D O B February 15,1947
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor, Director, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Randhir Kapoor hails from the legendary Kapoor family He is the eldest son of Raj Kapoor He is a fourth generation Kapoor and comes from a distinguished Punjabi Hindu family who have been part of the Hindi film industry for many years His great great grandfather was Dewan Basheshwar Nath Kapoor his grandfather was actor Prithviraj Kapoor his paternal uncles are actors Shammi Kapoor late and Shashi Kapoor His brothers are actors Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor His wife is was actress Babita and his daughters are actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor His nephew is actor Ranbir Kapoor son of Rishi Kapoor Career Randhir Kapoor made his acting and directorial debut with Kal Aaj Aur Kal which also starred his wife father and grandfather The film produced under the R K banner was an average success After his debut he scored with two successful movies the first with Jaya Bachchan in the film Jawani Diwani which also included the hit song Jaane Jaan This movie was one of the biggest hits of that year and was applauded because of the music and performances The other success released the same year was Raampur Ka Lakshman with Shatrughan Sinha and Rekha More and directed by Manmohan Desai with music by the legendary R D Burman In he directed and starred alongside his father once again in Dharam Karam which was a failure at the box office He went on to appear in other multi-star hit films Chacha Bhatija Kasme Vaade he earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actor and Pukar Except for Jawani Diwani which was successful to a major extent because of music by Rahul Dev Burman Randhir Kapoor never had a single successful movie in which he was the leading man All his other hits were with other major stars and in which Randhir Kapoor himself was the secondary lead After the film Khazana he quit acting and took to producing and directing In he directed Henna It was at first directed by his father But when his father died during production Randhir completed the film for him He earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Director In he was the producer of PremGranth which was the directorial debut of his younger brother Rajiv and in he was the producer of Aa Ab Laut Chalen which was the directorial debut of his brother Rishi In he returned to acting with the film Mother After another break he appeared in the film Armaan On May he made an appearance on the television chat show Koffee with Karan where his brothers and sister Rima as well as his sister-in-law Neetu Singh appeared On the show it was mentioned how Randhir had been Neetu's first leading man in the film Rikshawala and they laughed about how the film hadn't done well He appeared in the movie House Full film in Personal life Randhir married actress Babita on November after co-starring with her in Kal Aaj Aur Kal Before the marriage took place his to-be wife agreed to leave acting as a profession to abide by the Kapoor traditional views that woman should not get involved in acting and instead should live a marital and domestic house-life Their two daughters Karisma Kapoor born in June and Kareena Kapoor born in September are successful Indian film actresses The marriage on Babita's side became unbearable and she left Randhir with her daughters Although against his daughters becoming involved in acting he eventually came around the idea and is supportive of their careers The two reconciled in October having never divorced but lived separate for less than years