Shashi Kapoor was a member of the Kapoor Family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. Kapoor was born in Kolkata during the British Raj. He was the third and youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor.In 2011, he 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.