Indian actor
Shahid Kapoor began his career as a background dancer, making uncredited appearances in the films
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and
Taal (1999). He also appeared in several music videos, including one for the singer
Kumar Sanu, before making his acting debut with a lead role in
Ken Ghosh's romantic comedy
Ishq Vishk (2003). The film was a
sleeper hit, and Kapoor's portrayal of a teenage student earned him the
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He found little success in the next two years; all five of his releases, including the thriller
Fida (2004) and the drama
Shikhar (2005), were commercial failures.
In 2006, Kapoor starred opposite Kareena Kapoor in 36 China Town and Chup Chup Ke, and played a prospective groom opposite Amrita Rao in Vivah, a commercially successful family drama from director Sooraj Barjatya. In the following year, he reunited with Kareena Kapoor in the romantic comedy Jab We Met, for which he received his first Best Actor nomination at Filmfare. In 2009, Kapoor portrayed twin brothers, one with a lisp and the other with a stutter, in Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed thriller Kaminey. He then appeared in a series of films which performed poorly at the box-office, including Mausam (2011) and Teri Meri Kahaani (2012). The 2013 action-drama R... Rajkumar proved to be his first commercial success in four years.
In 2014, Kapoor played the title character in Bhardwaj's Haider (2014), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. After serving as a talent judge on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded (2015), he played a rockstar addicted to drugs in Udta Punjab (2016), a crime drama about substance abuse, for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Kapoor's highest-grossing release came in 2018 with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama Padmaavat, one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers, in which he portrayed the Rajput ruler Rawal Ratan Singh. The following year, he played the title role of a disgruntled lover in Kabir Singh (2019), which proved to be his biggest commercial success as the sole male lead. After a short hiatus, Kapoor starred in the Amazon Prime Video crime drama series Farzi (2023), which emerged as the most-watched Indian streaming series. He had further commercial success in the romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024).
Films
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Television
Music video
See also
- ^ Kapoor played dual roles in the film.
- ^ Kapoor played triple roles in the film.