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Handsome and dashing Shakti Kapoor made his debut in films in the mid-70s when Bollywood had many villains like Danny, Ranjeet, Prem Chopra etc ruling the roost. Hence despite a charming personality and a degree in acting from India’s premium acting institute viz. FTII (Film and Television Inst .. Read More
A disobedient student who was thrown out of school thrice
Like in ‘Reel’ Life, Shakti Kapoor in ‘Real’ Life too has been a rebellious, mischievous rough and tough guy since his school days.
He was never interested in .. Read More
Shakti Kapoor married Shivangi Kolhapure despite parent’s opposition
After a dispute with their father over the travel business Shakti Kapoor left his house in anger leaving his parents in agony. Similarly, when his parents were searching for a bride .. Read More
Shakti Kapoor’s ragging at FTII
After failure in setting up a travel business, Shakti Kapoor decided to make a career in films and landed at FTII (Film & Television Institute of India) in Pune. Here he was ragged by his seniors and his stylish haircut was chopped and threatened not to smoke!!
Wanna know who was his senior? None other but the heartthrob of millions Mithun Chakraborty!
After completing the acting course at FTII life was not a smooth ride for Shakti Kapoor. He had to struggle a lot.
He survived doing insignificant roles in small movies like Do Jasoos (1975) Khel Khiladi Ka(1977), Darwaza (1978), Sargam (1979), Lootmaar (1980) etc.
An accident with a Mercedes car changed Shakti Kapoor’s Life
Though Shakti Kapoor was struggling to make a career in films but he was making good money from Modeling. He used to move in Rickety Fiat.
Once while he was driving on Mumbai’s posh Linking road, suddenly a classy Mercedes car crashed into his car. Shakti Kapoor was quite annoyed and came out of his car in full fury to thrash the driver of Mercedes but when he saw the driver all his anger fizzed out!!! Who was the driver that evaporated Shakti’s anger?
Well, he was the debonair actor cum filmmaker Feroz Khan! Watching Feroz Khan, Shakti Kapoor lost all his temper and began begging to give him a role in his film. Feroz Khan was overwhelmed by Shakti Kapoor’s dashing personality and his stylish attitude!
He gave him a pivotal villain role in his super hit film Qurbani (1980) and thus began, Shakti Kapoor’s glorious journey in Bollywood.
Sunil Dutt rechristened Sunil Kapoor as Shakti Kapoor
Impressed by Shakti Kapoor’s villainy in Qurbani, actor cum filmmaker Sunil Dutt, who was making Rocky, a launching pad for his son Sanjay Dutt signed Shakti Kapoor to play the main villain.
But Dutt was not happy with Shakti’s name which was Sunil hence he rechristened him as Shakti with the mega success of Rocky (1981), Shakti Kapoor became the star villain and was signed by top filmmakers like Manmohan Desai (Naseeb), Subhash Ghai (Hero), Dev Anand (Swami Dada), Prakash Mehra (Dalaal) etc.
The incredible Jodi of Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan
Shakti Kapoor would have been reduced to just a villain if he had not had the privilege of working with veteran actor Kader Khan, who pulled him out of the ditch of villainy and gave him a new lease of life in comedy.
The two have worked together in 125 films!
The journey started with Himmatwala (1983) in which for the first time Shakti Kapoor took to comedy and then the duo became so popular that they did many hit films like Mawaali, Tohfa, Maqsad, Geraftaar, Raja Babu, Haseena Maan Jaayegi, Deewana Mastana, Hero No. 1, Judwaa etc.
The Jodi became so popular that the film Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri was made to cash on their popularity and it was a box office hit!
Readers will be surprised to know that Shakti Kapoor has not won any awards as a villain but has won the Best Comedian Filmfare award for Raja Babu.
Awards
Filmfare Award - Best Comedian for Raja Babu (1994)
Milestones
Shakti Kapoor became immortal with Crime Master Gogo in Andaaz Apna Apna
“Crime Master Gogo naam hai mera, aankhen nikal ke gotiyan khelt hoon main….”
This hilarious dialogue from Shakti Kapoor’s film Andaaz Apna Apna (194) has become synonymous with Shakti Kapoor and it would not be wrong to say that the unparalleled character of Crime Master Gogo is the milestone in the career of Shakti Kapoor and it has immortalized Shakti Kapoor in the annals of Indian Cinema.
But what is stunning is that when Rajkumar Santoshi narrated the character of Crime Master Gogo to Shakti Kapoor, he was amused at the silly character and initially had reservations about doing the absurd role. But Santoshi was convinced of its popularity and coaxed Shakti Kapoor to daringly attempt the role. He assured him that the role would make him memorable and true to his words when the film was released Shakti Kapoor won wide acclaim for his hilarious role.
He was even nominated for Filmfare Best Comedian award but interestingly the same year he was nominated for his other great comedy role in Raja Babu and was awarded for Raja Babu instead of Andaaz Apna Apna.
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