Cremation was held this morning at the Banganga crematorium in South Mumbai. The Kapoor family, their close relatives, friends and many important personalities from the Indian Film Industry were present to pay their last respects to the departed soul.
Veteran Actor Shammi Kapoor died of cardinal renal failure in Mumbai on Sunday morning.
The actor belonged to the Indian film industry’s famous family of actors that included his father, Prithviraj, and brothers Raj and Shashi Kapoor.
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Anil Kapoor were among those who attended the funeral, along with a host of filmmakers like Subhas Ghai and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
A prominent star in 1950s and 1960s, fans called Kapoor the “Elvis Presley of India” for his frenetic and agile dancing in romantic hits such as 1957’s Tumsa Nahin Dekha (You’re One of a Kind) and 1959’s Dil Deke Dekho.