Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor dies, aged 79

Shammi Kapoor appeared in more than 100 films

Tributes have been paid to Indian film star Shammi Kapoor who has died of kidney failure in Mumbai, aged 79 .

The actor belonged to the Indian film industry's famous family of actors which included his father, Prithviraj, and brothers Raj and Shashi Kapoor.
One of the most popular stars of his generation, he starred in hits like Junglee, An Evening in Paris, Chinatown and Kashmir Ki Kali.
During his career, he acted in more than 100 films.
Kapoor had been suffering from kidney disease for some time and had been admitted to hospital last week.
"He had been undergoing dialysis for the last six or seven years but developed complications," Nikhil Gangavane, a family friend who headed the official Shammi Kapoor fan club, said.
'At a loss'
Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan tweeted that with Kapoor's death the "flamboyance and joie de vivre of the [film] industry [was] lost".
Actress Saira Banu, who starred alongside Kapoor in Junglee, told CNN-IBN: "It is a terrible shock. Shammi Kapoor was a wonderful human being. He is eternal."
Film director Karan Johar described the actor on Twitter as "one of the finest and strongest men I knew" while actress Priyanka Chopra said she was "at a loss" after hearing the news.
A prominent star in 1950s and 1960s, fans called Kapoor the "Elvis Presley of India" for his frenetic and agile dancing in romantic hits such as 1957's Tumsa Nahin Dekha (You're One of a Kind) and 1959's Dil Deke Dekho (Give Your Heart and See).
He developed a style of his own and cinema-goers flocked to the theatres just to see the actor's antics and mannerisms.

Kapoor received a lifetime achievement prize at the International Indian Film Academy Awards in 2001

With his infectious on-screen persona and energy, Kapoor was considered the Indian film industry's first real star.
However, he admitted much later that he was never a natural dancer, even if his original moves were a big draw for audiences and made him an unlikely romantic hero.
"The truth is I could never learn to dance. I even tried coaching classes but failed," he told the BBC in a 2006 interview.
"I always had a sense of music and rhythm. And that worked in my favour."