Shashi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor born Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor March 18 1938 December 4 2017 was an Indian actor of film and theatre and film producer Regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema he is known not only for work in Hindi films but for also being featured in a number of Englishlanguage international films particularly films produced by Merchant Ivory A member of the Kapoor family he received numerous accolades over his fivedecadelong career including four National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards In 2011 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan Indias thirdhighest civilian award by the Government of India