SHAHID KAPOOR BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

SHAHID KAPOOR born 25 February 1981 in Delhi, India. Kapoor's parents divorced when he was three. After the divorce, he lived with his mother and maternal grandparents in Delhi. He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya Pathak. As far as his religious affiliation is concerned, Kapoor has stated in an interview that while his father is a Hindu and his mother is a Muslim, both his parents have taught him that he "should look at all religions without hatred and have compassion for every human being whatever his religion may be," saying that he believes that "there is one God up above."

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 (2005). His maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem, a noted Marxist journalist and author from Bihar.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 protégé of Urdu poet, Ghalib.

While filming Fida (2004), Kapoor began dating Kareena Kapoor. They dated for three years and then separated during the filming of Jab We Met (2007). 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

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 (1999). Four years later, he made his debut as a lead in Ishq Vishk (2003) and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. Following through with acclaimed performances in films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), he had his first commercial success with Sooraj R. Barjatya's Vivah (2006), and followed it up with Jab We Met (2007) and Kaminey (2009) which are also his biggest commercial successes so far.

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SHAHID KAPOOR FILMOGRAPHY

Mausam (2011) - Aayat
Milenge Milenge (2010) - Amit
Badmaash Company (2010) - Karan
Paathshala (2010) - Teacher Rahul Prakash Udyavar
Chance Pe Dance (2010) - Sameer Behl
Dil Bole Hadippa (2009) - Rohan Singh
Kaminey (2009) - Charlie/Guddu
Kismat Konnection (2008) - Raj Malhotra
Jab We Met (2007) - Aditya
Fool n Final (2007) - Raja
Vivaah (2006) - Prem
36 China Town (2006) - Raj
Chup Chup Ke (2006) - Jeetu
Shikhar (2005) - Jaidev Vardhan
Deewane Huye Pagal (2005) - Karan
Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005) - Aditya "Adi Chachu"
Dil Maange More!!! (2004) - Nikhil Mathur
Fida (2004) - Jai Malhotra
Ishq Vishk (2003) - Rajiv Mathur (as Shahid)