This Article is From Dec 11, 2011

Retrospective to celebrate Shammi Kapoor

Highlights

  • Directorate of Film Festivals is organizing a seven-film retrospective of Shammi Kapoor as a tribute to the endearing Bollywood legend who changed the face of the Hindi film hero.
  • Besides film screenings and poster exhibition, the three-day event (Dec 16-18) at the national capital, will also include conversations between noted film and cultural personalities, drawing out lesser-known attributes of the actor, who breathed his last on August 14 this year.
  • Films to be screened at the retrospective are Kashmir Ki Kali, Rajkumar, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Professor, Prince, Brahmachari and Andaz.
  • Veteran actress and Kapoor's co-star in many films, Sharmila Tagore, noted film maker Umesh Mehra, renowned fashion designer Satya Paul, classical dancer Pratibha Prahlad, film critic and cine historian Rajiv Vijayakar, choreography queen Saroj Khan will also grace the event.
  • A film poster exhibition of Shammi Kapoor films will also be organized by National Film Archive of India (NFAI).
New Delhi: Directorate of Film Festivals is organizing a seven-film retrospective of Shammi Kapoor as a tribute to the endearing Bollywood legend who changed the face of the Hindi film hero.

Besides film screenings and poster exhibition, the three-day event (Dec 16-18) at the national capital, will also include conversations between noted film and cultural personalities, drawing out lesser-known attributes of the actor, who breathed his last on August 14 this year.

Films to be screened at the retrospective are Kashmir Ki Kali, Rajkumar, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Professor, Prince, Brahmachari and Andaz.

Veteran actress and Kapoor's co-star in many films, Sharmila Tagore, noted film maker Umesh Mehra, renownedfashion designer Satya Paul, classical dancer Pratibha Prahlad, film critic and cine historian Rajiv Vijayakar, choreography queen Saroj Khan will also grace the event.

A film poster exhibition of Shammi Kapoor films will also be organized by National Film Archive of India (NFAI).
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