Vachan movie shashi kapoor biography

A recipient of several accolades , including four National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards , he also featured in a number of English -language international films, particularly films produced by Merchant Ivory. Born into the Kapoor family , he was the third and the youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor. He began his career as a child actor in with his brother Raj Kapoor 's maiden directorial Aag , and had his first role as an adult in with Yash Chopra 's political drama Dharmputra.

He was the youngest brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Actor Trilok Kapoor was his paternal uncle. Kapoor acted in plays, directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor , while travelling with Prithvi Theatres. He started acting in films as a child in the late s under the name of Shashiraj, as there was already another actor by the same name who used to act in mythological films as a child artiste.

His best-known performances as a child actor were in Aag and Awaara , where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor , [ 12 ] and in Sangram , where he played the younger version of Ashok Kumar and Dana Paani where he acted with Bharat Bhushan.

Vachan: Directed by Suraj Prakash.

He worked in four Hindi films as a child artiste from to After appearing as a child artist in some highly successful films like Sangram , Samadhi and Awaara , Shashi Kapoor made his debut as a leading man in with Yash Chopra 's partition drama Dharmputra. Both Dharmputra and Char Diwari didn't do well at ticket counters. The year changed his fortune as he starred in two highest grossing films of that year with Yash Chopra's masala film Waqt and Suraj Prakash's romantic musical Jab Jab Phool Khile.

Today, it is widely regarded as an evergreen classic. Inspite of establishing himself, Kapoor's career fluctuated in the lates as very few of his films emerged successful during this period. Sridhar 's romantic comedy Pyar Kiye Jaa.