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Anil Kapoor at 'Indo Wales Friendship Dinner' in JW Marriott
Born	24 December 1956 (age 62)^[1]^[2]
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Sunita Kapoor (m. 1984)
Children	3 (Sonam, Rhea and Harsh)
Relatives	See Kapoor family

Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over hundred Hindi-language films, as well as international films and television series.^[1] His career has spanned 40 years as an actor, and as a producer since 2005. He has also won numerous awards in his career, including two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in varied acting categories.

24 Season-2 is an Hindi TV Serial on Colors TV Anil Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sapna Pabbi, Surveen Chawla, Sakshi Tanwar Lead roles in the show. This serial is made under the production of Anil Kapoor Films. Anil Kapoor aka Jai Singh Rathod ready for 24 Season 3 Actor-producer Anil Kapoor, who is receiving rave reviews for 24: Season 2, says he is open to do more seasons for the TV drama series.

Kapoor was born in Mumbai to film producer Surinder Kapoor and appeared in his first film with a small role in the Umesh Mehra's romance Hamare Tumhare (1979). He made his first debut film and then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film, Vamsa Vruksham directed by Bapu. He then made his Kannada film debut with Mani Ratnam's Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983). He received his first Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Yash Chopra's Mashaal (1984). Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab (1988) and another for his performance in Indra Kumar's Beta (1992). Kapoor subsequently starred in many other critically and commercially successful films, including Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Janbaaz (1986), Aap Ke Saath (1986), Mr. India (1987), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Awaargi (1990), Benaam Badsha (1991), and Virasat (1997), for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; Taal (1999), for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; Pukar (2000 ), which earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor; No Entry (2005) and Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) for which he won his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Kapoor has starred in more than a hundred films.

Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's 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.^[3] His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press.^[4]^[5] Globally, Kapoor is one of the most recognized Indian film actors.^[6]

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Family background and marriage[edit]

Kapoor was born into a Punjabi family^[7] on 24 December 1956 in Chembur, Mumbai, India to Nirmal Kapoor and film producer Surinder Kapoor.^[8]^{[better source needed]}^[1]^[2] He is the second of four children. His elder brother Boney Kapoor is a film producer and younger brother Sanjay Kapoor is an actor. The late actress Sridevi and the producer Mona Shourie Kapoor (both Boney's wives) were his sisters-in-law, and Sandeep Marwah,^[9] founder of the Noida Film City and owner of Marwah Studios, is his brother-in-law. The film actors Arjun Kapoor and Mohit Marwah, educationalist Akshay Marwah, and Jahaan Kapoor are his nephews, while Anshula Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, & Shanaya Kapoor are his nieces.

Kapoor did his studies in Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School and St. Xavier's College. In 1984, Kapoor married Sunita Bhavnani, a costume designer with whom he has two daughters and a son. Their elder daughter Sonam Kapoor (born 1985) is an actress and their younger daughter Rhea Kapoor (born 1987) is a film producer and their son Harshvardhan Kapoor (born 1990) is also an actor. Anil Kapoor is referred as ‘AK’ by his children.^[10]

Acting career[edit]

Kapoor made his debut in films in 1971, playing a young Shashi Kapoor in Tu Payal Mein Geet.^[11] The film, however, did not release theatrically.^[12]

1980s[edit]

Anil Kapoor made his Hindi films debut with Umesh Mehra's Hamare Tumhare (1979) in a small role. He then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film, Vamsa Vruksham directed by veteran Bapu. In the same year, he also appeared in 2 more Hindi movies - Ek Baar Kaho and Hum Paanch. In 1981, he appeared in M. S. Sathyu 's Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya.^[13] After playing a small role in Shakti (1982), he made his Kannada film debut with Mani Ratnam's Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983). He played his first Hindi film leading role in Woh Saat Din (1983) which was directed by Bapu and featured Padmini Kolhapure and Naseeruddin Shah. . He gained recognition in Bollywood with Yash Chopra's drama Mashaal (1984) as a Tapori, for which he won his first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category. His Tapori persona and stubble look was considered unconventional at the time, but would become fashionable in India many years later.^[14] Kapoor's 1985 releases included Yudh and Saaheb. Yudh featured him uttering his iconic line 'Ek Dum Jhakaas'. But it was Meri Jung (1985), wherein he played the role of an angry young lawyer fighting for justice that gave him his first Filmfare best actor nomination. So all of Anil's films in 1985 were noticed and liked and he had truly arrived in the industry.

Anil Kapoor played a comic Tapori again in Karma (1986), the biggest hit of the year.^[15] Also in 1986, Kapoor played the role of a carefree playboy in the hit Janbaaz, co-starring Feroz Khan.^[16]^[17] Kapoor's other release of 1986 Insaaf Ki Awaaz with Rekha was a box office hit.^[18] In the same year Basu Chatterjee directed Chameli Ki Shaadi and he displayed his crackling flare in comedy.^[19]

Anil Kapoor had a title role in Shekhar Kapur's sci-fi film Mr. India (1987), the biggest hit of the year.^[20] The film became one of his biggest box-office hits and shot him to superstar status.^[21] Anil Kapoor was equally impressive in the Mahesh Bhatt directed film Thikana.^[22] In 1988 he was rewarded with his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in the film, Tezaab, the biggest blockbuster of 1988.^[23] Anil proved to be the only saving grace even in flops like Ram-Avtar and ' Vijay'.^[24] The following year he delivered Ram Lakhan (which became the second highest box office earner of 1989)^[25] with the song One Two Ka Four. In the film Parinda, Kapoor played his role with conviction and his biggest achievement was displaying the vulnerability of his character so perfectly.^[26] In Rakhwala, Kapoor again played the role of a Tapori, and the film was declared a success.^[21]^[27] Kapoor excelled in his portrayal of an autistic person in the 1989 film, Eeshwar and this film proved his versatility as an actor.^[28]

1990s[edit]

The year 1990 saw him play a dual role, as twin brothers in the highly successful Kishen Kanhaiya and in the same year he further attained reasonable box-office success with Ghar Ho To Aisa.^[29] Kapoor came up with a critically acclaimed performance in Awaargi. Many critics called that his best performance ever but the film flopped at the BO. Al

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