Trivia:He was an absolute car-crazy person. He never hired a driver ever in his life.
He loved to be behind the wheels and would often buy cars suiting his taste and persona.
Amongst his possesions the only wish which remain unfulfilled was to own and drive his own Rolls-Royce. Till the time of death, he never left his passion for driving.
Not many of his fans would be aware, but this 'Yahoo' actor and his brother Raj Kapoor acted as the disguised "Ustad"singers for songs "Chham chham baje re payelia", and "Laga chunri me daag" respectively.
He is the only actor to have worked with maximum numbers of newbies like, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Saira Bano etc.
Shammi Kapoor was not only crazy about foods, and cars; but the man was a big-time net savvy. He was the first Bollywood star who started using Internet.
Film 'Junglee' was debut for newcomer Saira Banu, who starred opposite shammi Kapoor. A decade later, in 'Zameer', Shammi Kapoor was seen playing the role of father to Saira Banu.
Not only on-screen; the actor was widely known for setting the stage on fire whether, it was on-screen or any regular party.
Right from the moment he used to enter till the time he left the party would be at its liveliest best.
His movies, ''Kashmir Ki Kali', "Teesri Manzil", "Tumsa Nahi Dekha", etc are the most popular films internationally.
His love for Kashmir, made him to shoot even a small bit of his every film in the valley.
Shammi Kapoor died during the filming of 'Rockstar', 2011, starring his grandson Ranbir Kapoor.
