Shammi Kapoor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shammi Kapoor

Indian actor and director

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 14-Aug-2011

Profession: stage actor, film director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Shammi Kapoor (born 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 Mid 1950s until the early 1970s and also made a debut in Tamil cinema with the 1992 blockbuster crime drama Amaran.
He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his performance in Brahmachari and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982. 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 1970s.
He made his Hindi Film debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, and went on to deliver superhits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil deke dekho, Junglee, Professor, Rajkumar, Kashmir ki kali, Teesri Manzil, Brahmachari, Sacchai and Andaz.