Legend of cinema Prithiviraj Kapoor From Lyallpur to Bombay
The elders of Dhaki Munawar Shah, birthplace of Indian film heroes such as Raj Kapoor, Shami Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, still recall the days they spent together
"One actor who changed the eco system of Indian cinema by his sheer presence and then giving birth to 3 sons who also became legends.
Best known as Shenshah Akbar in Mughal E Azam, Prithiviraj Kapoor is the patriarch of the Kapoor family of Hindi films, five generations of which, beginning with him, have played active role in Bollywood. He is also the founder of Prithvi Theatre.
Prithviraj was born on November 3, 1906 at Samundri near the town of Lyallpur (now known as Faisalabad in Pakistan) to a middle-class family of Punjabi Khatri origin."The elders of Dhaki Munawar Shah, birthplace of Indian film heroes such as Raj Kapoor, Shami Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, still recall the days they spent together
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