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Remembering the Eternal Charmer.
Remembering an Awesome Human Being.
Remembering an actor and film-maker, the likes of whom we will not see again.
Shashi Kapoor with Parveen Babi on the sets of Kaala Patthar.
Shashi and Sharmila Tagore during the shoot of Waqt in New Delhi.
The Kapoors once owned a home in Baga, Goa: Love House, which the family would visit every Christmas and whenever they could take off from their busy lives.
Shashi with wife Jennifer and elder son Kunal on one such Goa holiday.
Karan tells us more about those days here.
The real Kapoor and sons: Prithviraj plays with grandson Randhir as youngest son Shashi looks on.
Shashi Kapoor was born as Balbir Raj but his mother Ramsarni did not like the name and began calling him Shashi, or moonbeam, since he would spend hours watching the moon, Aseem Chhabra writes in his biography, Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star.
Shashi got his first movie role in the first film his eldest brother Raj Kapoor directed, Awara.
An adorable picture with elder brothers Raj and Shammi.
Director Manmohan Desai with Amitabh and Shashi on the sets of Suhaag.
With Rishi and Amitabh on the sets of Kabhi Kabhie.
'Kabhi Kabhie. This was the numerological spelling of the film. It proved to be right,' Rishi writes, sharing this picture of composer R D Burman, director Yash Chopra, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee and Waheeda Rehman.
Rishi shares another pic with his uncle.
Though he produced the critically acclaimed Junoon, Kalyug, 36 Chowringhee Lane and Vijeta, Shashi did not taste commercial success.
He tried his hand at direction, but Ajooba unfortunately tanked.
He worked with wife Jennifer on Bombay Talkie, Junoon, 36 Chowringhee Lane and Heat and Dust.
An adorable family picture: Shashi, Jennifer and children Kunal, Karan and Sanjana.
Rishi introduces the Kapoor men: 'For the benefit of people who want to know all. Standing. Shammi-Raj-Shashi. Sitting. Rajiv-Aditya-Randhir-Rishi-Kunal. Only Karan Kapoor is missing and, of course, Ranbir was too small or perhaps not born.'
The Kapoors at the Shammi Kapoor-Geeta Bali wedding.
Here we have them all identified.
'I'm a fatalist. I take life as it comes' - Shashi Kapoor. Here, he is seen at Prithvi Theatre.
'Reality."Kapoor & Family" at a never ending lunch this afternoon. Welcome back mom and good to see you Shashi Uncle!' Rishi shares a picture from Shashi's annual Christmas brunch.
At the Marrakech Film Festival, October 2, 2003 in Morocco.
Shashi with jury members Virginie Ledoyen, Kerry Fox, Volker Schlondorff, Mohamed Abderrrahman, Andre Techine and Pascale Bussieres.
Shashi was so close to Ismail Merchant and James Ivory that he would often bail them out.
When Heat and Dust ran into financial trouble, Ivory recalled, 'Shashi ended up paying the hotel bills.'
The Kapoors on a wall at R K Studios.
Shashi Kapoor is presented the Dadasaheb Phalke award at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai, May 10, 2015.
Shashi spent his final years confined to a wheelchair. Here, he is seen with Kunal.
