Amitabh Bachchan shares his and Jaya Bachchan’s last meet with Shammi Kapoor
Amitabh Bachchan shares his and Jaya Bachchan’s last
meet with Shammi Kapoor
It was on August 14, 2011, that Hindi Cinema’s legendary
actor-director Shammi Kapoor left the mortal world to the immortal world. The Legend was battling with chronic kidney disease. He bid adieu to acting to undergo dialysis twice a day. However, he worked with his grandson Ranbir Kapoor for the last time before bidding farewell to this world.
A few days before the he closed his eyes forever, passed away, Jaya Bachchan had visited him and later revealed to Amitabh on how the Kapoor senior felt, and he penned it in his blog.
During his last two days, Shammi Kapoor was tired. Infact, he was never one to give up, he spoke for the first time in a tone that conveyed that he had had enough of Jaya a few days ago. ‘I am tired, I can’t take it anymore’ – he lamented, with choked emotion,” wrote Big B once after the actor passed away.
Recounting his painful last meeting with the Junglee actor, the senior Bachchan wrote,
“A million memories hurry past as you drive down to his Malabar Hill ‘Blue Haven’ residence. A cozy and welcoming apartment where they had spent many wonderful evenings and nights with him and his effervescence. There, as he walked past his still pale figure embalmed and kept in a frozen container, it gave a feeling as though he would spring out of it with his feisty élan and invite you over to dine with him.
In his tribute to the actor, Amitabh once wrote a guilty confession, a regret of sorts that Shammi Kapoor could not fulfill that one last wish. He wanted to own a Rolls Royce. And when Amitabh offered to send him his to keep and drive at will, he would resist it saying ‘Let me come out of the hospital, and then both shall go for a drive in it,’ he had excitedly told Amitabh. Sadly they never could get that ride together.
Unquestionably, Shammi Kapoor was acknowledged as India’s Elvis Presley. The actor, with his dancing steps, made everyone tiptoe to
“Ye Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra and “Aajkal Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche”. His songs were iconic, just like his stature! The actor still lives in the hearts of millions through his epic body of work!
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