Shashi Kapoor - a stylish lover boy who could have been a lot more

While the veteran actor gave some unforgettable performances, he did not always get roles that challenged him

The last of the three Kapoor brothers, who strode across the Hindi film industry for three decades, is gone. The debonair actor, who had remained out of the limelight for years, was 79. Shashi Kapoor was the youngest after Raj and Shammi Kapoor and though he made his adult debut in 1961, he really came into his own in the 1970s when he was one of the busiest actors around. So busy in fact, that his own brother Raj Kapoor found it difficult to get time from him for his film Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

Kapoor was known for his good