Shammi Kapoors' life in Pictures Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died at 5:50 am 14th August in Mumbai.  Suffering from renal failure, the actor had been hospitalized a month ago.  The funeral for the Bollywood legend was held  (August 15)  at 11 am at Ban Ganga crematorium, Mumbai. Here's a look his remarkable journey so far... The Kapoors of Bollywood:  Back row (left to right) – Raj Kapoor & wife Krishna, Shammis' second wife Neela Devi with  Shammi, Shashis' wife Jennifer holding their daughter Sanjana, Shashi Kapoor Seated  â€“ Prithviraj Kapoor with wife Rama Front row (left to right)- Rishi Kapoor (second son of Raj Kapoor), Kanchan (Shammi Kapoors' daughter),  Rima (Raj Kapoors' daughter), Rajiv Kapoor (youngest son of Raj Kapoor), Aditya Kapoor (Shammi Kapoors' son),  Karan (Shashi Kapoors' son), Randhir Kapoor (Raj Kapoors' eldest son) and Kunal Kapoor (Shashi Kapoors' son) Shammi spent his first few years with dad and legendary actor Prithviraj Kapoor who was  deeply involved with the New Theatre Studios in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Shammi did his  schooling in Calcutta and then Mumbai where they finally settled. He did college for a while but soon left to join Prithvi Theatres.  He started his career doing small roles in his fathers' films. Shammi Kapoor married fellow actress Geeta Bali in 1955 and were blessed with two kids son  Aditya Raj and daughter Kanchan. Tragedy struck Shammi during the filming of his hit film  Teesri Manzil when Geeta died of small pox  leaving him with his two kids.  This led to a brief romance with Mumtaaz but that didn't last long and finally in 1969 he married  Neela Devi Gohil of the royal family of Bhavnagar. Talking about his professional life.  Shammis' first movie as lead actor was  Jeevan Jyoti (1953). His early movies were  Rail ka Dibba (1953), Laila Majnu  (1953),  Shama Parwana (1954),  Miss Coca Cola (1955) and  Rangeen Raatein (1956). But it was  Tumsa Nahin Dekha opposite actress Ameeta that established him as an  actor and  he became popular for his carefree and stylish playboy image. Dil Dekhe Dekho got us the popular Shammi-Asha Parekh j odi  and it also  cemented his casanova image. Junglee  in 1961 mad him a household name and his song  Yahoo, chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe became a rage and is still one of the best songs ever. Shammi quickly became every directors' favourite romantic hero. Shammi was paired with all the leading actresses of the time. Other than Asha, he worked with  Sharmila Tagore, Saira Banu, Sadhana and Rajshree. The Sixties were the golden years of his career. He turned out hit after hit including Teesri Manzil ,  Professor, Kashmir ki Kali, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, Dil Tera Diwana,  Bluffmaster, Janwar and Rajkumar . Brahmachari in 1968 opposite Mumtaaz won him the Filmfare Best Actor award. Legendary singer Mohammed Rafi was his favourite playback singer. His style of dancing became a rage in songs like  Yahoo  (Junglee) ,  O  Haseena Zulfonwali  ( Teesr Manzil)  and Aaj kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche ( Brahmachari) . Shammi began to lose some of his shine in the 70s and  Andaz (1971) was  one of his last hits. In the 80s, he shifted focus to doing supporting actor roles and in 1982 he  bagged the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award  for  Vidhata .  He was also seen in  Zameer, Prem Rog, Hero, Yeh Vaada Raha,  Betaab, Ahista Ahista, Parvarish and  Rocky . He was seen in  Aur Pyar Ho Gaya (1996),  Kareeb (1998),  Jaanam Samjha Karo (1999)  and  East is East (1999). His last movie was  Sandwich in 2006. Shammi Kapoor was awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995  and Phalke Legend Actor Award in  2009 for his contribution to the Hindi film industry. Shammi was very tech-savvy and became Bollywood's first internet user with the Kapoor family website he  launched in the ‘90s. He is also the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India.