Amitabh: 'Shashi Kapoor is most deserving of Dadasaheb Phalke Award'

Amitabh Bachchan has said that Shashi Kapoor is 'most deserving' of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Writing on Facebook on hearing news of the recognition bestowed upon his former co-star, Bachchan posted a picture of himself with Kapoor and comedian Asrani.

He wrote: "Shashi ji AB and Asrani at a social evening. Shashi ji has just won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, most deserving."

Bachchan and Kapoor were co-stars in several landmark Bollywood films.

In Deewar, they played brothers who end up on opposite sides of the law; in Do Aur Do Paanch and Shaan, they played small time crooks who eventually reform.

They also co-starred in Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Kaala Patthar and Trishul.

In 1991, Kapoor directed Bachchan in Ajooba.

Kapoor, now 77, was announced as the recipient of the 2014 Dadasaheb Phalke Award yesterday (March 23).

He is the third in his family to receive India's highest cinema honour, after his father Prithviraj Kapoor and elder brother Raj Kapoor.