Ranbir Kapoor

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Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor posing for the camera
Kapoor promoting Bombay Velvet in 2015
Born (1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 (age 38)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
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Ranbir Kapoor (pronounced [rəˈɳbiːr kəˈpuːr]; born 28 September 1982) is an Indian movie actor. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Hindi cinema. He has been ranked in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2012.[1][2] Kapoor has won many awards which includes six Filmfare Awards.[3]

He is the son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and grandson of actor-director Raj Kapoor. Kapoor did moviemaking and method acting at the School of Visual Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute respectively.[4][5] He then worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant director on the 2005 movie Black. He made his acting debut in Bhansali's tragic romance Saawariya (2007). The movie was a critical and commercial failure.[6] Kapoor became famous in 2009 with his performances in the coming-of-age movie Wake Up Sid, the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and the drama Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. His most watched movie during this time was the political drama Raajneeti (2010).

He played the role of a troubled musician in the romantic drama Rockstar (2011) and a cheerful deaf-and-mute man in the comedy-drama Barfi! (2012). He won two consecutive Best Actor awards at Filmfare for these roles.[3] He acted with Deepika Padukone in the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013). The movie established him as a leading Bollywood actor. He then acted in a series of movies that did not perform well commercially except for the romance Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016). Kapoor played Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's biopic Sanju in 2018.[7] The movie was one of the highest-earning Indian movies of all time. He won another Filmfare Award for Best Actor for this role.[3]

Apart from acting in movies, Kapoor supports charities and organisations.[8] He is also the co-owner of the Indian Super League football team Mumbai City FC.[9][10]

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  1. ↑ "2012 Celebrity 100 List — Forbes India". Forbes. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "2013 Celebrity 100 List — Forbes India". Forbes. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ranbir Kapoor: Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Bamzai, Kaveree (11 June 2010). "Ranbir Kapoor: The Natural". India Today. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Roy, Gitanjali (28 September 2012). "Who is Ranbir Kapoor?". NDTV. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Box Office 2007". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  7. ↑ "Biopic 'Sanju' spotlights troubled life of Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt". The Straits Times. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ranbir Kapoor wants world class football stadium in Mumbai". NDTV. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Basu, Saumyajit (14 April 2014). "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ranbir Kapoor's Mumbai City Football Club to play all home games at D Y Patil Stadium". Daily News and Analysis. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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