SHAMMI KAPOOR was an absolute original who redefined the profile of the Hindi film hero in the late 50s and cast him in a unique highly individualistic mould. He was a far cry from the self-righteous hero of the time. He broke the existing rules made his own. He became the first hero to break into the formidable cordon of the Big Three of the time Raj Kapoor Dilip Kumar and DevAnand who had dominated the scene unchallenged for more than a decade.As film scholar ...
