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Shammi Kapoor/SHAMSHERRAJ KAPOOR

his story in his own words!!...

This is my real name. Shammi Kapoor is my pet name and I, son of Prithviraj Kapoor, was born on the 21st October 1931, in Bombay. I studied at the New Era School from where I did my Matric. After a short and sweet stay at the Ruia college, I joined my father on the stage in his theatrical company "Prithvi Theatres" as a junior artiste in 1948 on a salary of Rs.50/ per month. I stayed with the theatre till 1952, my last paycheck being Rs.300/.


I signed up as a hero with the Kardar film company, under the direction of Mr. Mahesh Kaul and the film was "Jeevan Jyoti". My first heroine was Chand Usmani.

During the early years, 1952 to 1955, I acted in the following films: "Rail ka Dibba" with Madhubala. "Laila Majnu" with Nutan. "Thokar" with Shyama. "Shama Parvana" with Suraiya. "Hum Sab Chor Hain" with Nalini Jaiwant. Sahil, Tangewali, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Miss Coca Cola, Mohar, Rangeen Raten, Gul Sanobar, Daku, Coffee House, Naqab, Mirza Sahiban, Chor Bazaar, Sipah Salar and some more nondescript films followed, I remained a male starlet.

I got married in 1955 to the famous film heroine, Geeta Bali. She was an accomplished actress and had established herself as a Star. In 1956 our son Aditya Raj was born.

My first big success came with Tumsa Nahin Dekha which was released in 1957. Between 1957 and 1959 I acted in Dil Deke Dekho, Mujrim, Ujala, Singapore, College Girl, Boy Friend, Basant, Preet Na Jane Reet.
My first COLOR picture Junglee, was released in 1961 and I became a Star. The same year my daughter Kanchan was born.

Between 1960 & 1964 I acted in Professor, China Town, Char Dil Char Rahen, Raat ke Raahi, Dil Tera Diwana, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, Bluff Master, Janwar, Rajkumar.

In 1965 my wife expired.

From 1966 onwards my releases were Teesri Manzil, Budtameez, Laat Saheb, An Evening In Paris, Tumse Achha Kaun Hai, Jawan Mohabbat, Prince, Brahmachari, Pagla Kahin Ka, Andaaz, Sachai, Pritam, Chote Sarkar, Jaane Anjaane.

I got the 1968 Filmfare Award for the best actor for my film Brahmchari.
In 1969 I married Neila Devi of Bhavanagar.

In 1972 my parents expired.

I ventured into a different field of Film Direction for the first time with a film called Manoranjan, adapted from a french play, Irma La Douce (also made by Billy Wilder into a hilarious movie in '62), which starred Sanjeev Kumar and Zeenat Aman. This was an incredible experience but the film met with mediocre success. This was followed by a film with Rajesh Khanna and Sulakshna Pandit called Bundalbaaz. The end result at the box office was miserable.

After this I began doing character roles and some of these are: Zameer, Prem Rog, Hero, Meera, Harjai, Yeh Vada Raha, Aan aur Shaan, Betaab, Ahista Ahista, Parvarish, Daata, Wanted, Rocky , Romance, Mama Bhanja, Ek Jaan Hain Hum, Shalimar, Armaan, Badal, Karmdata, Sohni Mahiwal, Ek se Bhale Do, Biwi O Biwi, Salaakhen, Professor Pyarelal, Ehsaas, Allah Rakha, Desh Premee, Bade Ghar Ki Bahu, Balidaan, Himmat aur Mehnat, Mast Kalander, Ijjazat, Batwaara, Hakumat, Ajooba. I had the opportunity to do some films in other languages such as Bengali and Tamil as well.

In 1982 I got the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in Vidhaata.
For a short period of time I produced my own Video Entertainment Magazine called "Shammi Kapoor presents Manoranjan". Six volumes have been already released and then I stopped because there were too many people doing the same thing.

In 1995 I got the Filmfare Lifetime Acheivement Award.

My recent releases have been: Khule Aam, Lakshman Rekha, Hum Shakal, Tehelka, Chamatkar, Heer Ranjha, Gardish, Pyar Ka Rog, Megha, Dosti Ki Saugandh, Aaja Meri Jaan and a couple of South films. My latest release is a film called Prem Granth which is directed by my brother late Raj Kapoor's youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor. I am also doing some serials for the TV, the most enduring being a social melodrama called "Chattaan". It ran for more than a year on the Zee Channel.

My most recent films were "Aur Pyar Ho Gaya" with Bobby Deol and Ashwairya Rai and a cameo I did again with Bobby Deol in "Kareeb" which surprised many because they did not expect me to do what I did in the movie. But then that is exactly why I did it. At the moment I am playing Salman Khan's grandfather in a film called "Jaanam Samjha Karo".

My foremost activity is still surfing on the Internet.

Date of birth (location)
2 November 1965
New Delhi, India

Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Baiju Aur Tansen (2006) (announced) .... Bajiu
Happy New Year (2006) (announced)
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2005) (pre-production)
Don (2006) (filming) .... Don
Munnabhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi (2005) (filming)


Paheli (2005) .... Kishen/The Ghost
Silsiilay (2005) .... Sutradhar
Kaal (2005) .... Special Appearance (Song)
Swades (2004) .... Mohan Bhargav
... aka Our Country (International: English title) (USA)
Veer-Zaara (2004) .... Veer Pratap Singh
Main Hoon Na (2004) .... Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma
Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke (2004) .... Dushant
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Aman Mathur
... aka Tomorrow May Never Come (USA: informal literal English title)
Chalte Chalte (2003) .... Raj Mathur
Saathiya (2002) .... Yeshwant Rao (Special Apperance)
Shakti: The Power (2002) .... Jaisingh (Drifter)
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) .... Gopal
Devdas (2002) .... Devdas Mukherjee
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Rahul Raichand
... aka Happiness & Tears (USA: DVD box title)
... aka K3G (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
... aka KKKG (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
... aka Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sorrow (International: English title)
Asoka (2001) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Asoka
... aka Ashoka the Great (India: English title) (USA)
... aka Samrat Ashoka (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)
One 2 Ka 4 (2001) .... Arun Verma
Gaja Gamini (2000) .... Shahrukh (Special Appearance)
Mohabbatein (2000) .... Raj Aryan Malhotra
... aka Love Stories (Europe: English title)
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega... (2000) .... Rahul (Special Appearence)
Josh (2000) .... Max
Hey Ram (2000) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Amjad Ali Khan
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) .... Ajay Bakshi


Baadshah (1999) .... Raj 'Baadshah'
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) .... Rahul Khanna
... aka KKHH (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
... aka Something Is Happening (UK)
Dil Se.. (1998) .... Amarkanth Varma
... aka From the Heart (USA)
... aka Prema Tho (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)
... aka Uyire (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)
Achanak (1998) .... Special Appearance
Duplicate (1998) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Bablu Chaudhary/Manu Dada
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) .... Rahul
... aka The Heart Is Crazy (USA: informal English title)
Yes Boss (1997) .... Rahul
Koyla (1997) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Shanker
Gudgudee (1997) .... Special Appearance
Pardes (1997) .... Arjun Saagar
Dushman Duniya Ka (1996) .... Special appearance
Army (1996) .... Arjun
Chaahat (1996) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Roop Rathore
English Babu Desi Mem (1996) .... Vikram/Hari/Gopal Mayur
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Raj Malhotra
... aka Brave-Heart Will Take the Bride (USA: informal literal English title)
... aka DDLJ (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
... aka Lovers Will Walk Off with the Bride (UK: informal English title)
... aka The Big-Hearted Will Win the Bride (USA: informal English title)
Guddu (1995) .... Guddu Bahadur
Karan Arjun (1995) .... Arjun Singh/Vijay
... aka Karan and Arjun (International: English title)
Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India (1995) .... No name
Ram Jaane (1995) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Ram Jaane
Trimurti (1995) .... Romi Singh/Bholey
Zamana Deewana (1995) .... Rahul Malhotra
Anjaam (1994) .... Vijay Agnihotri
Baazigar (1993) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra
Darr (1993) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Rahul Mehra
... aka Fear
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Sunil
... aka Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No (India: English title: literal title)
King Uncle (1993) .... Anil Bansal
Dil Aashna Hai (1992) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Karan
... aka The Heart Knows the Truth (India: English title)
Chamatkar (1992/I) .... Sunder Srivastava
Deewana (1992) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Raja Sahay
... aka Crazy (India: English title)
... aka Diwana (India: Hindi title: alternative transliteration)
Maya Memsaab (1992) .... Maya's Lover
... aka Maya: The Enchanting Illusion
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) .... Raju
"Idiot" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Pawan Raghujan


"Circus" (1989) TV Series
"Fauji" (1988) TV Series .... Abhimanyu Rai
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1988) (TV)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Producer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s)

Happy New Year (2006) (announced) (producer)


Paheli (2005) (producer)
Kaal (2005) (producer)
Main Hoon Na (2004) (producer)
Chalte Chalte (2003) (producer)
Asoka (2001) (producer)
... aka Ashoka the Great (India: English title) (USA)
... aka Samrat Ashoka (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) (producer)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Stunts - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

Main Hoon Na (2004) (stunt director: thrills)


Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) (stunt director: thrills)
... aka KKHH (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
... aka Something Is Happening (UK)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

Josh (2000) (playback singer)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Himself - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye (2005) .... Himself
49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003 (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Co-host
Larger Than Life (2003) .... Himself
48th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2002 (2003) (TV) .... Himself (Best Actor)
Sabrina's Bollywood (2002) .... Himself
Bollywood for Beginners (2002) (TV) (as Shah Rukh Khan) .... Himself (actor)
Bollywood Bound (2001) (uncredited) .... Himself
International Indian Film Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself
... aka IIFA Awards (India: English title: short title)
Bollywood im Alpenrausch (2000) (TV) .... Himself


Pehla Nasha (1993) .... Himself



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances

Notable TV Guest Appearances

"Tinseltown TV" playing "Himself" 7 February 2004
"Richard & Judy" playing "Himself" 18 June 2002
"The Big Breakfast" playing "Himself" 24 October 2001
"Kaun Banega Crorepati?" in episode: "The New Year Special" 30 December 2000
"Rendevouz with Simi Garewal" playing "Himself" in episode: "Rendezvous with Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan"


Biography for
Shahrukh Khan

Nickname
King Khan
SRK

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Mini biography
Shahrukh Khan was born on 12th november 1965. He was brought up in Delhi. He has a sister named Shehnaaz, Wife Gauri Khan, And a dog Named Chewbacca. Shah Rukh Khan has won several awards for his outstanding performance in _Darr (1994)_ , Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Right now he is the top most actor in the India. His recent hit Baadshah (1999) has also earned many praises


Mini biography
Shahrukh started his career on a TV serial called "Fauji" that won him instant recognition. He also acted in another TV soap called "Circus." He Grew up in Delhi, and he was equally brilliant in studies and sports. Fell in love with a girl called Gauri Chibba who was then studying in Loreto Delhi. He later married her before he got his break in Bollywood. Currently the most sought after actor in Mumbai. Has a son called Aryaan.


Spouse
Gauri Khan (25 October 1991 - present) 2 children

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Trivia
Studied in St. Columba's school, New Delhi, where he was awarded the 'Sword of Honor', essentially the award for best student.

In school he spelt his name as Shah Rukh Khan.

Hindi megastar

Number one Indian star actor in the 1990s, but is now (2000) seriously challenged by the new wonder boy Hrithik Roshan who has become the number one phenomenon in India at the start of the new millenium.

Father of Aryan Khan.

2 children with Gauri, Aryan and Suhana

He agreed to star in Aditya Chopra's films without looking at the script first.

One of the three Khans that ruled Bollywood in the 90s. The other two are Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.

Formed a popular screen couple with Kajol

Runs a production company "Dreamz Unlimited" with actress, friend, co-star Juhi Chawla and director, friend Aziz Mirza.

Married to Gauri Khan

Named one of Time Magazine's 20 Asian Heroes under 40 (2004)

His son, Aryan Khan, portrayed SRK as an infant in Khabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham.

Son Aryan Khan voice of Tez Lajawaab (Dash), character for Hindi dubbed version of Disney's animated film, The Incredibles (Hum Hain Lajawaab).

Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri own the production company Red Chilies Entertainments, which Shah Rukh started for friend and colleague, director/choreographer Farah Khan, for her debut directorial film - Main Hoon Na.


Personal quotes
(December 2001, about Hrithik Roshan): I wish I looked as good as he does. And I wish I danced as well as he does!

"Yes, I do have a close circle of friends and I am very fortunate to have them as friends. I feel very close to them I think friends are everything in life after your family. You come across lots of people all the time but you only make very few friends and you have to be true to them otherwise what's the point in life?"

"I'd rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else"

"I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop working, and to do films till the very end, it is the only way I can express my love for them."

"To me, Devdas is the end of love stories. I've portrayed an obsessed lover, a nice lover, an angry lover, a romantic lover. And now I've played Devdas. For someone who doesn't even like love stories, I've played an awful lot of lovers. Personally speaking, I wouldn't see any of the romantic films I've acted in."

"I'm the luckiest man in the world and I don't want to hide from the faces I'm acting for. So I don't surround myself with guards, I've never given an interview in which I've said I feel bad that I can't go shopping or I can't go to Chowpatty and eat bhelpuri without being mobbed. I'm not the kind of guy who goes out wearing dark glasses (I don't think I'm a big enough star to hide behind them, honest). I go to see movies in the cinema theatres, I go to restaurants with my family and friends even though I know people are going to disturb me there."

"God has become a generic term like `mind blowing.' It is embarrassing. I would have said that to Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar. I used to tell them I want to stand in the same space as you. I've told Kamal Haasan, I just want to touch you. They are the gods of acting. When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go."

(August 2004): Awards that ignore me are losers.

(August 2004): I'm try-sexual. I try anything that's sexual.

(August 2004): I have no competition. Every year the names I'm pitted against keep changing. You can't cream the competition, you have to kill it.

nice long one

The Kapoor family:

STANDING

Ranbirraj * Krishna * Neila * Shamsherraj * Jennifer * Sanjana * Balbirraj

SEATED ON CHAIRS

Prithviraj Kapoor * Rama Kapoor

SEATED ON THE GROUND

Rishi * Kanchan * Rima * Rajiv * Aditya * Karan * Randhir * Kunal

Yeah C gal. Extremely LONG.
Was scared 2 quote coz it was too long.

lol...seems like this thread will soon be known as the shammi and a lil shahrukh thread.....

nyways.....here something more bout shammi kapoor:

The Libra Syndrome

I have never been too shy in admitting about the number of times I have
fallen from the cycle, tripped over a stone on the road and twisted my ankle,
or in trying to jump over the railing of the five gardens in Matunga I broke a
bone of my left arm, that was the second time; the first was when we were
racing down the lane on roller skates and I tripped over the gutter cover and
broke both the bones of my left arm.

You see, I was born in October--a Libran.

Listed below are some such incidents which are not vaguely remembered:
While playing on the terrace of a house in Kolhapur, while running fast I
slipped and dashed against the low parapet and cracked my shin bone. It
was excruciatingly painful.

While burning fireworks on Diwali day at our house in Matunga, I lit a mirchi
phataka which got into my shorts and I ducked under a truck parked near our
house. As the cracker travelled up my pant I jumped up and cracked my skull
against the underside of the truck.
OUCh!!!


While on a holiday trip to Bhabhiji's home town Rewa, I went horse riding with
Rajindernath, Bhabhiji's brother. My horse got frightened by an Alsatian dog
barking and chasing us downhill and he ran away with me shrieking on top of
my voice. We dashed against a brick wall and I landed on my back on top of
a heap of stones. When I returned to Bombay after being away for over a
month, I had grown taller by 31\2 inches. Some fall that!



Once on a date with a starlet of some beauty, I picked her up from her Hotel
Sea Belle on Marine Drive, and took a turn round to head for the suburbs. I
thought a quite dinner at the Juhu Hotel and a romp on the sands would be
ideal and not too expensive. But things did not work out that cheap. While
driving with one hand on the wheel, the other across the damsel and my
eyes God knows on what, I dashed into the gas ladders kept by the roadside
to ignite and repair the road lights. The whole ladder fell on the open car and
we could not fathom out what hit us. Luckily there was no body hurt but the
damage to the car was extensive. I took a turn to leave the girl when I heard
the police sirens and they chased me to the hotel where I dropped my date.
The police officer understood my plight and took me in his police van to my
residence at Matunga.
hehe...some date!!


While shooting for "Tumsa Nahin Dekha", a junior artiste was doubling for me
in a horse chase. I did not like his style of handling the animal and offered to
do the shot myself. I was in the lead being chased by three horsemen. Just
on the top of the hillock my horse tripped and I went over him, again on my
back and the other horses went over me but without treading upon me. I
was bedridden for a fortnight.



I went to the marriage reception of my partner's son and had a scuffle with
another partner over some very irritating incident. The next day I felt a
stinging pain in my calf muscle so I had an Xray taken with a portable
machine at home. It was a foggy print and did not show anything amiss. The
pain seemed to abate after a few days so I did not bother about it any more.
I was directing a film called "Bundelbaaz" and continued my activities as
usual. However every now and then I used to get a shooting pain at the
same spot whenever I touched it. I went for a long outdoor shooting stint to
Kashmir in winter and walking in the snow was rather painful. When I came
back to Bombay I went to Dr. Dholakia, a very prominent orthopaedist. He
took some Xrays and informed me that I had been living all this while with a
broken bone. It had perhaps not registered on the portable machine I had
used at home. He also said there was no sense in plastering the bone now
since it was joining up on it's own. That is nature for you. I sure spent some
very painful moments all those months going about with a broken Tibia.
eeeks!!

It is often said that I had broken practically all the window panes of the
Palace Oberoi Hotel in Srinagar, Kashmir. This is not true, but I have had
some very close encounters with glass. I have many scars on my body
including one on my bottom which I got when someone pushed me and I
fell on a glass table . I had to take 3 stitches.

Once at the Srinagar airport I broke the panes of the bathroom window
because I did not want to leave for Bombay.

Another time while in Srinagar for "Janwar" I got into a bad mood because
someone I knew as a friend started abusing me in a inebriated state. I
thought if I hit him I might kill him so I struck my fist through the window of
the President Suite of the Palace Hotel. As I pulled my fist back through the
broken glass I severely lacerated my hand and cut open an artery . I
could feel the blood gushing and that was a very near thing. I lost
consciousness and at that late hour a doctor was summoned by that very
same friend. He saved my life . I took 8 stitches but due to a cut tendon
would never have any movement in the little finger of my right hand. There
are a lot of stitches on my body and most are the result from cuts I received
from glass.

My knee trouble started in 1964. I was shooting for "Raj Kumar" in Ooty. I
was singing a song seated on an elephant and to steady my self on it's
bareback I entwined my feet in the rope tied round it's neck. At some time
during the shot the elephant started twisting it's neck and I could not
extract my right leg from it's neck. That I think was the beginning. I must
have torn some tissue or ligament but I did not take any notice at that
moment.
ahh...yeh sab to hota rehta hai


The next day we went to Bangalore where I was to shoot for "Kashmir Ki
Kali". I started feeling a shooting pain in my right knee and inspite of this I
went for the climax fight at Khemmangundi (some iron ore depot where they
had a rope trolley) and while hanging from it I was supposed to jump on the
villain's back. In so doing I landed on my right foot and the pain I felt in my
knee was something I cannot define. I though I had broken my leg. They
carried me to a car and sent me back to the hotel where a doctor examined
it and said I had strained my knee cartilage. I came back to Bombay and
after a few days rest again reported for the shooting of "Kashmir Ki Kali"
climax which was being filmed in a wood cutting factory. I was supposed to
be in a jeep which comes crashing through the glass door and I jump out and
give chase to the villain. This is when I broke my cartilage for the first time.
After this there was an unbroken period when I was often laid up in bed with
a broken cartilage for a couple of weeks.

bonebreaker!!!


One time I was doing a song number for "Laatsaheb" in Mahabaleshwar. To
suit my action to lyrics I jumped from a height into a pond only to land on a
square piece of rock which was hidden under the water. I cracked both my
knees. Another time , while shooting for "Tumse Accha Kaun Hai", I jumped
over a barbed wire, a ditch and a small stream to land on the cemented road.
I slipped, fell on my knees and from there I was back on my bed for another
bout with the Irani bone setter who was treating me. This was perhaps one
of the biggest blunder I committed. I should have consulted a professional
orthopaedist.


IS THERE SOMETHING TO BEING A LIBRAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!