The picture was taken shortly after Shashi Kapoor was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Of the series of photo-ops that actor Shashi Kapoor's award ceremony at Mumbai's Prithvi Theatre afforded on Sunday, there was none more special than this one - the 77-year-old with eight of his former heroines. (Also Read:
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The photo, taken after Mr Kapoor received his Dadasaheb Phalke Award from Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, is being widely shared on social media. Actor Rishi Kapoor, Mr Kapoor's nephew, posted the picture on Twitter, describing it as 'WOW.' His tweet has been favourited over 2,000 times and has over a 1,000 retweets.
In the photo, Mr Kapoor poses with Waheeda Rehman, his co-star in
Kabhi Kabhie, Trishul and
Namak Halaal; Asha Parekh, his heroine in
Pyar Ka Mausam; Zeenat Aman, with whom he appeared in Raj Kapoor's controversial film
Satyam Shivam Sundaram; Shabana Azmi, co-star in several films including
Junoon and
Fakira; Rekha, who also appeared with him in multiple films like
Baseraa and
Utsav; Neetu Singh, who was heroine in
Deewar and is married to Rishi Kapoor; Nafisa Ali, who made her debut in
Junoon opposite Mr Kapoor; and Supriya Pathak, co-star in
Kalyug and
Vijeta.
Waheeda Rehman told NDTV, "It was a great function and we congratulate Shashi
ji. The place was absolutely perfect, Prithvi Theatre and we're very happy and proud of him." Zeenat Aman said, "For me personally, he was one of the nicest co-stars to have ever worked with. He was always cheerful, always happy. In all the years that I worked with him, I never saw him lose his temper, or be unpleasant or untoward. I'm just so happy for him and so delighted for the family."
Hema Malini, who featured opposite Shashi Kapoor in
Do Aur Do Paanch and
Trishul, was also at the ceremony but not in the photo.
Shashi Kapoor, star of films like
Deewar, Sharmilee, Junoon and Merchant-Ivory productions such as
In Custody and
Heat and Dust, is the third of his family to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest honour for cinema. He was presented with a ceremonial shawl and certificate by Arun Jaitley at Prithvi Theatre, which Mr Kapoor established with late wife Jennifer Kendal. Amitabh Bachchan, who made 12 films with Shashi Kapoor including the seminal Deewar, spoke at the ceremony, as did Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor.
Most of the Kapoor family were at the ceremony, including Shashi Kapoor's sisters-in-law Krishna Raj Kapoor and Neela Devi, who rarely make public appearances.
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