Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI) Several industry veterans, includingleading ladies of Shashi Kapoor's films such as WaheedaRehman, Rekha and Hema Malini attended the prayer meet of theactor, here today.
Shashi, 79, passed away on December 4 due to kidneyproblem.
The actor's 'chautha' was held at Prithvi Theatre, whichwas built by him and his wife Jennifer Kapoor, in memory ofhis father, Prithviraj Kapoor.
Waheeda, who worked with him in "Namak Halal", "KabhieKabhie" attended the prayer meet along with actors Rekha—featured with Shashi Kapoor in "Silsila" and was directed byhim in "Utsav"—, Malini, who co-starred with him in "Trishul","Kranti" and his "Siddhartha" co-star Simi Garewal.
Apart from them, Poonam Dhillon, who worked with him in"Trishul", Dimple Kapadia, who was directed by him in "Ajooba"and "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" co-star Padmini Kohlapuriattended the prayer meetAt the meet inside the theatre, they had a picture ofShashi around which people lit candles and behind the photowas a montage on screen playing his popular scenes.
Guests payed their respects as his popular song "EkRaasta Hai Zindagi" played in the background.
Members of Kapoor family, including Krishna Raj, Neetu,Randhir, Babita, Karisma, Rajeev, Armaan and Adar sattogether.
Apart from them, veterans from the industry were alsopresent, including Gulzar, Kabir Bedi, Rakesh Roshan,Jitendra, Ramesh Sippy, Prem Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, RatnaPathak Shah, Subhash Ghai, Sanjay Khan and Asha Bhosle.
Other guests included, Rani Mukerji, Rohan Sippy, MilanLuthria, Chunkey Pandey, Nandita Das, Ahana Kumra, KunalKemmu, Soha Ali Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Kiran Rao, AbbasMastan, Suniel Shetty, Madhur Bhandarkar, Abhijat Joshi, VidhuVinod Chopra, Ronit Roy, Udit Narayan, Ramesh Taurani, VipulShah, Sonali Kulkarni, Hansal Mehta, Zoya Akhtar, SudhirMishra among others.
Born on March 18, 1938, to the illustrious and formidabletheatre and film actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor hitthe spotlight at the age of four, acting in plays directed andproduced by his father. He started acting in films as a childartiste in the late '40s.
His best known performances as a child actor were in"Aag" (1948) and "Awaara" (1951), where he played the youngerversion of the character played by Raj Kapoor. Shashi Kapooralso worked as assistant director in the '50s.
He made his debut as a leading man in the 1961 film"Dharmputra" and went on to appear in more than 116 filmsduring the '70s and until the mid '80s.
Among his memorable films were "Deewar", "Kabhie Kabhie","Namak Halal" and "Kaala Pathar".
He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2011 andreceived cinema's prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award in 2015.
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