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He was the first cousin of singer, Juggal Kishore Mehra, whose granddaughter is the actress-singer Salma Agha. Actors Randhir and Rishi are his nephews, while actor Ranbir is his grand nephew and actresses Karisma and Kareena are his grand nieces. [7]
He belonged to Pathan Hindu family. In 1930, his father Prithviraj Kapoor came to Bombay to start a career in the film industry. In 1931, his brother Devi died due to pneumonia and another brother Nandi also died in the same year due to the swallowing of poison (rat pills) strewn in the garden.
Parents & Siblings. Shammi Kapoor’s father, Prithviraj Kapoor, was a famous actor and director known for his films such as ‘Alam Ara’ (1931), ‘Sikandar’ (1941), ‘Vikramaditya’ (1945), ‘Awaara’ (1951), ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960), and ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ (1971). His mother, Ramsarni Mehra, was a homemaker.
The Kapoor Family: Family Tree Prithviraj Kapoor was married to Ramsarni Mehra. The couple had three sons named Raj Kapoor, Shamsher Raj (Shammi), and Balbir Raj (Shashi) and a daughter, Urmila Sial.
Shammi Kapoor married actress Geeta Bali in 1955 and had 2 children with her, Aditya Raj Kapoor and Kanchan Kapoor. Bali died of smallpox in 1965. Shammi then married Neela Devi Gohil of the Gohil dynasty of the erstwhile Bhavnagar State in Gujarat in 1969. Shashi Kapoor married Jennifer Kendal in 1958.
Along with him, Shashi Kapoor also became a family friend. The death of Geeta Bali in 1965 literally shocked Shammi Kapoor. He was very emotionally perturbed as she was his true anchor. We came...
Mar 13, 2021 · They had a son, Aditya Raj Kapoor brn a year after they were married. Five years later, in 1961, they had a daughter, Kanchan. Geeta Bali died from smallpox in 1965. Shammi Kapoor married Neila...
