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Shashi Kapoor (born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), was an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He was also a film director and assistant director in Hindi Films. He was a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He was the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the widower of Jennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor. He is remembered for many hit Hindi films like Jab Jab Phool Khile, Kanyadaan, Pyar Ka Mausam, Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati , Haseena Maan Jayegi, Sharmeelee, Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Fakira, Phaansi, Chor Machaye Shor, Mukti, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Heeralal Pannalal, Junoon, Swayamvar and many such films, including ones he starred in with Pran like Chori Mera Kaam, Phaansi, Shankar Dada, Chakkar Pe Chakkar and with Amitabh Bachchan, such as Deewar, Namak Halaal. He also played leading roles in a number of English-speaking Indian films, including the very first Merchant Ivory production The Householder followed by such as Shakespeare-Wallah, Bombay Talkie, Heat and Dust, etc. In 2011, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

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Shashi Kapoor (nascido Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor em 18 de março de 1938 em Calcutá (hoje Calcutá), foi um premiado ator e produtor de cinema indiano. Ele também foi diretor de cinema e assistente de direção na Hindi Filmes. Ele foi membro do Família Kapoor, uma dinastia cinematográfica do cinema indiano de Bollywood. Ele era o irmão mais novo de Raj Kapoor e Shammi Kapoor, filho de Prithviraj Kapoor, viúvo de Jennifer Kendal e pai de Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor e Sanjana Kapoor. Ele é lembrado por muitos filmes hindus de sucesso como Jab Jab Phool Khile, Kanyadaan, Pyar Ka Mausam, Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Sharmeelee, Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Fakira, Phaansi, Chor Machaye Shor, Mukti, Satyameral Shivam Sundaram, Pannalal, Junoon, Swayamvar e muitos outros filmes, incluindo aqueles em que estrelou com Pran como Chori Mera Kaam, Phaansi, Shankar Dada, Chakkar Pe Chakkar e com Amitabh Bachchan, como Deewar, Namak Halaal. Ele também desempenhou papéis principais em vários de falar inglês filmes indianos, incluindo a primeira produção de Merchant Ivory, The Householder, seguida por Shakespeare-Wallah, Bombay Talkie, Heat and Dust, etc. Em 2011, ele foi homenageado com o Padma Bhushan pelo Governo da Índia.