Shahid Kapoor

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Shahid Kapoor

Birth Date: 25 Feb, 1981, Age (43)

Occupation : Actor

Filmfare Awards : 3

Place of Birth : New Delhi

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

Born on February 25, 1981 in New Delhi, Shahid Kapoor is a Bollywood actor.  His father Pankaj Kapoor and mother Neelima Azeem are TV and Film actors. His parents divorced when he was three years old; his father shifted to Mumbai (and married the actress Supriya Pathak) and Kapoor continued living in Delhi with his mother and maternal grandparents.

Kapoor was interested in dance from an early age, and at the age of 15, he joined Shiamak Davar's dance institute. As a student there, Shahid appeared as a background dancer in the films Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Taal (1999), in which Davar served as choreographer. Shahid Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in Ken Ghosh's romantic comedy Ishq Vishk.

Shahid Kapoor has been the recipient of three Filmfare Awards: Best Male Debut for Ishq Vishk (2003), Best Actor for Haider (2014), and Critics Award for Best Actor for Udta Punjab (2016).

 

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