Revision as of 14:01, 6 April 2015

Family

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Filmography

As an actor

1945 Tadbir

1948 Aag

1950 Samadhi

1950 Sangram

1951 Awaara

1961 Char Diwari

1961 Dharmputra

1962 Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath

1962 Prem Patra

1963 Holiday in Bombay

1963 Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai

1963 The Householder

1963 Yeh Dil Kisko Doon

1964 Benazir

1965 Jab Jab Phool Khile

1965 Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain

1965 Shakespeare-Wallah

1965 Waqt

1966 Biradari

1966 Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare

1966 Pyar Kiye Jaa

1967 A Matter of Innocence

1967 Aamne - Saamne

1967 Dil Ne Pukara

1968 Haseena Maan Jayegi

1968 Juaari

1968 Kanyadaan

1969 Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati

1969 Jahan Pyar Mile

1969 Pyar Ka Mausam

1969 Raja Saab

1970 Abhinetri

1970 Bombay Talkie

1970 My Love

1970 Rootha Na Karo

1970 Suhana Safar

1971 Patanga

1971 Sharmeelee

1972 Chori Chori

1972 Jaanwar Aur Insaan

1972 Siddhartha

1973 Aa Gale Lag Jaa

1973 Naina

1974 5 Rifles

1974 Chor Machaye Shor

1974 Insaaniyat

1974 Jeevan Sangram

1974 Mr. Romeo

1974 Paap Aur Punya

1974 Roti Kapada Aur Makaan

1974 Vachan

1975 Chori Mera Kaam

1975 Deewaar

1975 Prem Kahani

1975 Salaakhen

1975 Anari

1976 Aap Beati

1976 Deewaangee

1976 Fakira

1976 Kabhie Kabhie

1976 Koi Jeeta Koi Haara

1976 Naach Uthe Sansaar

1976 Naag Champa

1976 Shankar Dada

1977 Chakkar Pe Chakkar

1977 Doosara Aadmi

1977 Farishta Ya Qatil

1977 Hira Aur Patthar

1977 Immaan Dharam

1977 Mukti

1978 Aahuti

1978 Amar Shakti

1978 Apna Khoon

1978 Atithee

1978 Do Musafir

1978 Heeralal Pannalal

1978 Muqaddar

1978 Phaansi

1978 Rahu Ketu

1978 Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime

1978 Trishna

1978 Trishul

1979 Ahsaas

1979 Chor Sipahee

1979 Duniya Meri Jeb Mein

1979 Gautam Govinda

1979 Junoon

1979 Kaala Patthar

1979 Suhaag

1980 Do Aur Do Paanch

1980 Ganga Aur Suraj

1980 Kala Pani

1980 Kali Ghata

1980 Neeyat

1980 Shaan

1980 Shiv Shakti

1980 Swayamvar

1981 Baseraa

1981 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah

1981 Kalyug

1981 Kranti

1981 Krodhi

1981 Maan Gaye Ustaad

1981 Silsila

1982 Bezubaan

1982 Do Guru

1982 Namak Halaal

1982 Vakil Babu

1982 Vijeta

1982 Sawaal

1983 Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka

1983 Gehri Chot: Urf - Door-Desh

1983 Ghungroo

1983 Heat and Dust

1984 Bandh Honth

1984 Chakma

1984 Ghar Ek Mandir

1984 Pakhandi

1984 Utsav

1984 Yaadon Ki Zanjeer

1984 Zameen Aasmaan

1985 Aandhi-Toofan

1985 Alag Alag

1985 Bepanaah

1985 Bhavani Junction

1985 Pighalta Aasman

1986 Aurat

1986 Ek Main Aur Ek Tu

1986 Ilzaam

1986 Kissa Kathmandu Kaa (TV serial)

1986 Maa Beti

1986 New Delhi Times

1986 Swati

1987 Anjaam

1987 Ghar Ka Sukh

1987 Ijaazat

1987 Naam O Nishan

1987 Pyaar Ki Jeet

1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987 Sindoor

1988 Akhri Muqabla

1988 Commando

1988 Hum To Chale Pardes

1988 Kaun Hai Khooni

1988 The Deceivers

1989 Bandook Dahej Ke Seenay Par

1989 Clerk

1989 Farz Ki Jung

1989 Gair Kaanooni

1989 Jaaydaad

1989 Meri Zabaan

1989 Oonch Neech Beech

1989 Touhean

1990 Raeeszada

1991 Akayla

1993 Aag Ka Toofan

1994 Muhafiz/ In Custody

1994 Saboot Mangta Hain Kanoon

1994 Vivekananda

1995 Faisla Main Karungi

1996 Gulliver's Travels (Television film)

1998 Ghar Bazar

1998 Jinnah

1998 Side Streets

As a producer

1979 Junoon

1981 36 Chowringhee Lane

1981 Kalyug

1982 Vijeta

1984 Utsav

1991 Ajooba

As a director

1991 Ajooba

2015: Dadasaheb Phalke award

The Times of India

Mar 24 2015

Avijit Ghosh

Dadasaheb Phalke award for Shashi Kapoor

The birthday gift came five days late. But actorproducer Shashi Kapoor, who turned 77 last week, wouldn't mind. For, the gift is very special. On Monday , a jury named him for this year's Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's most prestigious award in cinema. Shashi will be the third of the Kapoors, widely regarded as Bollywood's first family , to receive the honour. His father Prithivraj (1971) and elder brother Raj (1987) were the other two. The award consists of a golden lotus, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a shawl.

In the 1960s, Shashi formed a popular box-office pair with Nanda, with whom he delivered his first jubilee hit, `Jab Jab Phool Khile' 1965, reworked three decades ater as Raja Hindustani starring Aamir Khan).

But, Shashi's most profitable collaboration happened with Amitabh Bachchan in the 1970s and 80s. In times when every second Hindi film revolved around brothers -either warring or separated at birth or both -the two were associated n a bunch of box-office biggies: Deewar', `Trishul', `Suhaag', Kabhi Kabhie' and `Namak Halaal'. Big B stole the show in Deewar but Shashi not only de ivered the iconic dialogue -Mere paas maa hai -but also claimed a Filmfare Award for he best supporting actor.

This was the era of multistarrers. Most top directors of he time had roles for Shashi. But during this phase, he also acted in dozens of humdrum flicks that few remember today.It is said, he had once signed nearly 100 films. Many of these were never made. The actor worked three shifts. His broth er, Raj, once famously equated him with a taxi. His `Satyam Shivam Sundaram' (1978) was one of Shashi's biggest solo hits. A rare performance of heft came much later in `New Delhi Times' (1986) in which he played a conscientious newspaper editor. It won him a National Award for best actor.

Perhaps Shashi's insecurity was rooted in the lean patch he underwent in the late 1960s and early 1970s before he found his feet again with `Chor Machaye Shor' (1974). But the truth is he poured most of his earnings in producing some of the finest in alternative cinema and in building Prithvi Theatre, his father's dream of an exclusive space for the performing arts which gave a huge fillip to quality Hindi theatre in Bombay .

It is Shashi's contribution to meaningful cinema as a producer that makes him stand apart from other actors.Two of these films were based on literary works: `Junoon' from Ruskin Bond's `A Flight of Pigeons' and `Utsav' from `Mrichakatika' by ancient India dramatist Sudraka. He also promoted talent; Aparna Sen made her debut as director in `36 Chowringhee Lane'.

Urbane, stylish and charming, Shashi was dangerously good-looking. Girls and their mothers would swoon over his crooked teeth, twinkling eyes and irresistibly mischievous smile. That sparkle seemed to vanish after he lost his wife Jennifer Kendal in 1984. Health issues have troubled him since.Hopefully, the award will bring back, even for a few moments, the famed impishness of Shashi Kapoor.