Shashi Kapoor gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award - The Hindu

Shashi Kapoor gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award - The Hindu













Shashi Kapoor gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award- The
Hindu, March 23, 2015

http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/veteran-actor-shashi-kapoor-gets-dadasaheb-phalke-award/article7024571.ece?

                             

                   He deserves the
prestigious DADASAHEB PHALKE award mainly on 3 COUNTS! (1)For producing most
memorable movies like Junoon ,Kalyug,36 Chowringhee Lane,Vijeta & Utsav.

                  

                  In first the first two  movoies,
Junoon & Kalyug , Famed Shyam Bengal was director,With"36 Choringhee
Lane Shashi Kapoor introduced Aparna Sen as director who won many international
awards for her very first movie & later directed many such award winning
movies,In vijeta it was Govind Nihlani,Shyam Benegal's Famed Cinematographer
who held the megaphone as director & lastly in Utsav,he introduced Girish
Karnad as its director!

          

                 These art films & Making directors of INTERNATIONAL FAME out of
APARNA SEN & GIRISH KARNAD was his BIGGEST contribution!

           
(2)THE 2nd biggest contribution was his British & American films
made nder the banner o Merchant Ivory Proudctions, run by Ismail Merchant &
James Ivory like -The Householder, Shakespeare Wallah, Bombay talkie &
Heat  &Dust“!

            

                     (3)Last majopr contribution from him was his "PRITHVI THEATRES that
he ran despite losses to encourage THEATRE & few performances in his own
films- Junoon, Kalyug, Vijeta, Utsav &out side films like Dharamputra,
Waqt, Deevar, Kala Pathar, Namak Halal!

                         

             

                  

                              Started as Child star(AWARA),became mega-star&producer&Ran
Prithvi Theatre!

 Shashi Kapoor gets Dadasaheb Award-Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article7024571.ece

                      Deserved this for HUGE
BODY of work as Actor(English&Hindi)&PRODUCER!