Shammi Kapoor
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 Shammi Kapoor facts

• He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, winning in the categories of Best Actor for Brahmachari (1967) and Best Supporting Actor for Vidhata (1981)
• In 1995, he was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• A member of the Kapoor family, he made his film debut with the commercially unsuccessful Jeewan Jyoti (1953)
• Following roles in continued box-office flops, he had his breakthrough with Tumsa Nahi Dekha (1957), which attained him the image of a stylish playboy and dancer, and subsequently gained further recognition with Dil Deke Dekho (1959)
• He rose to widespread recognition with the blockbuster hit Junglee (1961), and went on to become one of the most marketable Bollywood stars throughout the 1960s, appearing in a number of highly successful and popular films, which include Professor (1962), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), Teesri Manzil (1966), An Evening In Paris (1967), Brahmachari (1968) and Prince (1969)
• Following his leading role in Andaz (1971), Kapoor began to appear primarily in supporting roles
• Kapoor married actress Geeta Bali in 1955, with whom he had a son and a daughter
• Bali died due to smallpox in 1965, and he had his second marriage with Neila Devi four years later
• He died on 14 August 2011 due to chronic kidney failure at the age of 79 just 2 months and 7 days before his 80th birthday