Amitabh Bachchan shocked to see wheelchair confined Shashi Kapoor
The jodi of Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor gave numerous legendary hits together like Trishul, Namakhalal, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhi, Kala Patthar etc, however when Big B recently saw the photos of Shashi Kapoor who looked very ill and is confined to a wheelchair recieving life time achievement awards at the recently held Filmfare awards he was shocked.
Amitabh Bachchan expressed his feelings on his blog and wrote, “At the Filmfare Awards, when Mumbai Mirror had not appeared, the affable editor Jitesh Pillai had asked me if I would give the Lifetime achievement Award to Shashi Kapoor and I had agreed. I missed that more than the expectation of winning the best actor award. Seeing him confined to a wheel chair, was something I could never associate with Shashi ji.”
“Shashi Kapoor, that handsome gentle man. A smile on his face forever. A considerate calling on each meeting, now in this condition? Never!”
Big B further wrote, “Film after film we did together, Shashi ji and I, and shared some of my most memorable times together in the Industry. He is now my relative. His elder brother, the great Raj Kapoor’s daughter Ritu’s son Nikhil is married to Shweta. I spoke to him on his birthday some days ago and then again when I wanted to invite him to the premier of ‘Paa.’ He had sounded weak in voice and expressed his inability to come. ‘I am not well’, he had whispered faintly and I told him I would arrange a special screening for him. But I had never expected him to be the way I saw him at the Award function in the pictures a few days back.”
Shashi Kapoor has been ill for a very long time now and is confined to a wheelchair. Hope he gets well soon.
