Shammi Kapoor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-10-21 (80 years old)

Deathday

2011-08-14

Place of Birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shammi Kapoor

Biography

Shammi Kapoor (Shamsher Raj Kapoor; 21 October 1931– 14 August 2011) was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. Shammi Kapoor is hailed as one of the most entertaining lead actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced. He was one of the leading stars of Hindi cinema during the late 1950s, the 1960s and early '70s. He made his Bollywood debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, and went on to deliver hits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town, Rajkumar, Kashmir Ki Kali, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris...

Acting

1978

Shalimar

as Dr. Bukhari

1981

Harjaee

as Raj Nath

1992

Humshakal

as Comm. Din Dayal Kapoor

1983

Hero

as Retd. IGP Shrikanth Mathur

1992

Chamatkar

as Mr. Kaul

1965

Janwar

as Sunder Srivastava / Sundaram Munderam / Sheikh Kalimullah

1974

Chhote Sarkar

as Raja / Moti

1993

Gardish

as Prithviraj Bhalla

2011

Rockstar

as Ustad Jameel Khan

1963

Bluff Master

as Ashok Azad

1957

1981

1966

Teesri Manzil

as Anil Kumar / Rocky

1974

Manoranjan

as Dhoop Chhaon

1968

Brahmachari

as Brahmachari

1964

Kashmir Ki Kali

as Rajeev Lal

1991

Ajooba

as Sultan of Bahristan

1961

Junglee

as Chandra Shekhar

1999

Jaanam Samjha Karo

as Rahul's Dadaji

1982

Vidhaata

as Gurbaksh

1953

Jeevan Jyoti

as Shyam Sunder 'Shammi'

1992

1953

1971

Andaz

as Ravi

1987

1981

1983

Ek Jaan Hain Hum

as Advocate Shyam Sunder Saxena

1999

Sar Ankhon Par

as Himself

1971

Preetam

as Preetam

1957

Mirza Sahiban

as Mirza Khan

1963

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

as Bhagat Singh

1962

Professor

as Professor Pritam Khanna

1983

Betaab

as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji

1960

College Girl

as Shyam

1985

Ek Se Bhale Do

as William

1955

Naqab

as Anwar

1966

Budtameez

as Shyam

1975

Zameer

as Thakur Maharaj Singh

1989

Bade Ghar Ki Beti

as Thakur Din Dayal

1962

China Town

as Mike / Shekhar

1954

Chor Bazaar

as Chimu - Prince Murad

1971

Jaane Anjaane

as Ram Prasad 'Ramu'

1982

Yeh Vaada Raha

as Dr. Mehra

1964

Rajkumar

as Prince Bhanu Pratap / Bhagat Ram

2006

Sandwich

as Swami Trilokanand

2002

Waah! Tera Kya Kehna

as Kishan Oberoi

1982

Desh Premee

as Shamsher Singh

1998

Kareeb

as Thakur Ranbir Singh

1960

Singapore

as Shyam

1959

Ujala

as Ramu

1977

Parvarish

as DSP Shamsher Singh

1976

Bundal Baaz

as Genie

1992

Khule-Aam

as Sikander / Bhola

1981

Professor Pyarelal

as Kishanchand / King

1986

Karamdaata

as Rai Bahadur

1985

Baadal

as Thakur Shamsher Singh

1987

Hukumat

as DIG Khan

1989

Daata

as DIG Sher Ali Khan

1998

Swami Vivekananda

as Mangal Singh, king of Alwar

1982

Prem Rog

as Bade Raja Thakur

1992

Tahalka

as Brigadier Kapoor

1996

1986

Allah Rakha

as Karim Khan

1963

Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai

as Qawwali Singer

1996

Prem Granth

as Nandlal (Somen's uncle)

1959

Char Dil Char Rahen

as Johnny Braganza

1979

Ahsaas

as Sudarshan Sahni

1992

Heer Ranjha

as Chochak Chaudhary

1984

1994

Prem Yog

as Maharaj Chatrapal Singh

1969

Prince

as Prince Shamsher Singh

1995

Rock Dancer

as Dance Master

1981

Naseeb

as Self

1956

Rangeen Raaten

as Moti Singh

1960

Basant

as Ashim Kumar

1954

Shama Parwana

as Gul Mirza

1984

Sohni Mahiwal

as Peer Baba

1959

1956

Mem Sahib

as Manohar

1958

Mujrim

as Shankar

1953

Laila Majnu

as Majnu

1979

Meera

as Raja Vikramjeet Singh Sesodia

Production

1974

Manoranjan

as Director

1976

Bundal Baaz

as Director

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