Shammi Kapoor was madly in love with this actress, later Geeta Bali...

On this day, Hindi cinema lost an actor who started the trend of dancing in Bollywood. Shamsherraj Kapoor aka Shammi Kapoor was the first supercool star of Bollywood. He was born on 13 October 1931. He said goodbye to this world on 14 August 2011. With his powerful acting, he made a special place in the hearts of the audience. So, today on his birthday, let us tell you some interesting things about Shammi Kapoor...

Raised like a prince

- Shammi Kapoor's father Prithviraj Kapoor and his mother Ramsharani were very sad that after Raj Kapoor, his two siblings died within a week and Shammi was pregnant at that time, so they were scared. Let us tell you that he was the only child in his family whose delivery took place in a hospital. And after his birth, he was raised like a prince.

Left school because of Raj Kapoor

- Shammi had to leave school because of his brother Raj Kapoor. Actually, it so happened that Shammi got the role of Bharat in the play Shakuntala in Prithvi Theatres. Raj Kapoor also had a big role in this play but Raj was not getting leave from school to rehearse, so he fought with his principal and left the school. But Shammi also used to study in the same school, so he also had to leave the school.

I used to get 50 rupees as salary in the theatre

- There was a time in Shammi Kapoor's life when he left college and came home. Shammi came home and said sorry to his father Prithviraj. Prithvi read Shammi's mind and said, "It's okay son, join the theatre from tomorrow." Let us tell you that he used to get a salary of Rs. 50 for working in the theatre.

Started acting as a child artist

- Shammi Kapoor worked as a laborer in his father's theatre and his father also never gave him a star kid launch because Shammi's film career started as a child artist and during this time he used to get only Rs. 150 per month.

'Jeevan Jyoti' was his first film as a lead actor

- He entered Bollywood as a lead actor in the film 'Jeevan Jyoti'. His style was different from all the actors of that time; he was cheerful, vivacious, and fun-loving. Shammi came to know about computers in 1988 and he was one of the few people in India who used the Internet first.

Nutan was my childhood girlfriend

- Shammi had many girlfriends and his family was well aware of this. There was a time when he used to date a belly dancer from abroad but they broke up after a short time. Actress Nutan was his childhood girlfriend. Both of them worked together in the film Laila Majnu in 1953. Both of them have been friends since Shammi was 6 and Nutan was 3 years old.

Shammi Kapoor was madly in love with Mumtaz

- Shammi Kapoor had proposed to Mumtaz for marriage. Mumtaz also liked him, but the Kapoor family did not want their daughter-in-law to work in films. Shammi wanted her to leave her film career and marry him, but Mumtaz refused.

Pahadi songs were more liked

- Shammi liked Pahadi songs more than Hindi songs, so he used to hum Pahadi songs in his free time. During the shooting of the film Rajkumar, an elephant broke his leg. Actually, he was shooting sitting on top of an elephant. Suddenly such an accident happened and he got injured.

Geeta Bali's demand filled with lipstick

- In 1955, he met Geeta Bali on the set of the film 'Coffee House' and fell in love with her. One night he called Geeta and told her that he wanted to marry her. After this, he went to pick Geeta up and reached the temple at night. The marriage took place the next morning at 4 am when the Pandit ji came. Shammi did not have sindoor to fill Geeta's maang, so Geeta took out lipstick and gave it to him, then Shammi filled her maang.

Shammi Kapoor remained alone after the death of Geeta Bali

- After Geeta Bali's death due to smallpox in 1965, Shammi Kapoor stopped focusing on himself. After this, due to the pressure of his family and his children, he married Neela Devi, who was from a royal family, but put a condition in front of her that she would not become a mother.

Worked in 200 films

- Shammi Kapoor worked in almost 200 films like Janwar, Junglee, Professor, Dil De Ke Dekho, Rangeen Raatein, Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Mujrim, Ujala, Dil Deke Dekho, China Town, Bluff Master, Kashmir Ki Kali, Rajkumar, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris, Brahmachari, Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai, Prince, Andaz, Vidhaata.