Anil Kapoor
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.
Known For
Acting
2005
asKrishan Pundit
2009
asGuest Appearance (uncredited)
2007
asMajnu Bhai
2008
asGyanesh Yuvvraaj
2005
asKishen
1999
asVikrant Kapoor
2006
asKaran Chopra
1991
asKrishna Shrivastav
1994
asNaren Singh
2002
asOm Batra
2007
asVinay Malhotra
2001
asShivaji Rao
2008
asBhaiyyaji
2000
asMajor Jaidev Rajvansh
1987
asArun Verma / Mr. India
1988
asMahesh Deshmukh "Munna"
1989
asManu / Abhimanyu America Puri / Abdul Jabbar
2013
asInspector Robert D'Costa
1991
asVirendra Pratap Singh
2008
asRajan Mathur
2024
asRakesh Jaisingh (Rocky)
2006
asKaran Oberoi
2008
asRobert D'Costa aka R.D.
1985
asSunil Sharma / Saaheb
1999
asVijay
1989
asInspector Lakhan Pratap Singh
2003
asDr. Akash Sinha
2010
asArjun Singh
2000
asAvinash
2011
asBrij Nath
2001
asRaju
2012
asArjun Khanna
1986
asCharandas
2022
asInspector Surekha Singh
1988
asArjun I. Gujral / Arjun S. Bhalla
1995
asAnand Singh / Sikander
1988
asAvtar
1990
asKishen / Kanhaiya
1997
asRaj Verma
1992
asRaju
1996
asAnand Verma
1989
asVijay Girdharilal
1997
asRaj Kumar Sharma (Raja)
1998
asRajeshwar 'Raja'
2004
asLucky
1999
asRaj
2000
asDharamraj "Dada" Thakur / Arjun Thakur
1999
asLakhan
1997
asShakti Thakur
1984
asKumar Deshraj Singh
asApjit Bindra
2005
asRavi Patwardhan
2013
asAfaaque Baaghran
1994
asRaj 'Raju' Verma
2023
asProfessor Shekhar Sinha
2002
asSuraj Singh
1985
asAvinash Rathod
1998
asArun H. Verma
1992
asArun
1990
asSuraj 'Sarju' B. Singh
1986
asRavi
1992
asHari 'Harry' Krishan
1986
as
1997
asMental health patient (Cameo)
2003
asAvinash
1991
asAmar Singh
2008
asHimself (guest appearance)
1980
as
1986
asAnil
asBalbir Singh
2020
asSelf
1996
asRavi Kumar
2005
asAditya Sahai
1990
asAmar
1994
asAzaad
1990
asRaja
2015
asKamal Mehra
2020
asNarrator
1998
asShanker Sharma / Ramanuj / Nilofar
2010
asSelf
asSubedaar Arjun Maurya
2024
asJ Paul
1986
asJohnny / Gyaneshwar
2015
asSagar 'Majnu' Pandey
1989
asIshwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar'
1990
asAzaad
2002
asRaja
1983
asVijay
1984
asRajesh Mehra
2013
asSelf, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
1994
asAjay Kumar Saxena
2025
as
2024
asNarrator
1989
asKaran Choudhary
2008
asHimself (uncredited)
1992
asShiva
1988
asSelf
2025
as
2017
asVikram Danesh
1991
asDeepak
1993
asGuru (Gaurav)
1993
asRamesh Verma/Romeo
1988
asRavi
2017
asKartar Singh
2018
asPrashant Kumar Sharma "Fanney Khan"
1986
asAmar Singh
1996
asRajkumar
1985
asArun Verma
1984
asRaja
2018
asShamsher Singh
2013
asKarna (voice)
1990
asKaran Kumar
1987
asRavi Goel
1987
asRam Kumar / Raj Kumar
1989
as
1988
as
1983
asPrem Pratap
2019
asBalbir Chaudhary
2019
asAvinash Patel
1989
asKaran
1993
asHimself
2009
asSpecial Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
1992
asDido 'Ranjha'
2019
asWifi Bhai
2008
asPrem
2020
asAnjaney Agashe
1988
asInspector Kishan Kumar / Krishna
2019
asHimself (Guest Appearance)
1986
as
2000
asRajiv Sinha
1991
asAnil Kapoor
2020
asSelf
2022
asBheem Saini
2023
asBalbir Singh
1985
asShekhar
1984
asRaja
1992
asShiva
1989
asRaja Saxena / Johny
1986
asVimal
1982
asRavi Kumar
1992
asHimself
asSelf
asOmar Hassan
asJai Rathod
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asJai Singh Rathod
asVikram Danesh
as 
asSelf
asHimself
asSelf
asSelf
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asHimself
asSelf
asSelf
asPrem (voice)
asShailendra "Shelly" Rungta
asSelf
asHost
as
asSelf
asSelf
as Production
2022
as
2007
as
2010
as2023
as2009
as
2024
asas 2018
as
2018
as
2014
as2010
as2025
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asCrew
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