Arjun Kapoor

Arjun Kapoor Biography

Arjun Kapoor is an Indian film actor who concentrates in Hindi film industry. He worked as assistant producer and assistant director before he became an actor. He was born on 26^th June 1985 in Chembur in Mumbai.

Arjun Kapoor is the son of the film producer Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor. The famous film actress Sridevi Kapoor is his step mother. Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor are his uncles and Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor are his cousins. Anshula Kapoor is his sister and Jhanvi and Khushi are his half sisters.

He is a film lover from his childhood days and used to accompany his father to the studios and watch his father working. He has completed his higher secondary education and did not want to study further and plunged into the filmmaking industry following the traits of his father.

His career as an assistant producer started in 2005 with the film No Entry which was a huge success. He co-produced the films Wanted in 2009 and Milenge Milenge in 2010. He worked as assistant director in the film Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003 and Salaam E Ishq in 2007.

His debut film as an actor is Ishaqzaade by Yash Raj films with Parineeti Chopra directed by Habib Faisal. He weighed about 140 kg and had aim to become a director and not as an actor. But with the help of Salman Khan, he was able to lose his weight and enter into the acting career. Originally the film by Y-Films named Virus Diwan was supposed to be his debut film but since it was getting delayed, Ishaqzaade was staged first marking his entry. He is interested in action comedy roles.

His films as an assistant director are Shakti: The Power, Kal Ho Na Ho and Salaam E Ishq. His films as assistant producer are No Entry, Wanted and Milenge Milenge. His film as an actor is Ishaqzaade.

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Updated: July 05, 2018