Family
and
friends
assembled
at
the
'Banganga
crematorium'
on
Monday
morning
to
bid
final
good
bye
of
veteran
actor
Shammi
Kapoor.
Aditya
Raj
keeping
Shammi's
trademark
Rudraksh
necklace,
close
to
his
heart,
lit
the
funeral
of
his
father.
79-years-old
actor
Shammi
Kapoor,
who
was
tagged
as
India's
Elvis
Presley,
died
on
Sunday
at
Breach
Candy
Hospital
because
of
renal
failure.
The
actor's
funeral
left
his
Malabar
building,
minutes
after
10
am
and
reached
the
crematorium
at
11
am.
Son
Aditya
led
the
funeral
procession,
followed
by
grandson
Kunal,
who
arrived
from
the
US.
The
entire
Kapoor
family
from
grandnephew
Ranbir,
nephews
Rishi,
Randhir
and
Rajiv
and
younger
brother
Shashi
Kapoor,
who
came
in
a
wheel
chair,
were
present
to
pay
their
last
respects
to
the
'Hero'.
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan,
filmmaker
Prakash
Jha,
industrialist
Anil
Ambani,
superstar
Aamir
Khan,
etc
came
forward
to
carry
the
body
on
their
shoulders.
Actors
like
Priyanka
Chopra,
Madhuri
Dixit,
Shahrukh
Khan,
Anil
Kapoor,
Govinda,
Vinod
Khanna,
Danny,
Shatrughan
Sinha,
filmmakers
Rakesh
Roshan,
Satish
Kaushik,
Sudhir
Mishra,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali,
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra,
Ashutosh
Gowariker,
Ramesh
Sippy
with
son
Rohan,
Subhash
Ghai
and
Nikhil
Advani
were
a
few
of
the
Bollywood
celebrities
who
were
present
for
the
mourning.
After
returning
from
the
funeral,
Mr.
Bachchan
tweeted,
"Gone!
Enveloped
by
flames,
reduced
to
ashes
into
his
abode
in
Heaven...
Shammi
Kapoor!" Kapoor,
'the
epitome
of
the
joy-of-life,
positive
energy'
as
described
by
Aamir
Khan,
was
tired
of
his
struggle
to
survive.
Reveals
Amitabh
in
his
blog,
"Never
one
to
give
up,
he
spoke
for
the
first
time
in
a
tone
that
conveyed
that
he
had
had
enough,
to
Jaya
(Bachchan)
a
few
days
ago.
'I
am
tired,
I
can't
take
it
anymore',
he
lamented,
with
choked
emotion."
"A
million
memories
hurry
past
as
you
drive
down
to
his
Blue
Haven
residence.
A
cozy
warm
and
welcoming
apartment
where
we
had
spent
many
wonderful
evenings
and
nights
with
him
and
his
effervescence.
There
as
I
walk
past
his
still
pale
figure
embalmed
and
kept
in
a
freeze
container,
you
feel
as
though
he
would
spring
out
of
it
and
with
his
feisty
elan
invite
you
over
to
dine
with
him."
Remembering
the
past
day
Amitabh
says
that
he
was
mesmerised
by
Kapoor
when
he
saw
him
in
Dil
Deke
Dekho,
"his
style,
his
dance,
his
clothes,
his
puffed
hair
style
that
lazily
yet
provocatively
would
often
fall
on
his
forehead,
all
became
images
that
every
young
around
the
country
wanted
to
emulate".
Amitabh
said
that
Shammi
Kapoor,
who
was
fond
of
driving
cars,
had
expressed
his
desire
to
ride
a
Rolls
Royce
to
Bachchan.
"When
I
offered
to
send
him
mine
to
keep
and
drive
at
will,
he
would
resist
it.
'Let
me
come
out
of
the
hospital
then
we
shall
both
go
for
a
drive
in
it' he
had
excitedly
told
me.
We
never
could
get
that
ride
together."
We
at
Oneindia
remember
the
veteran,
who
gave
an
entirely
new
edge
to
the
Indian
cinema.
May
his
soul
rest
in
peace.
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