Bollywood veteran actor Shashi Kapoor is no more. “Shashi Kapoor expired at 5.20 pm on December 4 at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai,” said Dr Ram Narain, Executive director of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. He was admitted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri on Sunday night for a chest infection treatment. Shashi Kapoor passed away in Mumbai on Monday due to prolonged liver cirrhosis. He was 79.

Born as Balbir Prithviraj Kapoor on 18th March 1938 in Calcutta, Shashi kapoor was the third and youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor.

In 2011, Shashi Kapoor was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his contributions to Art-Cinema. In 2015, he was awarded the 2014 Dadasaheb Phalke Award, making him the third member of his family to receive the highest award in Indian Cinema after Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor.