India's Shammi Kapoor dies at 79

KapoorLONDON -- Legendary Bollywood actor Shamsher Raj Kapoor, commonly referred to as Shammi Kapoor, died in Mumbai Sunday following kidney failure. He was 79.Shammi Kapoor's father was the actor Prithviraj Kapoor. His older brother was the late multihyphenate Raj Kapoor and more youthful brother the actor Shashi Kapoor. Shammi Kapoor made his debut in 1953 with "Jeevan Jyoti" and continued to do something inside a string of hits between your late 50s towards the early 70s including "Tumsa Nahin Dekha", "Junglee" and "A Night Time In Paris."Kapoor frequently performed flamboyant playboys coupled with a distinctive on-screen dancing style that brought the media to explain him as India's response to Elvis throughout the 60s. However, Bollywood celebrity Aamir Khan stated lately: "Shammi Kapoor is stated to become India's response to Elvis, but I only say that Elvis is America's response to Shammi Kapoor."In the early 70s, Kapoor performed character roles in Hindi-language films. Besides his acting, Kapoor seemed to be an enthusiastic Internet enthusiast and hang in the Internet Customers Community of India in 1995.Kapoor's last film role is at helmer Imtiaz Ali's under-production "Rockstar," starring his grandnephew Ranbir Kapoor. His wife Neela Devi, boy Aditya Raj and daughter Kanchan survive Kapoor. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com