Shammi Kapoor: Shammi Kapoor used to smoke 100 cigarettes a day, meeting Guruji in Mauritius changed his whole life – wife neila devi revealed shammi kapoor life changed by his guruji haidakhan baba know about more details inside

Shammi Kapoor had given up alcohol

Neela Devi was asked if she never stopped Shammi Kapoor from drinking? To this she replies, ‘When it came to drinking alcohol and cigarettes, he did not listen to anyone. He used to do this to himself only when there was a special day. Like every year, he never drank alcohol from January 1 to January 21. Because Geeta Bali, who was his first wife, fell ill on 1st January and died on 21st. After this, he had reduced the touch of alcohol to a great extent. He didn’t drink everyday. Used to drink occasionally.

Shammi Kapoor did not work for 2 years

Neela Devi further said, ‘We got married in 1969 and in 1970 Prithviraj ji and my mother-in-law also fell ill. Shammi ji started spending more time with him and we started living with him. Shammi ji did not work at all for two years. During that time Raj ji was busy with ‘Mera Naam Joker’. And Shashi ji was shooting 4-5 films together. Amidst all this, Shammi ji had come very close to his parents. Parents were also happy to see that now they are settled with me. Although it was not easy for him to stay away from his work for 2 years.

Shammi Kapoor met Guruji

When my parents-in-law passed away, Shammi ji went to Mauritius and met our Guruji there. His name is Haidakhan Wale Baba. I started believing him. Some people also know him by the name of Bhole Baba. Shammi ji had never trusted any other baba before him. But he started trusting them. He changed our life. Even my son Aditya got married in Guruji’s ashram. Where there was neither light nor any facility. The temperature was also in minus. But all the family members attended.

Babaji changed Shammi Kapoor’s life

Neela Devi further told that Guruji never imposed anything on Shammi ji. Still he started going on tours with Guruji. Wherever he used to go, Shammiji used to accompany him. I had started applying tika on my forehead only after meeting him. Babaji changed our whole life. When mother-in-law was leaving, she had given me a photo of Babaji. But during that time it did not occur to Shammi ji that he had to meet because he did not trust. But he changed after meeting Baba.

Shammi Kapoor became the father of Saira Banu

Neela Devi told that she was offered a character role in the film ‘Jameer’. In this, Saira Banu became his daughter. Amitabh Bachchan was in the lead role and Shammi was then 40 years old. In such a situation, he was in dilemma whether to accept this role or not because Saira Banu was his first heroine in ‘Junglee’. He was upset about becoming the father of the one with whom he had romanced. But later he made up his mind to do this role after consulting his wife.

Shammi Kapoor’s kidney was damaged due to lungs

Neela Devi told that the computer had also come then. He used to spend hours on it. Used to eat and drink there. All the children used to do something or the other while sitting on the computer with him. Not only this, he had also stopped smoking with this computer, otherwise he used to smoke 100 cigarettes a day. This damaged his lungs. He never had kidney problem. In the year 2003, his lungs had deteriorated. He was on ventilator for a month in the hospital. Simply because his lungs were over. Now he was very ill during that time, so he was given steroids and antibiotics. Its effect reached his kidney and due to this dialysis started. Although then he remained active.