| content | ||||||||||
| Kunal Kapoor | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born | October 18, 1975 New Delhi, India |
| Years active | 2004-Present |
- For the Kapoor family actor see Kunal Kapoor
Kunal Kapoor (Hindi: कुणाल कपूर, born October 18, 1975 in New Delhi, India) is an Indian actor.
Contents |
Career
Kapoor began acting on the stage; he worked with Motley, a theater group run by Naseeruddin Shah.[1] Kapoor made his debut in Bollywood as an assistant director for Rakesh Mehra's Aks.[1] Later he moved into acting, starring opposite Tabu in Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities.
In 2006, Kunal Kapoor came to prominence with the hit film, Rang De Basanti. The film was critically and commercially successful, and it was India's official entry to the Oscars and the BAFTA.[2] His performance was acclaimed and he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award nomination.
In 2007, he starred in the movie Hattrick. However, the movie failed to do well at the box office. His next two films, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Aaja Nachle, also failed to do well at the box office.
His next film was Siddhart Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno in which he was paired opposite Minissha Lamba. The shooting for Kunal's role in the movie was done in December 2007. The movie released on the 15th of August 2008. In the same year, Kunal Kapoor also appeared in Welcome to Sajjanpur, which released on 19th of September 2008.
Kapoor also voiced the Indian god Rama in Mahayoddha Rama, directed by Ashok Bandekar. The film is an animated mythological movie based on the Ramayana.[3] Kapoor will also appear in Parzania director Rahul Dholakia's next film which is tentatively called Lamha and also stars Sanjay Dutt. He will also appear in Anurag Kashyap’s next film, where he will play Raj Comics' superhero Doga. Kapoor is scheduled to begin shooting a romantic comedy film in early 2009. The film is based on a script that he completed in June 2008.[4]
Awards
- 2006: Star's Sabsey Favourite Naya Hero[5]
- 2007: Stardust Breakthrough Performance, Male[6]
Filmography
Films
- 2004 Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities as Kameshwar Mathur
- 2006 Rang De Basanti as Aslam/Ashfaqullah Khan - Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
- 2007 Hattrick as Saby aka Sarbjeet Singh
- 2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag as Vivaan
- 2007 Aaja Nachle as Imran Pathan
- 2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno as Joginder Ahluwalia (Mahi's husband)
- 2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur as Banshi (Kamla's husband)
Assistant Director
See also
References
- ^ a b Paitandy, Priyadarshini (2008-06-07). "Cool Kunal". The Hindu. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ "`Rang De Basanti' loses at BAFTA awards". The Hindu (2007-02-13). Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ Reddy, Sujata (2008-08-04). "Ramayana returns". Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Tales from Kunal’s script". Times of India (2008-06-17). Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ Gupta, Pratim D. (2006-05-09). "Pop poll of the star-struck". The Telegraph. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ Shah, Diti; Navgire, Moses (2007-02-26). "Mumbai hosts Max Stardust awards". Tonight. Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
External links
