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Kunal Kapoor | |
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 Kapoor in 2020 | |
| Born | (1959-06-26)26 June 1959 (age 66) Bombay,Bombay State, India |
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| Organization | Adfilm-Valas |
| Spouse | Sheena Sippy (divorced) |
| Children | 2, includingZahan Kapoor |
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| Family | Kapoor family,Sippy family |
Kunal Kapoor (born 26 June 1959)[2] is an Indian actor, film producer, director and advertisement maker. Elder son of actorsShashi Kapoor andJennifer Kendal, he made his debut with the 1972 English-language filmSiddhartha, later acted inShyam Benegal'sJunoon and in his first mainstreamBollywood film,Ahista Ahista, oppositePadmini Kolhapure as well asVijeta. He also acted in the art filmsUtsav (1984) andTrikal (1985).[3]
In 1987, he stopped acting afterTrikal to set up his own company, Adfilm-Valas, to produce and direct television commercials. Adfilm Valas has alsoline-produced for many international feature films and ad films shot in India. Notably, the credit sequence of the filmCity of Joy, and the French filmsLe Cactus [fr] (2005) andFire in Paradise.
In 2015, he returned to films after 30 years, appearing inSingh is Bling asAmy Jackson's character's father.
Kunal Kapoor was born into the famousKapoor family, of Indian cinema. He is the eldest child ofShashi Kapoor and his British theater-actress wifeJennifer Kapoor. His paternal grandfather,Prithviraj Kapoor, was a doyen of the theatre, a pioneer of the Indian film industry. His maternal grandfather,Geoffrey Kendal, was a British theatre personality[citation needed]
Kapoor's siblings areKaran Kapoor (b. 18 January 1962) andSanjana Kapoor (b. 27 November 1967). Karan, a popular model who also worked in a few films in the 1980s, now runs a photography business in the UK. Sanjana ran the ancestralPrithvi Theatre and is married toValmik Thapar, a noted conservationist.
Kunal was married to filmmakerRamesh Sippy's daughter Sheena, who is a well-known photographer. They have two children together, a son namedZahan Prithviraj Kapoor, and a daughter. Kunal and Sheena are now divorced.[4]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1972 | Siddhartha | Siddhartha's son | English film |
| 1978 | Junoon | ||
| 1981 | Ahista Ahista | Kunal | |
| 1982 | Vijeta | Angad | |
| 1984 | Utsav | Aryak | |
| 1985 | Trikal | Kapitan Ribeiro/ Governor | |
| 2015 | Singh is Bling | Mr. Rana, Sara's Father | [5] |
| 2019 | Panipat | Shuja-ud-Daula |
