Shammi Kapoor, the 77-year-old yahoo hero of the 60s Shares his personal moments , an anecdote surfaced throwing light on the understanding Raj Kapoor had about his younger brother’s nature and his nascent love for the celluloid.

“When my father got summons from the Principal of Don Bosco where I was enrolled to come and see the school authorities and take note of the errant ways of his ward, who bunked classes to go to cinema theatres, he (Prithviraj Kapoor) asked Rajsaab to go and inquire,” Shammi Kapoor, who was in pune to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ongoing Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), recalled.

“My brother Raj Kapoor came to my school and heard the complaints against me from the principal. After listening to the teachers he simply called me and asked me collect my books and come home with him.”

Going down the memory lane, Shammi Kapoor said, “as I got into the car and came home, Raj told our father what transpired at the school”. So what were the corrective measures for Shammi mooted by Rajsaab?

Nothing. He simply declared that since his love for theatres was not approved by Don Bosco, he should go to a new school.