‘Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Huye’, Remembering Shammi Kapoor on his 9th death anniversary today

Shammi Kapoor, who once settled in millions of hearts with his best performance, died on this day. Yes, he had said goodbye to the world on August 14, 2011and now only his memories are there which are in people’s minds. Shammi Kapoor has millions of fans who liked him after seeing his acting. Let us also tell you that Shammi Kapoor was born on 21 October 1931 in Mumbai.

Yes, his father was a famous actor Prithviraj Kapoor and his mother’s name was Ramsharani Kapoor. Let us also tell you that Prithviraj Kapoor named Shammi Kapoor at birth, ‘Shamsher Raj Kapoor’ and that Shammi Kapoor’s father Prithviraj Kapoor was a great actor in the Hindi film industry. At the same time, due to the film atmosphere in the house, Shammi Kapoor was fond of becoming an actor since childhood and he entered the acting world with the film ‘Jeevan Jyoti’ released in 1953. After that he gave one of the best films that all of you must have seen.

It is said that Shammi had given heart to Mumtaz, the finest actress and very beautiful actress of that era. At that time, when Mumtaz was 18, Shammi proposed him for marriage. It is said that Mumtaz also loved Shammi, but Shammi said that she should leave her film career and marry him, this thing did not go well with Mumtaz and both of them could not get married.

Legendary Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor has given his fans enough reasons to cherish him for a lifetime. From stellar performances to foot-tapping songs, the superstar has been an example of versatility and charm throughout his career. He started off as a junior artsite in 1948 but soon took over as the leading man in Hindi movies.

Widely known for films like Teesri Manzil, Andaz, An Evening In Paris, Bramhachari, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Sachchaai and others, Shammi Kapoor soon became popular as the ‘Dancing King’ of Bollywood. Another name that fans loved to call him with was India’s Elvis Presley. On his ninth death anniversary, let’s have a look at the iconic songs that featured him.

“Badan pe Sitare Lipate Huye”, there is hardly any 90s kid who hasn’t shaken a leg on Badan Pe Sitare. It was from the film Prince and was crooned by Mohammed Rafi.