Shammi Kapoor missed the 2010 Padma Awards

This year, famous Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor’s name had been removed from the Padma awards short list. His name was recommended by the search committee. He was listed no.24 on the list but the Padma Awards Committee, who makes the final decision, removed his name. The information was disclosed to Subhash Chandra Agrawal, on February 24, 2010. He filed an RTI (Right to Information) application with the home ministry. Others whose name had been removed were Leander Paes, Drupad singers the Gundecha brothers, and painter S.G. Vasudev.

The Kapoors ruled the Indian cinema, in the 50s and 60s and Shammi Kapoor is one of the top actors from the Kapoor family. Born on October 21, 1931, to Ramsarni Mehra and Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor started his acting career by joining his father’s theatrical company, Prithvi Theatres. In 1948, he started acting in movies. He started out as a junior artist with a salary of Rs.50 per month. Till 1952, Shammi Kapoor worked with his father. In 1953, he made his debut as a hero in Mr. Mahesh Kaul directed Jeevan Jyoti. In the movie, Shammi Kapoor was paired up with Chand Usmani. Initially, he started with comedy movies but gradually went on doing serious films with established Bollywood actresses of that time including Madhubala, Asha Parekh, Saira Banu, and Sharmila Tagore. Shammi Kapoor acted in many hit movies and came to be known as one of the finest actors ever produced by Bollywood. Some of his movies are Dil Deke Dekho Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Junglee, Professor, China Town, Char Dil Char Rahen, Raat ke Raahi, Dil Tera Diwana, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, Bluff Master, Janwar and Rajkumar.

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The year 2009 has been very good for Katrina Kaif. With movies like Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani and De Dana Dan, she once again grabbed the top spot in Bollywood in 2009. But in 2010, she will face some serious competition from actresses like Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. According to news report, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra signed some movies with top Bollywood production houses and this made Katrina Kaif very much insecure.

Katrina Kaif mainly plays glamorous roles in her cinemas. Now, the actress is looking forward to do different types of roles. In 2010, Katrina Kaif will be seen playing the role of a politician in Rajneeti, an issue based movie. The movie will also see top Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgan. In addition, Katrina Kaif will working in another action movie in 2010. The movie will be directed by Abbas-Mustan and it is inspired from the hit Hollywood movie, Italian Job. Katrina Kaif is very much interested to work with Madhur Bhadarkar. The three times National award winning director is famous for making female centric and the actresses who worked in his movies also won numerous accolades. Let’s see who takes up the top spot in Bollywood in 2010.

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