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Before most Indians had even heard of the Internet, a few people in Mumbai were already experimenting with it.
And one of them was Shammi Kapoor.
But the story also involves dial-up modems and one of India’s earliest private websites.
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1/7Shammi Kapoor was a pioneer in India's digital landscape, accessing the internet and using an Apple Macintosh in 1994, a year before VSNL officially launched public internet services in the country. He co-founded and served as chairman of the Internet Users Club of India (IUCI), an initiative he established to demystify technology and promote digital adoption among the public.
Kapoor’s early engagement with the web included:
Accessing Apple’s eWorld platform and using a British Telecom line via VSNL before it was commercially available to Indians.
Creating junglee.org.in, one of India’s first celebrity family websites, which chronicled the Kapoor dynasty’s cinematic history.
Experimenting with early digital content, including video diaries he called “Shammi Kapoor Unplugged,” predating the modern vlog era.
Advocating for the internet’s potential to connect the world, famously predicting that audiences would eventually watch films on personal devices.
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