Raj Kapoor Fires Shammi Kapoor After Shooting For A Tobacco Ad
Here’s a major throwback when Raj Kapoor gave Shammi Kapoor the firing of his life for shooting a Tobacco Ad. He asked if Shammi was ashamed
In the entire span of Shammi Kapoor and Ashok Kumar’s career, there was only once where the two shared the screen space together. It wasn’t in any movie but in an ad for Pan Parag. The ad became the most popular and had a fan following all across the globe. However, this did make Shammi Kapoor’s brother Raj Kapoor upset.
The ad was so popular that Shammi and the Kapoor family had fans sing the jingle at the Hong Kong airport on their arrival.
Check out the jingle here:
The video was released on Shammi Kapoor unplugged channel. He is seen seating and explaining everything that happened. This story has its own sweet and bitter side to it.
After they entered the airport, Raj took Shammi aside and asked him if isn’t he ashamed of himself? Shammi didn’t know what to say. What has Shammi done? Raj gave Shammi the firing of his life. He hasn’t forgotten that. He said With all your years and your contributions to the film industry, your work as an actor, where is all your Junglee gone and your Teesri Manzil gone, your Professor and Dil Deke Dekho and all? Where are they gone? Finished!’ People will remember you now by Pan Parag
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He was very right in his own way. But how could I tell him that was one of my main desires in life to work with Ashok Kumar and my only chance to work with him was in that ad. The Pan Parag ad. It was alright, it was fun, great fun.
Shammi starred in a number of hit films from the 1950s. These include Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Kashmir Ki Kali, Teesri Manzil, and An Evening in Paris. He last appeared in Rockstar, headlined by his grandson Ranbir Kapoor. The film was released shortly after his death, in 2011.
How many of you remember this jingle?