Person Details

Birthday: 1956-12-24 17:26:14

Aliases: अनिल कपूर

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Homepage: http://www.anilkapoor.net/

Movie Involvements: 109

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

24
Average
8

24

(2001) Omar Hassan
GMTV
Average
6

GMTV

(1993) Self
The Romantics
Average
7

The Romantics

(2023) Self
Animal
Average
7

Animal

(2023) Balbir Singh
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Average
7
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Average
7

Kaun Banega Crorepati

(2000) Self
Slumdog Millionaire
Average
8

Slumdog Millionaire

(2008) Prem
24: India
Average
7

24: India

(2013) Jai Rathod

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Rakesh 'Rocky' Jai Singh
2023 Balbir Singh
Professor Shekhar
Self
Shailendra "Shelly" Rungta
Self
2022 Bheem Saini
Inspector Surekha Singh
2020 Self
Self
Anjaney Agashe
2019 Wifi Bhai
Himself (Guest Appearance)
Avinash Patel
Balbir Chaudhary
2018 Shamsher Singh
Prashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"
Himself
2017 Kartar Singh
Himself
Vikram Danesh
Vikram Danesh
2016 Himself
Self
Himself
N/A
Himself
2015 Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
Kamal Mehra
2014 N/A
Himself
Self
2013 Karna (voice)
Jai Rathod
Jai Singh Rathod
Self
Afaaque Baaghran
Himself (uncredited)
Inspector Robert D'Costa
2012 Arjun Khanna
2011 Brij Nath
Himself
2010 Arjun Singh
2009 Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
Self
Guest Appearance (uncredited)
2008 Gyanesh Yuvvraaj
Prem
Bhaiyyaji
Robert D'Costa aka R.D.
Rajan Mathur
Himself (uncredited)
Himself (guest appearance)
2007 Majnu Bhai
Vinay Malhotra
2006 Karan Chopra
Karan Oberoi
2005 Krishan Pundit
Kishen
Ravi Patwardhan
Aditya Sahai
2004 Lucky
Self
2003 Avinash
Dr. Akash Sinha
2002 Raja
Suraj Singh
Om Batra
Himself
2001 Omar Hassan
Raju
Shivaji Rao
Himself
2000 Rajiv Sinha
Avinash
Self
Major Jaidev Rajvansh
Dharamraj "Dada" Thakur / Arjun Thakur
1999 Vikrant Kapoor
Raj
Lakhan
Prem (voice)
Vijay
1998 Shanker Sharma / Ramanuj / Nilofar
Arun H. Verma
Rajeshwar 'Raja'
1997 Raj Kumar Sharma (Raja)
Alfi (cameo)
Shakti Thakur
Raj Verma
1996 Anand Verma
Ravi Kumar
Rajkumar
1995 Anand Singh / Sikander
1994 Azaad
Naren Singh
Ajay Kumar Saxena
Raj 'Raju' Verma
1993 Himself
Guru (Gaurav)
Ramesh Verma/Romeo
Self
1992 Shiva
Arun
Himself
Dido 'Ranjha'
Shiva
Hari 'Harry' Krishan
Raju
1991 Virendra Pratap Singh
N/A
Krishna Shrivastav
Deepak
Amar Singh
1990 Raja
Suraj 'Sarju' B. Singh
Karan Kumar
Amar
Kishen / Kanhaiya
Azaad
1989 Karan Choudhary
Vijay Girdharilal
Raja Saxena / Johny
Manu / Abhimanyu America Puri / Abdul Jabbar
N/A
Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
Inspector Lakhan Pratap Singh
Karan
1988 Mahesh Deshmukh (Munna)
N/A
Self
Ravi
Arjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
Avtar
Inspector Kishan Kumar / Krishna
1987 Ravi Goel
Ram Kumar / Raj Kumar
Arun Verma / Mr. India
1986 N/A
Johnny / Gyaneshwar
N/A
Amar Singh
Ravi
Charandas
Anil
Vimal
1985 Arun Verma
Shekhar
Avinash Rathod
Sunil Sharma / Saaheb
1984 Raja
Kumar Deshraj Singh
Raja
1983 Prem Pratap
Vijay
1982 Ravi Kumar
1980 N/A
N/A
Balbir Singh
Apjit Bindra
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Playback Singer
2013 Playback Singer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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