Cinemaazi remembers Shashi Chand Kapoor on his birth anniversary

In 1943, when his father F C Kapoor started the production of Lady Doctor (1944), Shashi would visit the sets often to watch the shoot. The crew fell short of a cameo scene, Shashi was asked to do it at the age of 9. This cameo opened the doors for more work for him as he was called for an interview with Sohrab Modi, who was then looking for a young boy to play a small part with Mehtab in the film Parakh (1944). Shashi was offered the role and thus bagged his first role with dialogues. His film career had now taken off as producers started approaching him for roles.