Shashi Kapoor 87th Birth Anniversary: Today is the 87th birth anniversary of Bollywood veteran late actor Shashi Kapoor i.e. 87th birth anniversary. The actor inspires Charm, Talent and Cinematic Heritage Generation, Shashi Kapoor is known for his unmatched acting in classic films like wall, sometimes and Satyam Shivam Sundaram. He also contributed significantly to theater and international cinema.
Beyond acting, his work as a producer and theater artist helped shape the Indian story storytelling. On this special day, let’s know five unheard things related to Shashi Kapoor here.
Shashi Kapoor was not the real name of the actor
Shashi Kapoor’s real name was Balbir Raj Kapoor. Later he named his name Shashi. In films, he was famous by his name.
Shashi Kapoor also worked in 12 English films
Shashi Kapoor showed his performance in all Bollywood films. At the same time, he was also one of the few Bollywood actors, who also made his mark in international cinema by working in 12 English language films. Shashi Kapoor performed a large-scale collabing with merchant-Ivri productions in which he acted in great films like The Householder, Shakespeare Wala, Bombay Talki, Heat and Dust.
Shashi Kapoor did many films as a child artist
Shashi Kapoor also worked in the 1950 film Sangram. He played the role of a small version of Ashok Kumar’s character in the film, before becoming a lead Bollywood star, he appeared as a child artist in films like Aag (1948) and Awara (1951).
Shashi Kapoor had his own production house
Shashi Kapoor established his own production house in the late 1970s called the film Walas. Through this banner, she made many films appreciated by many critics, which were meaningful and out of the box instead of commercial Bollywood masala films. Some of the magnificent films produced under the film Walas include passion, Kalyug, winner, 36 Chowrangi Lane and Utsav.
Shashi established Prithvi Theater in Mumbai with wife Jennifer
Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kendal established the Prithvi Theater on 5 November 1978 to pay tribute to their father Prithviraj Kapoor in Mumbai.
