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Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Birthday: 1956-12-24 | Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Living in a Chawl in Tilak Nagar, Punjabi-speaking Anil was born in 1959 to Surinder and Nirmal aka Suchitra Kapoor. He has an elder brother, Boney, a sister, Reena, and a younger brother, Sanjay. His dad used to be Shammi Kapoor's Secretary. A loner, without many friends, he studied in the nearby O.L.P.S. (Our Lady of Perpetual Succor) School, and was an ardent fan of Bollywood flicks that were telecast during the Ganesh Maha Utsav every year. He was a fan of Raj Kapoor, and it was this that influenced his acting, and people saw him as a mimic of the legendary showman. He landed a role as a child artiste with Shashi Kapoor in the lead, but the movie (Tu Payal Main Geet) was never released. After school, he went to study in St. Xaviers College. He commuted by bus and train from Chembur to Bombay V.T., and the walked the rest of the way. It was here that he met Mazhar Khan. A distracted Anil was kicked out of College in the second year due to his lack of presence. His attempts to join the Pune Film Institute were in vain, as he failed in the written examination. He then decided to join Roshan Taneja's Acting school. He first appeared on the silver screen in Hamhare Tumhare in a character role. His first lead role was in 'Woh 7 Din' and from thence on there has been no looking back. He has acted in close to a 100 movies, and has 5 in production. He has produced two movies (Gandhi My Father & Badhaai Ho Badhaai), as well as been a Casting Director/Outdoor In charge for 'Hum Paanch'. Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's 2008 Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press Globally, Anil Kapoor is one of the most recognized Indian actors. Anil met wealthy and chic model, Sindhi-speaking Sunita Bhambhani, and married her in 1984. Since then they have given birth to 3 children, kapoor has two daughters and a son Harshwardhan Kapoor.Kapoor's elder daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor. Rhea Kapoor attended school in New York and is now a producer in Mumbai.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
JugJugg Jeeyo

as    Bheem Saini

2022
Thar

as    Inspector Surekha Singh

2020
Malang

as    Anjaney Agashe

2020
AK vs AK

as    Self

2019
Total Dhamaal

as    Avinash Patel

2019
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

as    Balbir Chaudhary

2019
The Zoya Factor

as    Himself (Guest Appearance)

2018
Fanney Khan

as    Prashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"

2018
Race 3

as    Shamsher Singh

2017
Oasis

as    Vikram Danesh

2015
Dil Dhadakne Do

as    Kamal Mehra

2013
Race 2

as    Inspector Robert D'Costa

2013
Mahabharat

as    Karna

2012
Tezz

as    Arjun Khanna

2011
2008
Tashan

as    Bhaiyyaji

2008
Yuvvraaj

as    Gyanesh Yuvvraaj

2008
Slumdog Millionaire

as    Prem

2008
Black & White

as    Rajan Mathur

2008
Race

as    Robert D'Costa aka R.D.

2007
Welcome

as    Majnu Bhai

2006
Humko Deewana Kar Gaye

as    Karan Oberoi

2005
Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets

as    Krishan Pundit

2005
My Wife's Murder

as    Ravi Patwardhan

2004
Musafir

as    Lucky

2003
Armaan

as    Dr. Akash Sinha

2002
Om Jai Jagadish

as    Om Batra

1
Takht

as    Shahjahan