Shashi Kapoor, 1938 2017: The nice guy of Indian cinema who waited long to get his due
An entire generation of women saw in him their dream guy. He was the discerning director's choice. Yet, Shashi Kapoor had to wait long to get his due in Indian cinema.
Shashi Kapoor's crooked canines saved him. Without them he would have been too perfect and boring, like the impossibly handsome heroes of the silver screen. Despite this tiny imperfection, he was never quite given his due as an actor in Indian cinema until much later in his career: the Padma Bhushan in 2011 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2015 when he was so ill and could only smile feebly. (Strangely, when his
