Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor

Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died at 5:50 am this morning in Mumbai.

Suffering from renal failure, the actor had been hospitalised a month ago.
The funeral for the Bollywood legend will be held tomorrow (August 15) at 11 am at Ban Ganga crematorium, Mumbai.

Here's a look his remarkable journey so far...

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He was born on October 21, 1931 in Mumbai as Shamsher Raj Kapoor to Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni Mehra.

The Kapoors of Bollywood: Back row (left to right) – Raj Kapoor and wife Krishna, Shammi's second wife Neela Devi with Shammi, Shashi's wife Jennifer holding their daughter Sanjana, Shashi Kapoor
Seated in chairs – Prithviraj Kapoor with wife Rama
Front row (left to right)- Rishi Kapoor (second son of Raj Kapoor), Kanchan (Shammi Kapoor's daughter), Rima (Raj Kapoor's daughter), Rajiv Kapoor (youngest son of Raj Kapoor), Aditya Kapoor (Shammi Kapoor's son), Karan (Shashi Kapoor's son), Randhir Kapoor (Raj Kapoor's eldest son) and Kunal Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor's son)

 He did college for a while but soon left to join Prithvi Theatres. He started his career doing small roles in his father's films.

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 Dil Dekhe Dekho got us the popular Shammi-Asha Parekh jodi and it also cemented his Casanova image.

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Junglee in 1961 mad him a household name and his song Yahoo, chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe became a rage and is still one of the best songs ever.

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Shammi quickly became every director's favourite romantic hero.

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The 60s were the golden years of his career. He turned out hit after hit including Teesri Manzil, Professor, Kashmir ki Kali, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, Dil Tera Diwana, Bluffmaster, Janwar and Rajkumar.

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Shammi Kapoor married fellow actress Geeta Bali in 1955 and were blessed with two kids son Aditya Raj and daughter Kanchan.

Tragedy struck Shammi during the filming of his hit film Teesri Manzil when Geeta died of small pox leaving him with his two kids. This led to a brief romance with Mumtaaz but that didn't last long and finally in 1969 he married Neela Devi Gohil of the royal family of Bhavnagar.

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Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died at 5:50 am this morning in Mumbai. He was 79 years old.

The actor, who had been hospitalised for the past month, succumbed to renal failure.

The funeral for the Bollywood legend will be held tomorrow (August 15) at 11 am at Ban Ganga crematorium, Mumbai.

Shammi Kapoor has always been an active "Netizen" and has a final performance yet - in grand-nephew Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar.

The legendary actor, who passed away early this morning (August 14), was due to jam with Ranbir Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar. Latest reports say Ranbir was obviously excited and had been rehearsing.

"In my younger days, I used to play the shehnai or would enact it to perfection. I think I can do it today, also," Shammi Kapoor had said, of the scene in which he was to play the shehnai and Ranbir the guitar.

"As a child, Ranbir would sit on my lap and sing classical music to me. He wasn't trained in that but did it just to bug me," the legendary actor said.