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