What Did Shammi Kapoor & Shashi Kapoor Say About Ranbir Kapoor On His Debut?
Shammi Kapoor & Shashi Kapoor were iconic figures in Hindi cinema. Though they're no longer with us, their films remain beloved. Let’s revisit the Prithvi Theatre event where they discussed Prithviraj Kapoor, Prithvi Theatre, and Ranbir Kapoor’s debut. Enjoy this memorable conversation with the legends.
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00:00Shami ji had grown up when Preeti Chaturia was born.
00:04I was a very small child.
00:06I was 7-8 years old when Preeti Chaturia was born.
00:11So, I didn't do any of those things.
00:14Raj ji told me, go son, pick up your books from your class and let's go.
00:30Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:35Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:40Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:45Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:50Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:55Shami ji was a great teacher.
00:59Shami ji was a great teacher.
01:04Shami ji was a great teacher.
01:09Shami ji was a great teacher.
01:14Shami ji was a great teacher.
01:19Shami ji was a great teacher.
01:24Namostu sir!
01:25First of all, I'd like to say that everyone will ask a question.
01:28When we talk about Mr. Prasad Kapoor, a poem comes to my mind.
01:31It goes like this,
01:32For thousands of years, Nargis cries for her sister.
01:34It is very difficult to find her in the fields.
01:36That's true.
01:38Now we would like to hear something from you.
01:42Mr. Prasad Kapoor was my father.
01:47He was not just a father.
01:50He was a very good person.
01:52He was a very good person.
01:55And it is not easy for me to praise him.
02:04Because he was a very simple person.
02:07He was a very nice person.
02:09And he used to keep everyone happy.
02:13He wanted to make everyone happy.
02:17I just wish that whenever anyone remembers him,
02:22they remember him with love.
02:27I got the name Prithvi Theater.
02:30Because Prithvi Theater has given birth to people like us.
02:36People like me.
02:39It is a support.
02:41And Prithvi Theater has been going on for 28 years.
02:47So I would like to pray to all of you.
02:53That you make us happy every year.
02:56Prithvi Theater.
02:58You make us happy.
03:00And you are a blessing.
03:04I want to thank all of you.
03:10Sir, we have heard a lot about you.
03:13How did Shammi Kapoor remember his father?
03:17How did he see himself in the mirror?
03:19Is there anything that you remember?
03:21And if you would like to share it with us.
03:23I was very young.
03:25Shammi Kapoor was 7 years older than me.
03:29Shammi Kapoor had grown up when Prithvi Theater was born.
03:33I was a very young child.
03:37I was 7 or 8 years old.
03:39When Prithvi Theater was born.
03:42I didn't do anything.
03:47But I liked it a lot.
03:52When people put a smile on their faces in the name of Prithvi Theater.
04:01And they love it a lot.
04:04I want that love to continue.
04:08Shammi, do you want his father?
04:11We would go to Juhu for a picnic in my father's open.
04:15Papaji never kept the rear view mirror so that he could view the traffic at the back.
04:21He kept it on himself.
04:27To look at his face.
04:29To admire himself.
04:31He would be working on his acting all the time.
04:34What expressions to use.
04:36How he could improve.
04:41I am very happy.
04:54Sir, the name of the book is Kala Desh Ki Sehwag.
04:57One more person from the Kapoor family has come to Sehwag.
05:01Very soon.
05:02The future heir of the Kapoor family.
05:04Ranbir Kapoor.
05:05Absolutely right.
05:06Would you like to say something to Ranbir Kapoor?
05:08I will always bless him.
05:11And my love and blessings are with him.
05:16If I want, then it is a very good job.
05:23The work will have to be done according to the script.
05:27But it should be good.
05:31And I think his parents are fine.
05:33So it should be good.
05:36My father gave me the opportunity to work on stage.
05:43When I was in school.
05:45And I used to go to school on Saturdays and Sundays.
05:48I used to perform there.
05:50In Shakuntala.
05:51I did Bharat Karol.
05:53He was Dushan.
05:54And Avyash ji is sitting next to me.
05:57And he will remember it well.
05:59I was very young.
06:01I was 12-13 years old.
06:03As a matter of fact, I remember very well.
06:05I was expelled from school.
06:07I used to study in Don Bosco School.
06:09Don Bosco School had an objection.
06:12They had an objection.
06:13That on Saturdays and Sundays.
06:15A boy dies on a holiday on a Saturday.
06:17We have an objection.
06:19He works in the theater.
06:20He works anywhere.
06:21But he can't take a holiday.
06:23So my father sent Raj ji.
06:25Go and see.
06:27They have an objection.
06:29So when they saw Raj ji.
06:32He cannot take off.
06:34We will not permit him to work in any theater.
06:37Raj ji told me.
06:39Take your books from your class.
06:41And let's go.
06:43I came back home.
06:44What happened?
06:45Nothing happened.
06:46They said we will not permit.
06:47I said I will take him away.
06:49Raj ji expelled me from school.
06:51I left Don Bosco School just like that.
06:54Luckily my father knew somebody.
06:57Mr. M.T. Vyas.
06:58Principal of New Era School.
06:59He took me there.
07:01But this was my beginning.
07:03Prithvi Theater.
07:05I went from one school to another.
07:09My father is inspired in all of us.
07:12Very good discipline basically.
07:14Very good thinking.
07:16And you can imagine.
07:19Whatever we have learnt.
07:22We have learnt at his feet.
07:24If I say Yahoo is mine.
07:28Yahoo was born somewhere in theater.
07:32In Bahadur Khan Pathan.
07:38That was a style of Yahoo.
07:40My father instilled it in me.
07:42Yahoo is not mine.
07:44It is his.
07:45Whatever I have done in my life.
07:48It is his.
07:49It is his gift.
07:50It is his blessing.
07:52Sir, you told us your first experience in theater.
07:54Do you remember your first experience in theater?
07:57When I came to theater.
07:59When I left theater.
08:01I came to Shashi's theater.
08:05Shashi came to theater.
08:07After my death.
08:09In 1952.
08:11I did my last performance in Calcutta.
08:13After that.
08:15I signed G.M. Josie film.
08:17In Kaza Studios.
08:19I came for that.
08:20And Shashi came to theater after that.
08:22You can ask him.
08:24You have worked with so many people.
08:26You have worked with junior artists.
08:28What kind of interaction did you have with them?
08:30With junior artists.
08:32I.
08:34With junior artists.
08:36I have always worked with them.
08:38And.
08:40And.
08:42Last 10 years.
08:44I have not worked.
08:46I have retired.
08:48But.
08:50Till that time.
08:52With junior artists.
08:54They have done a good job.
08:56They have done a good job.
08:58They have done a good job.
09:00They have supported me with love.
09:02I am thankful to them.
09:04I am thankful to them.
09:06I can say thank you.
09:08I want to say.
09:10I want to say.
09:12I hope.
09:14That in future.
09:16The small stars.
09:18The small stars.
09:20They will help them.
09:22They will help them.
09:24They will help them.
09:26Sir, I want to know.
09:28How many things did your father tell you?
09:30About your father.
09:32Do you remember any seat.
09:34Which inspired you?
09:36Do you want to sleep in that seat?
09:38Yes.
09:40There are many things.
09:42But I will sleep in that seat.
09:44I like many things.
09:46Like the seat of the car.
09:48He did not tell me.
09:50There was a convertible car.
09:5216 people used to sit in that car.
09:54We used to sit 16 people in that car.
09:56We used to take them for picnic.
09:58Today when I think about it.
10:00I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:02I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:04I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:06I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:08I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:10I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:12I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:14I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:16I used to sit more than 5 people in my car.
10:18I used to walk on my way.
10:22What are the memories of your father?
10:24What are the memories of your father?
10:26The memories of my father...
10:28The biggest memory
10:30The biggest memory
10:32Is here
10:34I am small memory
10:36I am small memory
10:38But
10:40All of this is his gift
10:42Because of him
10:44We have reached here
10:46And I am grateful to Babaji and his theatre that through this theatre we could learn something and do good work.
11:04And now moving forward, good and right work is happening.
11:10This is a good thing.
11:14Ranveer Kapoor has said one thing.
11:16Now Samaria is coming.
11:17How will you wish her?
11:18What will you say to her?
11:19I have already said.
11:20What will you wish for Samaria?
11:23I think that Samaria is a big test for a filmmaker.
11:32And she will definitely succeed.
11:35It is a test.
11:36It is a very tough test.
11:38Because she has to keep her father's name, her mother's name, her grandfather's name.
11:45She has to make him proud.
11:46Her two uncles are very famous.
11:48So it is a very tough fight.
11:51But there is an incentive that he will work hard.
11:54He will do good work.
11:55And he will definitely succeed.
11:58What do you expect from the coming generation like Ranveer Kapoor?
12:03How much time is he going to give to Prithvi Theatre?
12:06No.
12:07Not at all.
12:08This is really a focus of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kapoor.
12:12They put their energies into building this theatre.
12:15And after that Kunal Kapoor managed the theatre.
12:17He managed it for 8 years.
12:19People forget that he managed it.
12:21He kept Prithvi Theatre alive.
12:23And very gradually I started working.
12:25I have been working for 17 years.
12:27But it is not that I have been doing different things for 17 years.
12:31Now the management is with me and my team.
12:34But this is the only part of the family that is here.
12:38It is wonderful that last year and this year we managed to pull the rest of the family here.