Shahid Kapoor

Date of Birth : 25 Feb 1981

Place of Birth : Mumbai, India

Biography :

Shahid Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and model. Born to actor Pankaj Kapoor of Karamchand fame and actress/classical dancer Neelima Azeem, who divorced when he was three, Shahid is a trained dancer who studied under Shiamak Davar. After the divorce of his parents, he usually lived with his mother. His stepmother is Supriya Pathak. Kapoor, who is a vegetarian, also has a sister named Sana and a brother named Ishaan Khattar; his brother acted with him in the movie Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005). In 2004, Kapoor began dating actress Kareena Kapoor. The couple separated three years later in 2007. Furthermore, prior to joining the film industry, he dated actress, Hrishita Bhatt. Starting off his career by working in music videos and ads, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal (1999). After four years, he made his debut as a leading actor in Ishq Vishk (2003) and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. Following through with critically acclaimed performances in films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), he had his first commercial success with Sooraj R. Barjatya's Vivah (2006), his biggest commercial success so far, and later continued it with Jab We Met (2007). Since then, he has established himself as one of the most promising actors of the industry. Before starting off his career as an actor, Kapoor worked in several music videos and ads, including one with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, post Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. In 1999, he was seen in the hit movie Taal as a background dancer with Aishwarya Rai in the song Kahiin Aag Lage Lag Jawe. Kapoor made his debut with the moderately successful Ishq Vishk (2003) opposite actress Amrita Rao and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance in the film. In 2004, he starred in two more films: Fida, a thriller co-starring Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Khan, and Dil Maange More, a romantic comedy alongside Soha Ali Khan, Tulip Joshi, and Ayesha Takia. Both films didn't do well but he received positive reviews for his performance in the former. In 2005, he had a setback in his career when all three of his films - Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi, Deewane Huye Pagal, and Shikhar - failed to do well at the box office. However, his performance in the latter was praised and he received his first Star Screen Best Actor Award nomination. In 2006, things began turning around as he received his first box office success since his debut with the multi-starrer, 36 China Town. Despite mixed reviews the comic-thriller became an above-average success. Shortly after the release of the film, Kapoor's second release, Chup Chup Ke (2006) released, which was a moderate success. Following that year, he was seen in Sooraj R. Barjatya's blockbuster Vivah, which became his biggest commercial success so far. His performance was well appreciated with audiences and critics alike, and emerged as one of the year's biggest hits. Ahmed Khan's Fool and Final, his first release in 2007, opened to average reviews and did below average business at the box office. However, his latest release, the romantic comedy Jab We Met opposite Kareena Kapoor proved to be a major success in India and U.K, his performance won him critical acclaim, earning Kapoor his third Star Screen Award nomination for the third consecutive year. During the summer of 2006, Kapoor embarked on his first world tour, the Rockstars Concert, along with other Bollywood stars, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, John Abraham, Esha Deol, Mallika Sherawat and Zayed Khan. He will soon be seen in two upcoming films - Nagesh Kukunoor's Tasveer with Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia, and Aziz Mirza's Kismet Konnection opposite Vidya Balan.