Shammi Kapoor’s coterie of debutantes

Rishi Kapoor brags that he has introduced the maximum number of debutante heroines. But it was his uncle the towering Shammi Kapoor who gave to the film industry the maximum number of heroines who went on to be legends in their own right.
Take a look
Asha Parekh in Dil Deke Dekho: The film gave Asha Parekh an instant image as the go-go girl. She went on to star in a number of jubilee hits and always said Shammi K was lucky for her.
Saira Banuin Junglee: The kamsin, frail, nazuk, nakhrewali heroine made her debut with Shammi Kapoor who was a huge star by the time he got to this one. Yet look at the man’s generosity. He didn’t allow her to be overshadowed. If he had songs like Ehsaan tera hoga mujhpar and Chahe koi mujhe jungle kahe,she had Kashmir ki kali hoon main and the female version of the tandem Ehsaan tera hog mujhpar.
Sharmila Tagore in Kashmir Ki Kali: The Bengali beauty with crater-like dimples got her first break in Hindi with the Yahoo star. Shammi wooed Sharmila in style with numbers like Yeh duniya ussi ki zamana ussika mohabbat mein jo ho gaya ho kissika and Isharon isharon mein.
Kalpana in Professor: This was the only Shammi Kapoor debutante who went wrong. Shammi Kapoor gave Kalpana all the right moves . But she messed it up. One heard of Kalpana going into a life of disrepute.Sad.