He was one of India's first actors to go international. Since 1961, he started acting in English language films, which include The Householder and Shakespeare-Wallah. Kapoor's early films, Dharmputra, Prem Patra and Char Diwari, were in Hindi, which were not successful commercially. He was a very popular actor in Bollywood during the 60s, 70s and until the mid-80s. Shashi Kapoor made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film Dharmputra and went on to appear in 116 Hindi films, including 61 films as the solo lead hero and 55 multi star-cast films, 21 films as supporting actor and special appearances in 7 films. Kapoor got an opportunity to work as an assistant director in the film Post Box 999, the debut film of Sunil Dutt, and worked as an assistant director to Ravindra Dave in Guest House (1959), which was followed by movies such as Dulha Dulhan and Shriman Satyawadi, where Raj Kapoor was the lead hero. He worked in four Hindi films as a child artiste from 1948 to 1954. His best-known performances as a child actor were in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951), where he played the younger version of the characters played by his older brother Raj Kapoor, and in Sangram (1950), where he played the younger version of Ashok Kumar and Dana Paani (1953) where he acted with Bharat Bhushan. He started acting in films as a child in the late 1940s 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.

Kapoor acted in plays, directed and produced by his father Prithviraj Kapoor, while travelling with Prithvi Theatres. He was the youngest brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Shashi Kapoor was born as Balbir Raj Kapoor to Prithviraj Kapoor and his wife in Calcutta, British India, on 18 March 1938. He died at the age of 79 due to aspiration pneumonia. Kapoor was married to English actress Jennifer Kendal from 1958 till her death in 1984, and had three childrenВ вЂ“ Kunal Kapoor, Karan Kapoor and Sanjana Thapar. He began his career as a child actor in his brother Raj Kapoor's directorial Aag (1948), and had his first role as an adult in Yash Chopra's political drama Dharmputra (1961). The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2011, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 2014, for his contribution to Indian cinema.Д«orn into the Kapoor family, Kapoor was the third and youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor. 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. Shashi Kapoor (born Balbir Raj Kapoor 18 March 1938 вЂ“ 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and film producer who is best known for his work in Hindi films.

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