Famous People with Name Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rishi Kapoor: an Indian Bollywood actor.He is the second son of famous film director and star Raj Kapoor. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. Rishi is the paternal uncle of today's actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Rishi married actress Neetu Singh, with whom he had several hit movies, in 1980. They have two children named Ranbir Kapoor, who is also an actor, and Riddhima Kapoor.Rishi Kapoor first debuted in his father's 1970 film Mera Naam Joker (My Name is Joker), playing his father's role as a child. Height 5' 7" or 1.70 m Eye Color: Black/Brown. Rishi Kapoor had his first lead role, opposite Dimple Kapadia, in the popular 1973 film Bobby which became an instant hit with youngsters. He has since then appeared in hundreds of movies.

Rajiv Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rajiv Kapoor: an Indian film actor, producer, director and a member of the famous Kapoor Family.He had a short stint in the Hindi film industry, acting in only 13 films. He was not as successful as his other brothers Randhir and Rishi, but he is noted for his role in Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) starring opposite Mandakini which was one of the biggest hits of the year. He acted in a string of other unsuccessful films and made his last film appearance in Zimmedaar which released in 1990. He then turned to producing and directing. He produced Henna (1991) which was directed by his brother Randhir and then made his directorial debut with PremGranth (1996) which starred his brother Rishi and Madhuri Dixit

Shahid Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shahid Kapoor: a Bollywood actor and model.Starting off his career by working in music videos and ads, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal (1999). After four years, he made his debut as a leading actor in Ishq Vishk (2003) and won a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. Following through with critically acclaimed performances in films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), he had his first commercial success with Sooraj R. Barjatya's Vivah (2006), his biggest commercial success so far, and later continued it with Jab We Met (2007). Since then, he has established himself as one of the most promising actors of the industry.

Shakti Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shakti Kapoor: He is notably known for playing comic and villainous roles. He is known for acting alongside comedian Kader Khan in over 100 films. Since the start of his career in 1972, he holds the world record for acting in the most films, he has acted in 422 films. Often nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category and won once, for his performance in David Dhawan's film, Raja Babu.During his career, he was part of many successful films such as Aasha, Khiladi, Aankhen, Judwaa and many more.

Shammi Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shammi Kapoor: an actor in Bollywood films. The majority of his most successful pictures were made in the late 1950s and 1960s.He was born Shamsher Raj Kapoor in Mumbai to film and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Shammi was the second of three sons born to Prithviraj (the other two being Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), all of whom were, like their father, successful Bollywood actors.Kapoor started out with serious roles but with Filmistan's Nasir Hussain directed Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) opposite Ameeta and Dil Deke Dekho (1959) with Asha Parekh, he attained the image of a light hearted playboy. With Junglee (1961) his new image was cemented and subsequent films were all in this genre. He particularly chose Mohammed Rafi as his playback voice and Rafi was also his friend.