Shashi Kapoor passes away; Mera paas maa hai - his most memorable line for me
Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor passes away at 79, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/veteran-actor-shashi-kapoor-passes-away-at-79/articleshow/61916854.cms, 4th Dec. 2017
For me, the most memorable line from Shashi Kapoor was in the Hindi movie Deewar (1975 film, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deewaar) where he played the role of a dutiful and idealistic police inspector and son to his elderly mother, answering Amitabh Bachchan who played the elder brother but had turned to crime, on what he had with all his idealism and his duty as a police officer, in comparison to the riches that he (Amitabh) had got from crime. Shashi Kapoor, whose name in the movie is Ravi :-) , says with a lot of idealistic emotion, "Mera paas maa hai" [I have mother with me]! Amitabh is left speechless as Shashi Kapoor had said the truth. Amitabh for all the money he had earned through crime could not get his mother to stay with him, and that left a big hole in his life.
Here's the video clip (in Hindi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KkHkggf_aU, 1 min. 35 secs.
My prayers to Almighty God to shower His Grace on the soul of Shashi Kapoor sahab!
For me, the most memorable line from Shashi Kapoor was in the Hindi movie Deewar (1975 film, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deewaar) where he played the role of a dutiful and idealistic police inspector and son to his elderly mother, answering Amitabh Bachchan who played the elder brother but had turned to crime, on what he had with all his idealism and his duty as a police officer, in comparison to the riches that he (Amitabh) had got from crime. Shashi Kapoor, whose name in the movie is Ravi :-) , says with a lot of idealistic emotion, "Mera paas maa hai" [I have mother with me]! Amitabh is left speechless as Shashi Kapoor had said the truth. Amitabh for all the money he had earned through crime could not get his mother to stay with him, and that left a big hole in his life.
Here's the video clip (in Hindi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KkHkggf_aU, 1 min. 35 secs.
My prayers to Almighty God to shower His Grace on the soul of Shashi Kapoor sahab!
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