Bollywood actor dies after battle with

0 Kapoor was being treated for a kidney ailment Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and 1980s, has died after a long illness.

A family member, Randhir Kapoor, said he died yesterday at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he was being treated for a kidney ailment.

Kapoor, who was 79, acted in more than 100 Hindi films and was also a key theatre personality.

He appeared as well in British and American films produced by Merchant Ivory productions, run by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.

His English-language movies included The Householder in 1963, Shakespeare Wallah in 1965, Bombay Talkie in 1970 and Heat And Dust, in which he co-starred with his wife, British actress Jennifer Kendal, in 1982.