Monday evening December 4, 2017 sent a wave of shock through the Indian film industry as the day marked the sad demise of legendary actor Shashi Kapoor. The romantic screen icon of the 70s and early 80s who immortalised the line “Mere paas Maa hai”, breathed his last at 5:20 pm at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. He was 79.
The last rites of the veteran actor were held at Santacruz Hindu crematorium on Tuesday noon. A number of eminent Bollywood celebrities, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Naseeruddin Shah, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, along with Kapoor’s family members Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor attended the funeral to pay their last respects.
The actor had been suffering from ailments for the past few years. He had undergone a bypass surgery and was also hospitalised for a chest infection in 2014.
Kapoor hit the spotlight at the age of four, acting in plays directed and produced by his father. He started acting in films as a child artiste in the late ’40s.
His best known performances as a child actor were in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951), where he played the younger version of the character played by Raj Kapoor. He also worked as assistant director in the ’50s.
He made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film Dharmputra and went on to appear in more than 116 films during ’70s and until the mid ’80s. A three-time national award winner, he was also honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2011 and received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award in 2015.
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