Remembering Shammi Kapoor on his 8th death anniversary

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Shammi Kapoor, who is known for his versatile acting and impromptu dance moves, was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the mid 1950s to early 1970s. He gave several blockbuster movies like ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha,’ ‘Dil Deke Dekho,’ ‘Singapore,’ ‘Junglee,’ ‘College Girl,’ ‘Professor,’ ‘China Town,’ ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya,’ ‘Kashmir Ki Kali,’ ‘Janwar’ and ‘Teesri Manzil.’ He made his Hindi film debut in 1953 with ‘Jeevan Jyoti’. Shammi Kapoor won the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his outstanding performance in ‘Brahmachari’ and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for ‘Vidhaata’ in 1982. After entertaining his fans for several decades, Shammi Kapoor passed away on 14 August 2011. Remembering the iconic actor of Hindi cinema, let’s take a look at some of his memorable pictures.

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Remembering Shammi Kapoor on his 8th death anniversary

Shammi Kapoor was one of the versatile Bollywood actors, who mesmerised the audience with his high-octane performance throught out the life.

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Waheeda Rehman and Shammi Kapoor, who were honoured as the Filmfare's Best Actress and Best Actor for the year 1968, at the Filmfare Awards function held in Bombay on May 2, 1969. (BCCL)

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Shammi Kapoor and Shashikala in a still from the 1955 movie 'Daku'.

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Shammi Kapoor with professional polo players of Jaipur during an outdoor shoot of his movie ‘Prince’, which was released on January 1, 1969.

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Shammi Kapoor (in car), actress Asha Parekh and director Vijay Anand (R) while shooting for their Hindi film 'Teesri Manzil', in Mumbai on September 29, 1965. (BCCL)

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Shammi Kapoor received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his performance in 'Brahmachari' and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Vidhaata' in 1982. (BCCL)

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File picture of veteran actor Shammi Kapoor during 1960s. He is a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s. (BCCL)

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Shammi Kapoor captioned this photo, "...taken at the silver jubilee function of a Raj Kapoor film at a cinema in Bombay in 1953. With me, is my girlfriend, Nadia Gamal, a belly dancer who I met in Ceylon and as we were in love we were to get married. Somehow things didn’t work out and she went back to Cairo. At that age, she was 17 and I was 22."

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