Anil Kapoor
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| Anil Kapoor | |
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 Anil Kapoor at the San Diego Comic Con on 24 July 2009 in San Diego, California | |
| Born | 24 December 1959 [1] Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer |
| Years active | 1980 – Present |
| Spouse(s) | Sunita Kapoor (1984 – Present) |
| Children | Sonam Kapoor Rhea Kapoor Harshvardhan |
| Parents | Surinder Kapoor (Father) Nirmal (Mother) |
| Relatives | Boney Kapoor (Brother) Sanjay Kapoor (Brother) Arjun Kapoor (Nephew) |
Anil Kapoor (Hindi: अनिल कपूर, Punjabi: ਅਨਿਲ ਕਪੂਰ, born 24 December 1959)[2] is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in manyBollywood films and more recently international films. Kapoor's career has spanned for over 30 years as an actor, he turned into producer with his critically acclaimed movie namely Gandhi, My Father. Kapoor is often credited as being the biggest star of Bollywood in the 80's.[3] He got his first introduced and leading role in the film is Tollywood Telugu film Vamsa Vriksham (1980) Biggest Blockbuster hit film of that year and directed by Bapu. He won his first Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Yash Chopra's Mashaal (1984). Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab (1988) and later again for his performance in Indra Kumar's Beta (1992). He also starred in many other critically and commercially successful films, including Woh Saat Din (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Janbaaz (1986), Karma (1986), Mr. India(1987), Virasat (1997) for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, Biwi No.1 (1999), Taal (1999) for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Pukar (2000) for which he won a National Film Award for Best Actor as well as No Entry (2005), Welcome (2007), Race(2008) and Race 2 (2013).Having done so, Kapoor has thus established himself as one of the most successful actors of Hindi cinema.[4]
Anil Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's (2008) Academy Award – winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared theScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24generated rave reviews from the American press.[5][6] Globally, Anil Kapoor is one of the most recognised Indian actors.[7] He has also appeared in the 2011 film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol for which he received good reviews from critics and audience.
Personal life and education
Anil Kapoor was born to a film producer Surinder Kapoor, a Punjabi from Peshawar, British India (present-day Pakistan).[8] His mother is said[by whom?] to be Nirmal. He attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School - Chembur, in the Chembur suburb of Mumbai, and then St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[9] Anil Kapoor's elder brother Boney Kapoor, is a film producer, while younger brother Sanjay Kapoor, is also an actor. He is also the brother-in-law to Bollywood actress Sridevi.
In 1984 he married Sunita Kapoor (nee Bhambhani). He has two daughters and a son Harshvardhan. Anil 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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