Anil Kapoor
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: December 24, 1956
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Known For
Filmography
as Raja Janak
as Vikrant Kaul
as Self
as Narrator
as J Paul
as Self
as Rakesh Jaisingh (Rocky)
as Balbir Singh
as Professor Shekhar Sinha
as Self
as Shailendra "Shelly" Rungta
as Self
as Bheem Saini
as Inspector Surekha Singh
as Host
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Anjaney Agashe
as Wifi Bhai
as Himself (Guest Appearance)
as Avinash Patel
as Balbir Chaudhary
as Prashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"
as Shamsher Singh
as Himself
as Kartar Singh
as Self
as Vikram Danesh
as Vikram Danesh
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Himself
as Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
as Kamal Mehra
as Himself
as Self
as Karna (voice)
as Jai Rathod
as Jai Singh Rathod
as Self
as Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
as Afaaque Baaghran
as Inspector Robert D'Costa
as Arjun Khanna
as Brij Nath
as Self
as Arjun Singh
as Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
as Self
as Guest Appearance (uncredited)
as Gyanesh Yuvvraaj
as Prem
as Bhaiyyaji
as Robert D'Costa aka R.D.
as Rajan Mathur
as Himself (uncredited)
as Himself (guest appearance)
as Majnu Bhai
as Vinay Malhotra
as Karan Chopra
as Karan Oberoi
as Krishan Pundit
as Kishen
as Ravi Patwardhan
as Aditya Sahai
as Lucky
as Self
as Avinash
as Dr. Akash Sinha
as Raja
as Suraj Singh
as Om Batra
as Omar Hassan
as Raju
as Shivaji Rao
as Rajiv Sinha
as Avinash
as Self
as Major Jaidev Rajvansh
as Dharamraj "Dada" Thakur / Arjun Thakur
as Vikrant Kapoor
as Raj
as Lakhan
as Prem (voice)
as Vijay
as Shanker Sharma / Ramanuj / Nilofar
as Arun H. Verma
as Rajeshwar 'Raja'
as Raj Kumar Sharma (Raja)
as Mental health patient (Cameo)
as Shakti Thakur
as Raj Verma
as Anand Verma
as Ravi Kumar
as Rajkumar
as Anand Singh / Sikander
as Azaad
as Naren Singh
as Ajay Kumar Saxena
as Raj 'Raju' Verma
as Himself
as Guru (Gaurav)
as Ramesh Verma/Romeo
as Self
as Shiva
as Arun
as Himself
as Dido 'Ranjha'
as Shiva
as Raju
as Virendra Pratap Singh
as Anil Kapoor
as Krishna Shrivastav
as Deepak
as Amar Singh
as Raja
as Suraj 'Sarju' B. Singh
as Karan Kumar
as Amar
as Kishen / Kanhaiya
as Azaad
as Karan Choudhary
as Vijay Girdharilal
as Raja Saxena / Johny
as Manu / Abhimanyu America Puri / Abdul Jabbar
as Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
as Inspector Lakhan Pratap Singh
as Karan
as Mahesh Deshmukh "Munna"
as Self
as Ravi
as Arjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
as Avtar
as Inspector Kishan Kumar / Krishna
as Ravi Goel
as Ram Kumar / Raj Kumar
as Arun Verma / Mr. India
as Johnny / Gyaneshwar
as Amar Singh
as Ravi
as Charandas
as Vimal
as Arun Verma
as Shekhar
as Avinash Rathod
as Sunil Sharma / Saaheb
as Rajesh Mehra
as Raja
as Kumar Deshraj Singh
as Raja
as Prem Pratap
as Vijay
as Ravi Kumar
as Anil
as Apjit Bindra
as Balbir Singh
as Viswanathan