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India’s legendary actor Shashi Kapoor is dead

 

India’s legendary actor and veteran Bollywood star, Shashi Kapoor, passed away Monday at the age of 79, family members said.

“The actor was admitted to the Kokilaben hospital in Mumbai and was administered several rounds of dialysis at the hospital and today evening he breathed his last,” a family member disclosed.

Born on March 18, 1938 in Kolkata city in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, Kapoor made his debut in 1961 as the lead actor in the Hindi film: Dharamputra.

He began his acting career as a child artiste in the 1940s.

Reports said he acted in more than 175 films mainly in mainstream Bollywood and art films. Kapoor worked in English films too.

The actor’s performance has been widely acknowledged and has been felicitated with several awards.

Kapoor’s death has been widely condoled in India as several people took to social networking websites to express condolences and recalled their association with the deceased.

Kapoor earned acclaim for his performance in notable Hindi films which include Deewaar, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Junoon, Shaan, Namak Halaal and others.

He had been suffering from ailments for the past few years and was cremated on Tuesday.

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