Shammi
Kapoor
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Shammi
Kapoor
was
a
superstar
for
three
full
decades
during
the
1950s,
60s
and
70s
and
was
lovingly
called
the
Elvis
Presley
of
India,
who
gave
superhit
movies
such
as
Junglee,
Kashmir
Ki
Kali,
An
Evening
In
Paris,
Janwar,
Andaz
and
the
list
is
endless!
The
actor
had
received
several
awards
for
his
performance,
including
the
Filmfare
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
in
1995
and
Invaluable
Contribution
To
Indian
Cinema
at
the
IIFA
in
2002.
The
actor
always
had
a
lively
screen
presence
and
made
the
audiences
groove
to
his
numbers.
The
super-energetic
Shammi
made
the
audience
to
shed
their
shyness
and
just
step
on
to
the
floor
and
dance.
He
was
considered
both
as
an
actor
and
a
dancer,
as
not
every
hero
could
pull
that
off
back
in
the
day.
Apart
from
being
a
great
dancer
and
an
actor,
Shammi
Kapoor
was
much
ahead
of
the
times
and
was
good
in
terms
of
technology
in
film-making.
In
fact,
he
was
the
first
actor
who
mastered
the
internet
and
was
also
the
founder
and
chairman
of
the
Internet
Users
Community
of
India
and
enabled
the
setting
up
of
Ethical
Hackers
Association
in
the
country.
Shammi
Kapoor
breathed
his
last
on
August
14,
2011,
at
the
age
of
80,
leaving
behind
his
two
children
Aditya
Raj
Kapoor
and
Kanchan
Ketan
Desai.
He
was
last
seen
on
the
silver
screen
in
Ranbir
Kapoor's
movie
Rockstar
in
2011.