One of the legends from the Kapoor family – Shammi Kapoor passed away this morning (Sunday morning) at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. He was 79. He is survived by his wife, Neeladevi, son Aditya Raj. He also has a daughter Kachan Desai. His last riots will be performed on Monday morning.Shammi Kapoor, who was born as Shamsher Raj Kapoor was the second son of Prithviraj Kapoor. Big wigs like Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand were the other leading male stars of his time. Shammi Kapoor was also known as the Elvis Presley of India, due to his looks.
His career in Bollywood was a disastrous one as he had flops after flops. He had flop films in spite of working with heroines like Madhubala, Suraiya and Nalini Jaywant. He needed some success quickly that would also last long. However, his next film Tumsa Nahi Dekha turned his career on its head with stupendous success. In this film, Shammi Kapoor had a duck-tail style haircut.
We would no longer be able to hear the signature tune ‘Yahoooooooo’ ever again for which Shammi Kapoor was a rage.
Our respected homage to Shammi Kapoor let him rest in peace!
