D O B February 25,1981
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor
Married No

Biography Shahid Kapoor born on February is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films as well as a trained dancer Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal Four years later he made his debut as a lead in Ishq Vishk and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance Following through with acclaimed performances in films like Fida and Shikhar he had his first commercial success with Sooraj R Barjatya's Vivah and followed it up with Jab We Met and Kaminey which are also his biggest commercial successes so far Before starting off his career as an actor Kapoor worked in several music videos and ads including the Pepsi commercial with Shahrukh Khan Kajol and Rani Mukerji post Kuch Kuch Hota Hai While doing so he decided to join the Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts SDIPA where he was later seen in Subhash Ghai's film Taal as a background dancer in the song Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jawe along with actress Aishwarya Rai and in Dil To Pagal Hai of Yash Raj banner with actress Karisma Kapoor In Kapoor More played his first leading role as Rajiv Mathur a carefree young man in Ken Ghosh's moderately successful love story Ishq Vishk Appearing opposite Amrita Rao and Shenaz Treasurywala the film was well received by audiences and Kapoor's performance earned him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award Film critic Taran Adarsh from indiaFM wrote Shahid Kapur is an actor to watch He has all the qualities to hit the top slot Not only is he good looking but he is an amazing performer as well Very original as a performer the youngster has handled the dramatic and emotional moments with flourish He is an exceptional dancer as well All he needs to do is pick and choose his forthcoming assignments with care so that the journey to the top slot is minus hiccups The following year Kapoor joined once again with director Ken Ghosh in the thriller Fida where he co-starred alongside Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Khan The film failed to do well at the box office yet Kapoor's performance was praised The Tribune concluded Shahid Kapoor shines in his role br br He looks fresh As an impulsive emotional and innocent guy who is sucked into crime because of these very qualities he manages to evoke your sympathies He then appeared in the romantic comedy Dil Maange More opposite Soha Ali Khan Tulip Joshi and Ayesha Takia His performance opened to mixed reviews Rediff com wrote that Shahid tends to imitate Shahrukh Khan a lot He does it well in some scenes overdoes it in others Featuring in three more films in success continued to elude Kapoor However his performance as Jaidev Vardhan a man who is sucked into the world of money and greed in John M Matthan's drama Shikhar was critically acclaimed earning Kapoor his first Star Screen Award for Best Actor nomination According to IndiaFM Shahid Kapoor is only improving with every film He matches up to Ajay in almost all sequences In Kapoor starred in China Town Revolving around the story of seven individuals and a murder the film became a moderate success despite receiving mixed reviews from critics Shortly after the release of the film Kapoor's second release of the year Priyadarshan's comedy Chup Chup Ke followed The film became a moderate success at the box office Kapoor's last release of was Sooraj R Barjatya's romantic drama Vivah a film depicting the journey of two individuals from engagement to marriage Co-starring alongside Amrita Rao the film was received favourably by most critics and became one of the highest grossing films of the year as well as Kapoor's second biggest commercial success to date Kapoor's performance earned his second consecutive nomination for Best Actor at the Star Screen Awards Taran Adarsh wrote Shahid Kapoor performs like never before If he was super-cool in Ishq Vishk and showed flashes of brilliance in Fida you've to watch him in Vivah to see his growth as a tremendous actor He is exceptional in emotional sequences During the summer of Kapoor embarked on his first world tour the Rockstars Concert along with Bollywood stars Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor John Abraham Esha Deol Mallika Sherawat and Zayed Khan In Kapoor portrayed the dual role of twins Charlie and Guddu in the crime film Kaminey Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj the film was a critical and commercial success and received mostly positive reviews Kapoor's performance was also critically acclaimed Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN wrote Shahid Kapur rises to the challenge of creating two entirely different characters out of Charlie and Guddu and delivers a credible performance as each Breaking out of his chocolate-boy image he gives evidence of his potential when trusted with well-written roles Later in the year Kapoor appeared in Anurag Singh's romantic comedy Dil Bole Hadippa alongside Rani Mukerji In Kapoor appeared in Ken Ghosh's film Chance Pe Dance opposite Genelia D'Souza in which he portrayed the role of a struggling Bollywood actor The movie received poor review from critics but Kapoor's performance was well received He then starred in Ahmed Khan's Paathshala alongside Ayesha Takia and Nana Patekar followed by Yash Raj Films' Badmaash Company As of April Kapoor has completed filming for Satish Kaushik's Milenge Milenge which is scheduled to release on July Kapoor was born to actor Pankaj Kapoor and actor classical dancer Neelima Azeem on February Kapoor's parents divorced when he was three After the divorce he lived with his mother He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya Pathak He studied in Rajhans Vidyalaya Mumbai Kapoor is a vegetarian He has three half siblings a sister named Sanah and brothers named Ruhaan and Ishaan Khattar Ishaan acted with him in the movie Vaah Life Ho To Aisi His maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem a noted Marxist journalist and author from Bihar br His great great grandfather was the film director screenwriter Urdu novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas more popularly known as K A Abbas His mother Neelima is the daughter of Anwar Azeem one of the greatest Urdu writers K A Abbas in turn was the grandson of Hali the chief prot g of Urdu poet Ghalib While filming Fida Kapoor began dating Kareena Kapoor They dated for three years and then separated during the filming of Jab We Met According to him they remained on good terms with him saying I wish her all the happiness in the world I have great respect for her She is a wonderful girl