Lifetime Achievement Award to Shashi Kapoor news
The Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society held 12th awards function on March 13th 2009 to honour veterans for their contribution to Indian cinema and recognize contemporary talent. BMRC selects an outstanding film every year for its bold depiction of the humanistic values matching Bimal Roy's cinematic legacy.
The special invitees for the March 13th event were Shashi Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Prasoon Joshi, lyricist Yogesh, director Shoaib Mansoor, composer Shantanu Moitra and many others.
Shri Shashi Kapoor received a Lifetime Award for his contribution to cinema. He is literally, India's first cross over actor to have played in numerous International films including Merchant Ivory productions . Aged and ailing , Shashi Kapoor made a great effort to receive this honour personally. He received a tumultuous applause. Not an eye was dry in the large auditorium for this once gorgeous actor. Handing him this citation, Shabana Azmi paid respect to Kapoor saying:" I fell in love with Shashi when 6 years old and remain in love. He has been my Guru and mentor. I am specially privileged to give this award."
The only film Shashi Kapoor did with director Bimal Ro was PREMPATRA a Hindi remake of the superhit Bengali SAGARIKA (starring Uttam - Suchitra)
Veteran lyricist Yogesh, of ANAND, RAJNIGANDHA,CHITCHOR fame, almost a discovery of Salil Chowdhury , was honoured for enriching cinema through his evocative poetry. Prasoon Joshi handed him the award....Yogesh was full of nostalgia and memories of the bygone era.
Historian, author, documentary film maker, B.D. Garga is honoured for his scholarly work. Director Shoab Mansoor recognized for his courageous film, Khuda Kay Liye, that deals sensitively with an explosive contemporary issue .Naseeruddin Shah who plays a cameo in the film recalls almost rejecting it. Until the director sent him a 2 page synopsis which finally convinced Naseer about this project. He cherishes working for it.Shantanu Moitra received the first Salil Chowdhury Award for keeping alive the musical tradition of  the great maestro.
The BRMC awards were decided by a Jury presided over by eminent filmmaker Jahnu Barua. Other Jury members were director Vinay Shukla, Anjum Rajabali, Bhawana Somaaya & Maithili Rao and permanent Jury Secretary, Rinki Roy Bhattacharya.
The awards function was followed by a live concert Smriti Sandhya, the popular musical awash in nostalgia for the evergreen songs of Hindi cinema's golden age paying rich tribute to Jaidev's melodious music. It features young singers Arnab Chatterjee, Pamela Jain, , Sreekant Krishnamurthy and the child wonder , Shreya Nayak , only 13 years old. She sings like a diva already and has many miles to go. Conductor Pijush Dhar, once assistant to Salil Chowdhury swung the baton to these golden melodies.
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Shashi Kapoor really deserves this. He
Shashi Kapoor really deserves this. He has acted, as mentioned in many crossover films such as "Heat and Dust," and not to mention other films like "Siddhartha."
Recently watching some old films such as "Aamne Samne", "Junoon," "Bombay Talkie," "Waqt," "Kabhi Kabhie," "Suhana Safar," "Aa Gale Lag Jaa," "Sharmilee," "Satyam Shivam Sunderam" and "Jab Jab Phool Khile," " Kalyug," and "Trishul," made me think how talented Shashi Kapoor is - not to mention the few films that he directed.
Glad to know that he has finally been rewarded with this honour.
Shashi Kapoor has played versatile
Shashi Kapoor has played versatile charatcers with a nice blend of balance between in commercial and artistic films.He has produced gems in parallel cinema movies like junoon,36 chaurangee lane and kalyug. He was the the first to act in diverse cross cultural films.He really deserve big applaud from all his viewers for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Himanshu, I would totally agree with
Himanshu, I would totally agree with you. One of his first films that I remember watching was "Bombay Talkie" and "Shakespearewalla" and those I really enjoyed. I remember, many years back, as a child, I was in Nairobi, Kenya, and Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore were there filming for a film entitled, "My Love," alot of us tried to go to the sites where they were filming but for some unknown reasons, we failed and I was not in a good mood as Shashi Kapoor was, and still is, one of my favourite actors.