Shashi kapoor WIKI bio DOB family film

 Shashi kapoor bio DOB family film

Shashi Kapoor (born as Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared in a large number of Hindi films as well as in a few English-language films. He also been a film director and assistant director in the Hindi film  industry . 

Career

Kapoor began his acting career in the theatres of Lyallpur and Peshawar. In 1928, he moved to Bombay with a loan from an aunt. There he joined the Imperial Films Company. He acted as an extra in his first film, Do Dhari Talwar, though he went on to earn a lead role for his third film, titled Cinema Girl, in 1929.

After featuring in nine silent films, including Do Dhari Talwar, Cinema Girl,Sher-e-Arab and Prince Vijaykumar, Kapoor did a supporting role in India's first film talkie, Alam Ara (1931).His performance in Vidyapati (1937) was much appreciated. His best-known performance is perhaps as Alexander the Great in Sohrab Modi's Sikandar (1941). He also joined the Grant Anderson Theater Company, an English theatrical company that remained in Bombay for a year. Through all these years, Kapoor remained devoted to the theatre and performed on stage regularly. He developed a reputation as a very fine and versatile actor on both stage and screen.

Filmography

• Do Dhari Talwar (1928)
• Cinema Girl (1929)
• Alam Ara (1931)
• Draupadi (1931)
• Rajrani Meera (1933)
• Daku Mansoor (1934)
• Seeta (1934)
• Manzil (1936)
• Milap (1937)
• President (1937)
• Vidyapati (1937)
• Dushman (1939)
• Chingari (1940)
• Sajani (1940)
• Sikandar (1941)
• Ishara (1943)
• Maharathi Karna (1944)
• Dahej (1950)
• Awaara (1951)
• Anand Math (1952)
• Chhatrapati Shivaji (1953)
• Pardesi
• Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
• Rustom Sohrab (1963)
• Gazal (1964)
• Zindagi (1964)
• Janwar (1965)
• Sikandar-e-Azam (1965)
• Daku Mangal Singh (1966)
• Teen Bahuraniyan (1968)
• Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai (1969)
• Heer Raanjha (1970)
• Sakshatkara - (Kannada), (1971)
• Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971)

Death

 December 4, 2017 (age 79) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India