Entertainment News Desk – A legend star of Hindi cinema who won the hearts of people with his acting. We are talking about Shashi Kapoor, whose acting and innocence of face impressed the world. He has given not one but many blockbuster films in his film career. Because of his work he was also honored with the Padma Bhushan Award. While he entertained people a lot in the 70-80s, he also remained in the news because of his personal life. Today is the day when such a veteran actor said goodbye to this world. The real name of the actor known all over the world as Shashi Kapoor was something else. Let us know about many such unheard stories.
What was Shashi Kapoor’s real name?
Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor has achieved the status in his acting career that the Kapoor family deserves. But do you know what his real name is. If not, then let us tell you that the real name of the actor was Balbir Raj Kapoor. His father was Prithviraj Kapoor and brothers were Randhir Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The actor started his acting career in the 40s. Shashi started her acting career with the film Samadhi released in 1950.
Fell in love with a foreign beauty
Shashi Kapoor has also been in the news a lot because of his personal life. The actor was so handsome that many girls were crazy about him. But the actor’s heart fell on someone else. Shashi fell in love with British actress Jennifer and married her at the age of just 20. However, his family was not happy with this relationship.
wife’s painful death
Both of them loved each other very much, but the sad news was that someone’s evil eye fell on their love. Yes, his wife Jennifer had cancer. However, Shashi tried hard to save his wife and even went to India and abroad for her treatment. But in the year 1984, his wife died tragically due to cancer. Due to this shock, Shashi was completely broken and became alone. It is also said that he was so saddened by his wife’s death that he locked himself in a room.
Shashi had become dependent on every penny
Although Shashi Kapoor was quite influential at one time. He also earned a lot of money but then his downfall started and he started facing financial crisis. There came a time when he did not have money to survive, so he sold his wife’s jewellery. However then he moved forward and once again his stars shone.