TIL Desk Bollywood/ Shashi Kapoor, the romantic screen icon of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s who captivated millions of fans, passed away on December 4. He was 79. The actor-producer passed away at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Andheri, north west Mumbai.
“He had a kidney problem and was on dialysis for several years,” his nephew Randhir Kapoor, son of Shashi Kapoor’s elder brother, the late Raj Kapoor, told. The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning, he added.
“Shashi Kapoor expired at 5.20 pm on December 4 at the Kokilaben hospital,” Dr Ram Narain at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital told. Director Shyam Bengal described him as ‘God’s good man’ and a beautiful human being.
“He was God’s good man and a beautiful human being beyond anything else,” Benegal, who worked with the late actor on Junoon and Kalyug, told.
Born on March 18, 1938, to the illustrious and formidable theatre and film actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor hit the spotlight at the age of four, acting in plays directed and produced by his father.
