Actor Shashi Kapoor dies aged 79

 Actor Shashi Kapoor dies aged 79.

Veteran Indian film industry stalwart Shashi Kapoor has died at the age of 79, it has been confirmed. His nephew Randhir told the Press Trust of India (PTI) that the actor had died in Mumbai on Monday after several years of kidney problems.
Kapoor was a scion of the celebrated Indian film-making dynasty, the son of Mughal-E-Azam star Prithviraj Kapoor, and brother of Raj Kapoor. Shashi Kapoor’s own screen career started as a child actor in the 1940s and 50s, appearing in films such as Aag and Awaara, in both of which he played the younger version of his already established brother Raj. His first leading role was in the award-winning 1961 Dharmputra, directed by Yash Chopra, which was one of the first Indian features to deal with partition.

Awards[edit]

Civilian Award[edit]

• 2011 – Padma Bhushan by the Government of India^[4]

National Film Awards[edit]

Shashi Kapoor with son Kunal Kapoor and daughter Sanjana Kapoorreceiving Dadasaheb Phalke Awardfrom Union Minister Arun Jaitley in May 2015

• 2015 – Dadasaheb Phalke Award^[33]

Winner

• 1994 – National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for Muhafiz (1993)
• 1986 – National Film Award for Best Actor for New Delhi Times
• 1979 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (as Producer) for Junoon

Filmfare Awards[edit]

Winner

• 2010 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• Filmfare Best Movie Award – Won
  1982 Kalyug
  1980 Junoon