(5 Dec 2017) LAST RITES HELD FOR SHASHI KAPOOR
The last rites of Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and '80s, were held in Mumbai Tuesday (5 DEC. 2017) with friends from the movie industry gathering at his residence to bid him goodbye.
Kapoor died on Monday after a long illness. He was 79.
He acted in more than 100 Hindi films and founded the well-known Prithvi Theater in Mumbai.
Kapoor also appeared in British and American movies by Merchant Ivory Productions, run by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.
His English-language movies included "The Householder'" in 1963, "Shakespeare Wallah" in 1965, "Bombay Talkie" in 1970 and "Heat and Dust," in which he co-starred with his wife, British actress Jennifer Kendal, in 1982.
Some of his popular Bollywood films were "Deewar (Wall)," "Kabhie Kabhie (Sometimes)," ''Namak Halal (Loyal Servant)" and "Kaala Pathar (Black Rock)."
He co-starred with Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan in each.
Kapoor was a member of a family dynasty in the Bollywood film industry. He was the youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor, a veteran of Bollywood and the theater.
Shashi Kapoor began acting at age 4 in plays produced and directed by his father, and started out in films as a child actor in the late 1940s. He made his debut as a leading actor in movies in 1961.
He is survived by two sons and a daughter. His wife Kendal died in 1984.

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