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.
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
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.
01:24Sir, I would like to ask a question.
01:27When we talk about Mr. Prithviraj Kapoor, I always hear a poem.
01:31It goes like this.
01:32For thousands of years, Nargis cried for her sister.
01:34With great difficulty, she was born in 1954.
01:36That's right.
01:38Now, we would like to hear from you.
01:42Mr. Prithviraj Kapoor was my father.
01:46He was not just my father.
01:49He was a very good person.
01:52He was a very good person.
01:54It is not easy for me to praise him.
02:03He was a very simple and nice person.
02:08He used to make everyone happy.
02:15This is my only wish.
02:19Whenever I think of him, I think of him with love.
02:24I got the name Prithvi Theater.
02:29Prithvi Theater gave birth to people like us.
02:35People like me.
02:37People like me.
02:41Prithvi Theater has been running for 28 years.
02:49I would like to say this.
02:51I would like to request you all.
02:53I would like to thank you for making us Prithvi Theaters.
02:59You should make us Prithvi Theaters.
03:01You are the one who makes us Prithvi Theaters.
03:04I would like to thank all of you.
03:11We heard that Mr. Shammi Kapoor remembered his father.
03:17He used to see himself in the mirror.
03:19Do you remember anything like this?
03:21If you can share it with us.
03:23I was very young.
03:25Mr. Shammi Kapoor was older than me.
03:27He was 7 years older than me.
03:29Mr. Shammi Kapoor was older when Prithvi Theater was born.
03:33I was a very young child.
03:36I was 7 or 8 years old.
03:39When Prithvi Theater started.
03:41I didn't do anything.
03:45But I liked it very much.
03:52When people put a smile on people's faces in the name of Prithvi Theater.
03:59And they love us a lot.
04:03I want that love to continue.
04:08Mr. Shammi Kapoor remembered his father.
04:11We would go to Juhu for a picnic in my father's open.
04:15Papa ji never kept the rear view mirror.
04:18So 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.
04:54Sir, the name of the book is Kaladesh Ki Sehwag.
04:57So from the Kapoor family.
04:59There is another person in Sehwag.
05:01Very soon.
05:02The future son-in-law 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.
05:10And my love and blessings are with him.
05:16If I want.
05:18It is a very good work.
05:21The work has to be done like a film star.
05:27But it should be good.
05:30And 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 here is Mr. Aryaz 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.
06:04I 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 cannot take a holiday.
06:23So my father had to send Raj.
06:25Go and see.
06:27They have an objection.
06:29So when they told Raj.
06:31That he cannot take a holiday.
06:34We will not permit him to work in any theater.
06:37Raj told me.
06:38Go son.
06:39Pick up 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 got me expelled from school.
06:51I left Don Bosco School just like that.
06:54So luckily 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.
07:10My father has inspired in all of us.
07:13Very good discipline basically.
07:15Very good thinking.
07:17And believe me.
07:20Whatever we have learnt.
07:22We have learnt at his feet.
07:25If I say.
07:27Yahoo is mine.
07:28No.
07:29Yahoo was born somewhere in theater.
07:32In Bahadur Khan Pathan.
07:38That was also a style of Yahoo.
07:40My father instilled that in me.
07:42Yahoo is not mine.
07:44That is also his.
07:45Whatever I have done in my life.
07:48That is his.
07:49That is his gift.
07:50That is his blessing.
07:52Sir, you have told us about your first experience in theater.
07:55Do you remember your first experience in theater?
07:57When I came to theater.
07:59When I left theater.
08:00I came to Shashiji Theater.
08:05Shashiji 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 Kazdar Studios.
08:19I came for that.
08:20Shashiji came to theater after that.
08:22You ask him.
08:24You have worked with so many people.
08:26There were many junior artists.
08:28What kind of interaction did you have with them?
08:30With junior artists.
08:32I.
08:34The junior artists.
08:36I have always worked with them.
08:44I have not worked for the last 10 years.
08:46I have retired.
08:48But.
08:50Till that time.
08:52I have worked with junior artists.
08:54I have done a good job.
08:56I have done a good job.
08:58I have done a good job.
09:00I have done a good job.
09:02I am grateful to them.
09:04I am grateful to them.
09:06I can say thank you.
09:08I can say thank you.
09:10I want to say.
09:12I want to say.
09:14I hope.
09:16The little stars.
09:18The little stars.
09:20Will come.
09:22I want to help them.
09:24I want to help them.
09:26Will come.
09:28How many things.
09:30Your father told us.
09:32Will come.
09:34How many things.
09:40There are many things.
09:42Will come.
09:44I was very fond of many things, like I told you about the small convertible car which had 16 people in it.
09:53Babaji used to sit 16 people in it and take them on picnics.
09:58Today, I can tell you that I used to not let more than 5 people sit in my car.
10:03How did I dare to do that?
10:07In those days, there was no traffic and it was very crowded.
10:18So, I used to take them on my way.
10:25Babaji's memories are the biggest thing.
10:31I have a small memory of Babaji, but it is all due to Babaji that we have come this far.
10:46I am very grateful to Babaji and his theatre.
10:56We have learnt a lot through Babaji's theatre.
11:02We have done a lot of good work.
11:05Now, we are doing a lot of good work.
11:10It is a good thing.
11:14What would you like to say to the people of Samaria?
11:19I have already said it.
11:21What would you like to say to the people of Samaria?
11:24I think that Samaria is a big test for the people of Samaria.
11:33They will definitely succeed.
11:35It is a big test.
11:38They have to keep their father's name, mother's name and grandfather's name.
11:45They have to make them proud.
11:47They have two famous uncles.
11:49So, it is a tough fight.
11:52But it is also an incentive to work hard and do good work.
11:56They will definitely succeed.
11:58What do you expect from the coming generation, like Ranbir Kapoor?
12:03How much time will he give to Prithvi Theatre?
12:07No, definitely not.
12:09This is really a focus of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kapoor.
12:13They put their energies into building this theatre.
12:15Kunal Kapoor managed the theatre for 8 years.
12:18He managed it.
12:20People forget that he managed it.
12:22He kept Prithvi Theatre alive.
12:24And very gradually I started working.
12:26I have been working for 17 years.
12:28But it is not like I have been doing everything for 17 years.
12:32Now, the management is with me and my team.
12:36This 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.