{"id":9995,"date":"2011-08-13T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-13T21:08:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T21:08:59","slug":"Bollywood-actor-Shammi-Kapoor-dead-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9995","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor dead at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Legendary Bollywood heartthrob Shammi Kapoor, whose acting and dancing style heavily influenced modern-day Indian film stars, died on Sunday aged 79.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shammi Kapoor ji passed away this morning at 5:15 am,&#8221; <strong>Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan wrote on Twitter<\/strong>, using the Hindi honorific, saying Kapoor brought had &#8220;flamboyance and joie de vivre&#8221; to the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Nikhil Gangavane, a family friend who headed the official Shammi Kapoor fan club, said the actor was admitted to the private Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kapoor&#8217;s dance performances in romantic hits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha&#8221; (You&#8217;re One of a Kind, 1957), &#8220;Dil Deke Dekho&#8221; (Give Your Heart and See, 1959) and &#8220;Junglee&#8221; (Wild, 1961) earned him comparisons with US singer Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wAusUy6wyOE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Key to his success was his avid interest in music. Kapoor personally selected the songs he would dance and mime to, mindful that they needed to fit his exuberant on-screen style.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, he and singers like Mohammed Rafi provided some of the industry&#8217;s most popular and memorable tunes.<\/p>\n<p>In later years, as he withdrew from acting and direction, <strong>Kapoor became a champion of the Internet and was the founder-chairman of the Internet Users Community of India, maintaining a Facebook page and a Twitter account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His own web site www.junglee.org.in profiled his famous family, the Kapoors, who have dominated Hindi-language cinema virtually since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>He described himself on his Twitter account profile as a &#8220;Renaissance man, retired actor, computer buff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source AFP<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Bollywood heartthrob Shammi Kapoor, whose acting and dancing style heavily influenced modern-day 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