Shashi Kapoor: Wife Jennifer thought Shashi Kapoor was ‘Gay’ in the first meeting – Shashi Kapoor birthday

• Today is the birthday of the late actor Shashi Kapoor
• Actor Shashi Kapoor was married to his foreign girlfriend Jennifer Kendall in 1958
• Jennifer first met Shashi Kapoor on 'Gay'

The late actor of Bollywood Shashi Kapoor Today is his birthday. Born on March 18, 1938, in Kolkata, Shashi Kapoor has directed many super-hit films in his Bollywood career. Kapoor has been the talk of the town for a long time. Shashi Kapoor married his foreign girlfriend Jennifer Kendall in 1958. But before that, his love story with Jennifer is just as interesting.

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Jennifer’s younger sister Felicity Kendall mentions the love story of Jennifer and Shashi Kapoor in her book ‘White Cargo’. When Jennifer went to the opera house with a friend to see a play, S. Kapoor’s eyes fell on Jennifer and Shashi fell in love with Jennifer at first sight, according to Jennifer’s sister in her book. But at that time S. Kapoor did not have much success in the field of acting so it took him a long time to get acquainted with Jennifer.

Shashi Kapoor wrote in her book ‘Prithviwalaj’, ‘I had seen many of Jennifer’s plays. But she was never noticed. A few days later when she met me at the Royal Opera House, she told me that I live in Mumbai and we can meet. The next day, we met and realized that Jennifer was five years older than I was. ‘ Shashi used to travel by train to a station every day to spend time with Jennifer. Even so, he says in his book.

Shashi Kapoor also tells the special story of Jennifer and their first meeting in her book. At that time, 18-year-old S Kapoor was so shy that he used to talk to Jennifer. It just so happened that Jennifer was beginning to feel ‘gay’. Shashi wrote in her book ‘Prithviwalaj’, ‘Two days after our first meeting, Jennifer told me that she thought I was’ gay’. Of course, within a few days, Jennifer’s misunderstanding was dispelled, and in 1958, they were engaged.