I have spent months wondering what to write about Shammi Kapoor. I keep renting DVDs of his movies and after each one I put off writing a profile of him for this web site simply because I want a better rounded picture of him to base a profile on. Today I jotted down some notes one of which reads, "When I watch Shammi Kapoor dance I let out a spontaneous cheer". This spontaneous cheer happened twice in the last Shammi movie I watched last night, Manmohan Desai's "Bluff Master" [1963]. Watching Shammi Kapoor dance makes me want to get up and dance myself.

The other interesting thing in my personal study of Shammi Kapoor on film is that each film I have seen him in was made a year or two earlier than the previous film I watched him in. So Shammi Kapoor is getting younger with each film I have so far watched. I have yet to see "Junglee" [1961] or any of his films from the 1950s, as there seems to be as of yet, no DVDs available for those titles. But as time goes by I am sure these early Shammi Kapoor films will become available and I can continue to watch him become younger and younger.

Anyway, if you want to learn more about Shammi Kapoor I suggest you go to the links below and read about him from more informed sources. Better yet go and see Shammi's own personal web site that he designed and put together in the mid 90s http://www.junglee.org.in/ it is pretty darn cool and I believe the only true 'personal' web site constructed by a Bollywood star, evergreen or present. Also film journalist Dinesh Raheja's Shammi Kapoor profile for rediff.com is a good place to start learning a bit about the man.

So at present I am still studying Shammi Kapoor... what am I saying? I should say I am still happily watching Shammi Kapoor and feel unequipped to write about him. I mean how does one write about the sheer entertainment value from watching him on screen? Just watch some of his films, you will see what I mean...