Jennifer Kendal - Shashi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer met for the first time in Calcutta, in 1956, where he was part of Prithvi Theatre troupe, while she was playing Miranda in the play The Tempest, by the Shakespeareana travelling troupe. Soon, Shashi Kapoor started touring with the Shakespeareana Company, and in July 1958 they married. Kendal and her husband were also instrumental in the rejuvenation of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay, with the opening of their theatre in Juhu, Bombay in 1978, which is today one of the most important theatre destinations in the city, a venture now managed by her daughter Sanjana. Kendal and Kapoor also starred in a number of films together, particularly those produced by Merchant Ivory Productions.

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