Anil Kapoor

 

Anil Kapoor

Occupation	Actor film producer
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Sunita Kapoor ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	3 (Sonam, Rhea and Harsh)
Relatives	See Surinder Kapoor family
Awards	Full list

Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi-language films, as well as international films and television series. His career has spanned 40 years as an actor, and as a producer since 2005. He has also won numerous awards in his career, including two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in varied acting categories.

Kapoor was born in Mumbai to film producer Surinder Kapoor and appeared in his first film with a small role in the Umesh Mehra’s romance Hamare Tumhare (1979). He made his debut film and then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film, Vamsa Vruksham directed by Bapu. He received his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor 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 another for his performance in Indra Kumar’s Beta (1992). Kapoor subsequently starred in many other critically and commercially successful films, including Meri Jung (1985), Yudh (1985), Karma (1986), Janbaaz (1986), Aap Ke Saath (1986), Mr. India (1987), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Awaargi (1990), Benaam Badsha (1991), and Virasat (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; Taal (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; Pukar (2000), which earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor; No Entry (2005) and Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) for which he won his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

Kapoor’s first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle’s 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, Kapoor is one of the most recognised Indian film actors.

Family 

Kapoor was born into a Punjabi Hindu family on 24 December 1956 in Chembur, Mumbai, India to Nirmal Kapoor and film producer Surinder Kapoor.He is the second of four children. His elder brother Boney Kapoor is a film producer and younger brother Sanjay Kapoor is an actor. The late actress Sridevi and the producer Mona Shourie Kapoor (both Boney’s wives) were his sisters-in-law, and Sandeep Marwah, founder of the Noida Film City and owner of Marwah Studios, is his brother-in-law. The film actors Arjun Kapoor and Mohit Marwah are his nephews, while actress Janhvi Kapoor is his niece. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his relatives as Prithviraj Kapoor was his father’s cousin.

Kapoor was educated at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Mumbai and at the St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. In 1984, Kapoor married Sunita Bhavnani, a costume designer with whom he has two daughters and a son. Their elder daughter Sonam Kapoor (born 1985) is an actress and their younger daughter Rhea Kapoor (born 1987) is a film producer and their son Harshvardhan Kapoor (born 1990) is also an actor. Anil Kapoor is referred as ‘AK’ by his children.

Acting career

Kapoor made his debut in films in 1970, playing a young Shashi Kapoor in Tu Payal Mein Geet. The film, however, did not release theatrically.

Films From 2000

2000	Bulandi	Dharamraj “Dada” Thakur / Arjun Thakur
	Pukar	Major Jaidev Rajvansh
	Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai	Avinash
	Karobaar: The Business of Love	Rajiv
2001	Lajja	Raju
	Nayak	Shivaji Rao
2002	Badhaai Ho Badhaai	Raja
	Om Jai Jagadish	Om Batra
	Rishtey	Suraj Singh
2003	Armaan	Dr. Akash Sinha
	Calcutta Mail	Avinash
2004	Musafir	Lucky
2005	Bewafaa	Aditya Sahai
	My Wife’s Murder	Ravi Patwardhan
	No Entry	Kishen
	Chocolate	Advocate Krishan Pundit
2006	Humko Deewana Kar Gaye	Karan Oberoi
	Darna Zaroori Hai	Karan Chopra
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love	Vinay
	Welcome	Sagar Pandey aka Majnu Bhai
2008	My Name is Anthony Gonsalves	Himself
	Black & White	Special appearance as Rajan Mathur
	Race	Inspector Robert D’Costa (“RD”)
	Tashan	Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz (Bhaiyyaji)
	Slumdog Millionaire	Prem Kumar
	Yuvvraaj	Gyanesh Yuvvraaj
2009	Shortcut: The Con is on	Himself
	Wanted	Himself
2010	No Problem	Inspector Arjun Singh
2011	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Brij Nath
2012	Tezz	Arjun
2013	Race 2	Inspector Robert D’Costa (“RD”)
	Shootout at Wadala	Inspector Affaq Bhagra
	Bombay Talkies	Himself
	Mahabharat 3D Film	Karna (voice-over)
2015	Dil Dhadakne Do	Kamal Mehra
	Welcome Back	Majnu Bhai
2017	Mubarakan	Kartar Singh Bajwa
2018	Race 3	Shamsher Singh
	Fanney Khan	Prashant Kumar Sharma / Fanney Khan
	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Baloo (voice)
2019	Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga	Balbir Chaudhary
	Total Dhamaal	Avinash Patel
	The Zoya Factor	Un­known
	Pagalpanti	WiFi
2020	Malang	Inspector Anjaney Agashe
	AK vs AK	Himself
2021	Jug Jugg Jeeyo	TBA

1990s

The year 1990 saw him play a dual role, as twin brothers in the highly successful Kishen Kanhaiya and in the same year he further attained reasonable box-office success with Ghar Ho To Aisa. Kapoor came up with a critically acclaimed performance in Awaargi. Many critics called that his best performance ever but the film flopped at the BO. Also films like Jamai Raja and Jeevan Ek Sanghursh both South remakes were major flops. This was a setback in his career as 1990- was supposed to be the year in which Anil would have been crowned Number one in Bollywood. But with these flops Anil was on the bad foot. This was followed by a restrained yet striking performance as a middle-aged man in Yash Chopra’s romantic drama Lamhe, opposite actress Sridevi which won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award a landmark film of Indian cinema and Yash Chopra’s best work to date. It was the first film in which he appeared without a moustache. Although the film was a box-office failure in India, it proved to be a success overseas. Anil Kapoor’s 1991 releases, Benaam Badsha was accorded below average status at the ticket window.

In 1992, Kapoor received his second Filmfare Best Actor Award for his hard-hitting performance in Indra Kumar’s Beta – the biggest blockbuster of the year opposite Madhuri Dixit. Kapoor was highly impressive with his comic act in Khel and his comic timing was one of the highlights of the film. In 1993, Boney Kapoor’s much delayed mega-budget, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja was a disaster at the box-office and damaged Kapoor’s reputation as the industry’s biggest star at the time. The only major success in these years was Laadla again with Sridevi, a film produced by Nitin Manmohan. Kapoor gave a splendid performance as a simpleton lover in the hit musical 1942: A Love Story. His 1995 release, Trimurti was a box-office disaster, though Kapoor’s performance was creditable. Kapoor came up with a decent performance in the average performer Gharwali Baharwali.

After a few box-office failures, he had successes with films like Loafer (1996), opposite Juhi Chawla.In Judaai, Kapoor’s depiction of a loving husband torn between his two wives was appreciated and this film fared well at the box-office.Deewana Mastana (1997), Biwi No.1 (1999) and Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) were box office hits. Kapoor’s unusual characterisation of a zealous, crooked musical superstar in Taal (1999) shocked both audience and critics alike. He also won rave reviews for his superb performance in Virasat, a remake of the Tamil film, Thevar Magan (1992), in which he played Kamal Hassan’s role. He also starred in the unsuccessful Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, which was filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherji’s last commercial release, along with Juhi Chawla. He shaved his moustache once again for the second half of the film.

2000s

Anil Kapoor’s first release of 2000 was Bulandi, in which he played a double role, showing restraint and maturity as the elder Thakur. He won his first National Film Award in the Best Actor category for his role in Rajkumar Santoshi’s critically acclaimed Pukar in 2000. Kapoor again tasted critical and commercial success with Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai in 2000. Kapoor stole the show as Rajeev in the much delayed Karobaar, a film directed by Rakesh Roshan, where Kapoor’s dialogue delivery was appreciated. He delivered a powerhouse performance in Shanker’s Nayak which is considered to be his best performance by many.

In 2002, Kapoor gave an excellent performance in the role of a fat man in Badhaai Ho Badhaai, a takeoff from the Hollywood hit, The Nutty Professor. He notched up yet another glorious performance in the Indra Kumar directed film Rishtey. In Om Jai Jagadish, he gave an amazing performance. Kapoor shared the screen with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for the first time in Armaan, and played his character of a neurosurgeon superbly.

In his 2003 release, Calcutta Mail, he delivered one of his best performances. His character was defined with ample scope to perform in this screenplay-driven performance and in spite of the strong supporting cast, this really came out as Kapoor’s one-man show. He ignited the silver screen with an authoritative performance in Musafir alongside Sameera Reddy, Aditya Pancholi, Sanjay Dutt and Koena Mitra. Kapoor gave an incredibly restrained performance as the stricken husband in the thriller My Wife’s Murder, which he also produced.Anees Bazmee’s super-hit comedy No Entry (2005), followed for Kapoor that year. The film went on to become the highest-grossing film of the year. He was also in the film Bewafaa, playing a rich businessman who is forced to marry the sister of his wife after she passes away in childbirth.

Kapoor played a grey character with finesse in the 2005 thriller, Chocolate. Anil’s first release of 2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love was a box office hit in overseas though a flop in India. Anees Bazmee’s Welcome, which released on 21 December 2007 was declared the biggest success of the year. Kapoor’s understated performance in Subhash Ghai’s Black & White was highly lauded. His first release in 2008, Abbas Mustan’s thriller, Race became a box-office hit. Vijay Krishna Acharya’s, Tashan marked Anil’s comeback to Yash Raj Films but failed to do well at the box-office.

His most recent films were his first English language film, Slumdog Millionaire, which was released on 12 November 2008, and Yuvvraaj, which was released on 21 November 2008. Yuvvraaj, with Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles, failed to do well at the box-office. On the other hand, Slumdog Millionaire has won a number of international awards and received rave reviews from critics, costing only US$15 million to produce, but pulling in more than $352 million worldwide. In January 2009, he attended the 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony along with the team of Slumdog Millionaire, which won four Golden Globe Awards. Kapoor demonstrated his well-known enthusiasm after Slumdog won the Academy Award for Best Picture (one of eight awards). He also received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008 and has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Singing Career 

Anil Kapoor has on rare occasions contributed to the soundtracks of his movies as a singer. One of his first playback songs was the title track of the 1986 Bollywood comedy Chameli Ki Shaadi. The song was comic in nature and depicted the love story of the titular Chameli and her lover Charandas, played by Kapoor. Chameli was portrayed by Amrita Singh. In the same decade, he was credited on the song “Tere Bina Main Nahin Mere Bina Tu Nahin” for the film Woh Saat Din. He is also credited on the song “I Love You” from Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai. In 2008, Kapoor provided a rhyme-like-dialogue to introduce his character in Yashraj’s Tashan. His theme was titled “Bhaiyaji ka Tashan”. His co-stars in the movie also had their introductions incorporated in the soundtrack, which was composed by Vishal-Shekhar. Akshay Kumar’s theme was titled “Bachchan Pandey ka Tashan”. Kareena Kapoor’s was “Pooja ka Tashan”. Saif Ali Khan was credited for “Jimmy ka Tashan”. He had one full album, “Welcome” as a co-singer with Salma Agha in 1986. The album was scored by Bappi Lahiri.

Filmfare Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
1985	Best Supporting Actor	Mashaal	Won
1986	Best Actor	Meri Jung	Nominated
1989		Tezaab	Won
1990		Eeshwar	Nominated
1992		Lamhe
1993		Beta	Won
1995		1942: A Love Story	Nominated
1996	Best Supporting Actor	Trimurti
1998	Best Actor Critics	Virasat	Won
	Best Actor		Nominated
2000	Best Supporting Actor	Taal	Won
	Best Comedian	Biwi No.1	Nominated
2001	Best Actor	Pukar
2006	Best Comedian	No Entry
2008	Best Supporting Actor	Welcome
2016		Dil Dhadakne Do	Won