Shashi Kapoor The Householder The Star Aseem Chhabra by Aseem Chhabra 9788129139702, 8129139707 instant download after payment.

This biography of Shashi Kapoor sheds light on one of the country's most enigmatic personalities—an actor who straddled the worlds of commercial Hindi cinema, theatre and small-budget art movies; who has been, at once, an earnest householder and a committed star. In this one-of-a-kind book, we are offered glimpses of Shashi Kapoor the family man—son of Prithviraj Kapoor, husband of Jennifer Kendal, and father to Kunal, Karan and Sanjna. We are led through Shashi Kapoor's film career—his debut as a bright-eyed child actor in Awara\ his emergence, in the hectic 1970s, as India's busiest performer—with a slew of hits including Deewaar and Trishul; and his rise to international prominence with Merchant—Ivory's The Householder and a 'trilogy' of films on older men with fading pasts. Equally, we are provided with an astute analysis of Shashi Kapoor the businessman—the proprietor of FilmValas, the producer of Shyam Benegal films and the distributor of Bobby. With luminous and thus-far undisclosed stories by the actor's family (Neetu Singh, Rishi, Sanjna and Kunal Kapoor), co-stars (Shabana Azmi, Simi Garewal, Sharmila Tagore), colleagues (Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, James Ivory, Hanif Kureishi, Aparna Sen), and friends; a compelling foreword by Karan Johar; and stunning photographs from Merchant—Ivory's archives, Shashi Kapoor. The Householder, the Star— by one of India's best-known film journalists— is as captivating as Shashi Kapoor himself.