Shashi Kapoor - the Householder, the Star authored by Aseem Chhabra released

Shashi Kapoor - the Householder, the Star: Aseem Chhabra

Yesteryear’s Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor’s biography titled Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star was released on 6 May 2016.

The book, which attempts to delve into the nature and nurture of Shashi Kapoor, is authored by film journalist Aseem Chhabra.

Shashi Kapoor - the Householder, the Star is the first biography of the veteran actor.

About Shashi Kapoor

• Born as Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938, Shashi Kapoor is an Indian film actor and film producer.

• He has also been a film director and assistant director in the Hindi film industry.

• He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema.

• He has appeared in a large number of Hindi language films as well as in a few English-language films.

• He started acting in films as a child in the late 1940s, appearing in commercial films including Sangram and Dana Paani under the name of Shashiraj.

• His best known performances as child artist were in Aag and Awaara.

• He made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film Dharmputra.

• In 2011, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his contributions to Art-Cinema.

• In 2015, he was awarded the 2014 Dadasaheb Phalke Award. He is the third member of his family to receive the highest award in Indian Cinema after Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor.

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