SHAHID KAPOOR

Shahid Pankaj Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Initially recognised for portraying romantic roles, he has since taken on parts in action films and thrillers. One of the highest-paid Indian actors, he has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards. The son of actors Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem, Kapoor trained as a dancer at Shiamak Davar's academy. He appeared as a background dancer in a few films of the 1990s, and featured in music videos and television commercials. He made his film debut in 2003 with a leading role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk, a sleeper hit for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He followed it with roles in several commercial failures before starring in Sooraj Barjatya's top-grossing family drama Vivah. Kapoor earned praise for playing a troubled businessman in Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Jab We Met and twin brothers in Vishal Bhardwaj's action film Kaminey. Further acclaim came for portraying the Hamlet character in Bhardwaj's tragedy Haider and a drug abusing singer in the crime drama Udta Punjab. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)