Celebrities descend at Prithvi House to pay their last respects to Shashi Kapoor, who died in Mumbai on Monday. He was 79 and had been battling a kidney ailment and had been confined to a wheelchair for years. His mortal remains were taken to the Santacruz crematorium shortly thereafter.


Among those who made an appearance at Shashi Kapoor's Juhu residence were Rishi Kapoor, his nephew. He was in Delhi shooting for the film, Rajma Chawal and rushed back to Mumbai. Raj Kapoor's grandson Aadar Jain was also seen at Shashi Kapoor's residence.

Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Naseeruddin Shah and his wife Ratna Pathak were at the Juhu residence as well.


Kapoor had been admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital on Sunday night for treatment for a chest infection.


Kapoor was born on March 18, 1938 in Kolkata and his acting career began in the 1940s. As a child actor, Kapoor acted in Aag (1948) and Awaara (1951), where he played the younger version of the character played by his elder brother, the late Raj Kapoor (1924-1988).


He also worked as an assistant director in the 1950s.The third and youngest son of actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi made his Bollywood debut as the lead actor in the 1961 hit, Dharmputra.


He then went on to act in more than 150 films, including a dozen English language movies. Besides his Bollywood fare, he was equally involved with arthouse cinema with movies such as New Delhi Times, Utsav, Junoon, Kalyug and 36 Chowringhee Lane. He also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions for films such as Shakespeare-Wallah, The Householder and Heat And Dust.


Image: The mortal remains of the Shashi Kapoor were placed in the ambulance and taken to the Santacruz crematorium. His son Kunal Kapoor is in the picture.