{"id":140575,"date":"2025-10-23T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140575\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:09:34","slug":"this-kapoor-family-icon-smoked-100-cigarettes-a-day-until-a-yogi-transformed-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140575\/","title":{"rendered":"This Kapoor Family Icon Smoked 100 Cigarettes A Day Until A Yogi Transformed His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125248-2025-10-566333829520369ae6838b623c8e1855.png\" alt=\"In a career spanning over five decades, this legendary Bollywood actor has appeared in more than 100 films, delivering unforgettable performances.\" title=\"In a career spanning over five decades, this legendary Bollywood actor has appeared in more than 100 films, delivering unforgettable performances.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"\/><\/p>\n<p> In a career spanning over five decades, this legendary Bollywood actor has appeared in more than 100 films, delivering unforgettable performances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125308-2025-10-566333829520369ae6838b623c8e1855.png\" alt=\"Born in Mumbai into the renowned Kapoor family of Bollywood, his birth name was Shamsher Raj Kapoor. The world also fondly remembers him as the \u201cElvis Presley of India.\u201d\" title=\"Born in Mumbai into the renowned Kapoor family of Bollywood, his birth name was Shamsher Raj Kapoor. The world also fondly remembers him as the \u201cElvis Presley of India.\u201d\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Born in Mumbai into the renowned Kapoor family of Bollywood, his birth name was Shamsher Raj Kapoor. The world also fondly remembers him as the \u201cElvis Presley of India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125321-2025-10-7d3d085825045ec5fb81555fdcde172d.png\" alt=\"He is none other than the charming actor Shammi Kapoor, known for his lively on-screen persona. But behind the scenes, the story was very different!\" title=\"He is none other than the charming actor Shammi Kapoor, known for his lively on-screen persona. But behind the scenes, the story was very different!\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> He is none other than the charming actor Shammi Kapoor, known for his lively on-screen persona. But behind the scenes, the story was very different!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125341-2025-10-d6c0ad9d1c3093463eb52e2ccc16dd50.png\" alt=\"This once high-spirited actor battled serious addictions to alcohol and cigarettes, reportedly drinking daily and smoking nearly 100 cigarettes a day.\" title=\"This once high-spirited actor battled serious addictions to alcohol and cigarettes, reportedly drinking daily and smoking nearly 100 cigarettes a day.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> This once high-spirited actor battled serious addictions to alcohol and cigarettes, reportedly drinking daily and smoking nearly 100 cigarettes a day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125356-2025-10-841d175620c69bfc662a99620b1fbe51.png\" alt=\"Along with these habits, he became known for his fiery temper. Then, one man completely transformed his life, guiding him towards spirituality, simplicity and peace.\" title=\"Along with these habits, he became known for his fiery temper. Then, one man completely transformed his life, guiding him towards spirituality, simplicity and peace.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Along with these habits, he became known for his fiery temper. Then, one man completely transformed his life, guiding him towards spirituality, simplicity and peace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125455-2025-10-119d800e951d9ac4ef15501764c67846.png\" alt=\"In 1974, Shammi Kapoor\u2019s in-laws invited yogi Haidakhan Baba to their home. At first, Shammi showed little interest in meeting him. Preoccupied with his film commitments, he attended the gathering rather reluctantly.\" title=\"In 1974, Shammi Kapoor\u2019s in-laws invited yogi Haidakhan Baba to their home. At first, Shammi showed little interest in meeting him. Preoccupied with his film commitments, he attended the gathering rather reluctantly.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> In 1974, Shammi Kapoor\u2019s in-laws invited yogi Haidakhan Baba to their home. At first, Shammi showed little interest in meeting him. Preoccupied with his film commitments, he attended the gathering rather reluctantly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125527-2025-10-b61c2b967613e2d86e1b971aa6a25785.png\" alt=\"While sitting quietly in a corner and secretly clicking pictures of Baba, Shammi Kapoor suddenly felt the yogi\u2019s gaze fixed on him. That single moment stirred something deep within and awakened his spiritual curiosity.\" title=\"While sitting quietly in a corner and secretly clicking pictures of Baba, Shammi Kapoor suddenly felt the yogi\u2019s gaze fixed on him. That single moment stirred something deep within and awakened his spiritual curiosity.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> While sitting quietly in a corner and secretly clicking pictures of Baba, Shammi Kapoor suddenly felt the yogi\u2019s gaze fixed on him. That single moment stirred something deep within and awakened his spiritual curiosity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-130355-2025-10-37f30653cce6e79350b21261c828142c.png\" alt=\"Shammi Kapoor decided to visit Haidakhan Baba\u2019s ashram in Nainital. He carried along alcohol, non-vegetarian food and music, convinced that he wouldn\u2019t be able to spend even a single day without them.\" title=\"Shammi Kapoor decided to visit Haidakhan Baba\u2019s ashram in Nainital. He carried along alcohol, non-vegetarian food and music, convinced that he wouldn\u2019t be able to spend even a single day without them.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Shammi Kapoor decided to visit Haidakhan Baba\u2019s ashram in Nainital. He carried along alcohol, non-vegetarian food and music, convinced that he wouldn\u2019t be able to spend even a single day without them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125538-2025-10-edf84dd61d235a3984afb5174f047312.png\" alt=\"After reaching the ashram, just one word from Baba changed his life. Seeing him, the yogi smiled and said, \u201cMahatma Ji.\u201d\" title=\"After reaching the ashram, just one word from Baba changed his life. Seeing him, the yogi smiled and said, \u201cMahatma Ji.\u201d\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> After reaching the ashram, just one word from Baba changed his life. Seeing him, the yogi smiled and said, \u201cMahatma Ji.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125725-2025-10-1a53e18b0c34cfdb58d431eff9825df0.png\" alt=\"The serene and calm atmosphere of the ashram and Baba\u2019s divine presence had such a profound impact on Shammi that for 12 days, he neither drank alcohol nor ate meat and, surprisingly, didn\u2019t even feel the urge to do so.\" title=\"The serene and calm atmosphere of the ashram and Baba\u2019s divine presence had such a profound impact on Shammi that for 12 days, he neither drank alcohol nor ate meat and, surprisingly, didn\u2019t even feel the urge to do so.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> The serene and calm atmosphere of the ashram and Baba\u2019s divine presence had such a profound impact on Shammi that for 12 days, he neither drank alcohol nor ate meat and, surprisingly, didn\u2019t even feel the urge to do so.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125746-2025-10-a912dd487dd9f539177d55475127df49.png\" alt=\"Over time, Shammi Kapoor completely gave up alcohol and cigarettes, and embraced a spiritual way of life. His wife, Neela Devi, once shared that Guruji never forced anything upon him, Shammi chose that path on his own.\" title=\"Over time, Shammi Kapoor completely gave up alcohol and cigarettes, and embraced a spiritual way of life. His wife, Neela Devi, once shared that Guruji never forced anything upon him, Shammi chose that path on his own.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Over time, Shammi Kapoor completely gave up alcohol and cigarettes, and embraced a spiritual way of life. His wife, Neela Devi, once shared that Guruji never forced anything upon him, Shammi chose that path on his own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-23-125801-2025-10-2ae016accfecfd20fed6eba168c71e6f.png\" alt=\"Shammi Kapoor began accompanying Baba on spiritual journeys and immersed himself in sadhana. He eventually quit his 100-cigarette-a-day habit. He later created a website dedicated to Haidakhan Baba and shared his spiritual journey through Shammi Kapoor Unplugged.\" title=\"Shammi Kapoor began accompanying Baba on spiritual journeys and immersed himself in sadhana. He eventually quit his 100-cigarette-a-day habit. He later created a website dedicated to Haidakhan Baba and shared his spiritual journey through Shammi Kapoor Unplugged.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Shammi Kapoor began accompanying Baba on spiritual journeys and immersed himself in sadhana. He eventually quit his 100-cigarette-a-day habit. He later created a website dedicated to Haidakhan Baba and shared his spiritual journey through Shammi Kapoor Unplugged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a career spanning over five decades, this legendary Bollywood actor has appeared in more than 100 films,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[2157,434,18,117,19,17,83275],"class_list":{"0":"post-140575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bollywood","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-shammi-kapoor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115423646296093254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}