995 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1998 - Kalakar Award-Special Award for "Contribution in Indian Cinema"
1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
2001 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
2002 - Invaluable Contribution to Indian Cinema at the IIFA
2005 - Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards
2008 - Lifetime Achievement Award for his ‘Contribution to Indian cinema’, at Pune International Film Festival (PIFF).
Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Filmography
1953 - Jeevan Jyoti, Rail Ka Dibba, Thokar, Laila Majnu, Ladki, Gul Sanobar
1954 - Shama Parwana, Mehbooba, Ehsan, Chor Bazar
1955 - Tangewali, Naqab, Miss Coca Cola, Daku
1956 - Sipahsalar, Rangeen Raatein, Memsahib, Hum Sab Chor Hain
1957 - Tumsa Nahin Dekha
1958 - Mujrim, Dil Deke Dekho
1959 - Ujala
1960 - Basant, College Girl, Singapore
1961 - Boyfriend, Junglee (first film in color)
1962 - Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town
1963 - Bluff Master
1964 - Rajkumar, Kashmir Ki Kali
1965 - Janwar
1966 - Teesri Manzil, Budtameez
1967 - An Evening in Paris
1968 - Brahmachari
1969 - Prince
1971 - Andaz
1974 - Manoranjan, Chhote Sarkar
1981 - Rocky, Naseeb
1982 - Prem Rog, Vidhaata, Desh Premee
1983 - Hero, Betaab
1984 - Sohni Mahiwal
1988 - Ijaazat
1991 - Ajooba
1992 - Chamatkar
1996 - Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
1998 - Kareeb
1999 - Jaanam Samjha Karo
1999 - East Is East, Yeh Hay Jalwa
2002 - Waah! Tera Kya Kehna
2005 - Bhola in Bollywood
2006 - Sandwich
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