Ranbir Kapoor
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| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ranbir Kapoor |
| Full Name | Ranbir Raj Kapoor |
| Nickname | Dabbu |
| Profession | Indian actor |
| Years Active | 2007-Present |
| Date of Birth | September 28, 1982 |
| Age (In 2024) | 42 Years 2 Month(s) 5 Days |
| Birth Place | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Khatri |
| Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
| Zodiac | Libra |
| Height | in centimeters- 181 cm in meters- 1.81 m in feet inches- 5ft 11¼in |
| Eye color | Dark Brown |
| Hair color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife/Spouse | Alia Bhatt |
| Marriage Date | April 14, 2022 |
| Girlfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Nandita Mahtani (2017) Katrina Kaif (2012-16)  Deepika Padukone (2007-09) Avantika Malik |
| Parents | |
| Father | Rishi Kapoor |
| Mother | Neetu Singh |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Riddhima Kapoor Sahni |
| Cousin(s) | Kareena Kapoor Karishma Kapoor  Armaan Jain  Aadar Jain Nikhil Nanda Nitasha Nanda Shivani Kapoor Zahan Kapoor Shaira Kapoor Aliya Kapoor Zak Kapoor Hamir Thapar Pooja Desai Rajeshwari Desai Tulsi Kapoor Vishwa Pratap Kapoor |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Nephew(s) | Kiaan Raj Kapoor Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi Jehangir Ali Khan Pataudi Agastya Nanda |
| Niece(s) | Samara Sahni Samaira Kapoor Navya Naveli Nanda |
| Uncle(s) | Randhir Kapoor Rajiv Kapoor Aditya Raj Kapoor Karan Kapoor Kunal Kapoor Jatin Sial Valmik Thapar |
| Aunt(s) | Sanjana Kapoor Kanchan Desai Babita Kapoor Ritu Nanda Rima Kapoor Jain Sanjana Kapoor Anuradha Sial Priti Sial Namita Sial Lorna Tarling Kapoor Priti Kapoor |
| Grand Father (Paternal) | Raj Kapoor |
| Grand Mother (Paternal) | Krishna Malhotra |
| Grand Father (Maternal) | Darshan Singh |
| Grand Mother (Maternal) | Rajee Kaur Singh |
| Great Uncle(s) | Shammi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor Charanjit Sial |
| Great Aunt(s) | Jennifer Kendal Geeta Bali Neila Devi Urmila Sial |
| Great Grandfather | Prithviraj Kapoor |
| Sister-in-law(s) | Shaheen Bhatt Pooja Bhatt Anissa Malhotra |
| Brother-in-law(s) | Bharat Sahni Saif Ali Khan |
| Father-in-law | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Mother-in-law | Soni Razdan |
| Education Details | |
| School | Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai |
| College | School of Visual Arts, New York Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York |
| Educational Qualification | Filmmaking and Method acting course |
| Filmography | |
| Debut Movie | Saawariya (2007) |
| Movies | Animal (TBA) Brahmāstra (2022) Shamshera (2022) Sanju (2018) Jagga Jasoos (2017) Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) Tamasha (2015) Bombay Velvet (2015) Roy (2015) Besharam (2013) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) Barfi! (2012) Rockstar (2011) Anjaana Anjaani (2010) Raajneeti (2010) Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) Wake Up Sid (2009) Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) Saawariya (2007) |
| Cameo(s) | Bucket List (Marathi, 2018) Love per Square Foot (2018) PK (2014) Bhoothnath Returns (2014) Bombay Talkies (2013) Chillar Party (2011) Luck by Chance (2009) |
| Short Film(s) | India, 1964 (2004) Karma (2004) |
| Music Video(s) | Smile Deke Dekho (Sunidhi Chauhan & Nakash Aziz, 2019) The Breakup Song (Arijit Singh, Badshah, Jonita Gandhi & Nakash Aziz, 2017) Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara (2010) |
| Award(s)/Title(s) | |
| Best Actor for "Sanju" at Filmfare Awards, 2019 Hottest Pair (with Deepika Padukone) for "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" at IIFA Awards, 2014 Best Actor for "Barfi!" at Filmfare Awards, 2013 Best Actor for "Barfi!" at IIFA Awards, 2013 Hottest Pair (with Nargis Fakhri) for "Rockstar" at IIFA Awards, 2012 Best Actor (Critics) for "Rockstar" at Filmfare Awards, 2012 Best Actor for "Rockstar" at Filmfare Awards, 2012 Best Actor for "Rockstar" at IIFA Awards, 2012 Best Actor (Critics) for "Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani & Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year" at Filmfare Awards, 2010 Best Male Debut for "Saawariya" at Filmfare Awards, 2008 Star Debut of the Year – Male for "Saawariya" at IIFA Awards, 2008 | |
| Other Details | |
| Net Worth (Approx) | ₹350 Crore |
| Salary/Fees | ₹20 Crore |
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| Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor. He belongs to the famous "Kapoor Family of Bollywood". He was born on September 28, 1982 to actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | |
| His elder sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahani is an interior and fashion designer. She is married to Delhi-based industrialist Bharat Sahni and has a daughter Samara Sahni. | |
| He studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai and did intermediate from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. After that, he relocated to New York City and studied filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts and later studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. | |
| Ravi Chopra's son Abhay Chopra was his roommate during his college days in New York. | |
| Ranbir Kapoor was the first member of Kapoor family to pass Class 10 exams and finish College. | |
| He assisted his father on the film Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) and later assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Black (2005). | |
| He made his acting debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) opposite Sonam Kapoor. The movie was a critical and commercial failure but it earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male. | |
| Kapoor was next seen in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), in which he played the role of a young playboy named Raj Sharma, who meets three women, played by Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, and Deepika Padukone, at different stages in his life. The film was a commercial success and it earned ₹79 crores against its budget of ₹12 crores at Box-office. | |
| In 2009, he starred in three movies, "Wake Up Sid", "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" & "Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year" and won Best Actor (Critics) Filmfare Award for his performance in these three movies. | |
| In 2010, he was seen in Prakash Jha's big-budget political drama "Raajneeti" which also starred Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee and Katrina Kaif. The movie was inspired by Mahabharata and Ranbir's character was based on Arjuna. The film was a hit as it earned ₹145 crores against its budget of ₹45 crores. | |
| Ranbir played the role of a troubled musician Janardhan "Jordan" Jakhar in Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar (2011). He learned to play the guitar for the movie. Upon release, the movie was a commercial success and he won the Best Actor award at the Filmfare and IIFA Awards for his performance. | |
| He played the role of a cheerful deaf-and-mute man in Barfi! (2012) also starring Ileana D'Cruz and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. The film was a huge hit at the box-office and Ranbir got Best Actor award at the Filmfare and IIFA Awards for his role in the movie. | |
| He was next seen in Ayan Mukerji's coming-of-age romantic film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) opposite Deepika Padukone. Upon release, it become one of the highest grossing Indian films of all time earning around ₹319 crore at the box-office. | |
| In 2017, he was seen with Anushka Sharma in the music video of "The Breakup Song" sung by Arijit Singh, Badshah, Jonita Gandhi & Nakash Aziz. | |
| In 2018, Kapoor portrayed the role of Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's biopic Sanju based on the life of actor Sanjay Dutt. It became the highest-grossing movie of Ranbir, earning ₹586 crores at box-office and he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his acting. | |
| Ranbir Kapoor started dating Alia Bhatt in 2018 and the couple tied the knot on 14 April 2022 in a private ceremony in Mumbai. | |
| In 2019, he was seen with Alia Bhatt in the music video of "Smile Deke Dekho" sung by Sunidhi Chauhan & Nakash Aziz. | |
| After a long four-year gap, Ranbir will be seen playing the role of a dacoit in Shamshera (2022) opposite Vaani Kapoor & in long awaited Ayan Mukerji's fantasy film Brahmastra (2022) opposite Alia Bhatt. | |
| Ranbir was reportedly paid ₹20 crore for his role in Shamshera (2022). | |
| Avantika Malik who is now married to actor Imran Khan now, was Ranbir's first girlfriend and they dated for 5 long years. | |
| He started dating Deepika Padukone in 2007 while shooting for the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008). Deepika was so much madly in love with him that she even got his initials tattooed on her back. But the couple broke up in 2009 due to the rumours about cheating by Ranbir. | |
| In August 2013, his photographs with Katrina Kaif on a holiday in Ibiza were leaked by stardust magazine. Katrina and Ranbir broke up in 2016. | |
| He also reportedly dated fashion designer Nandita Mahtani. In an interview in 2017, Ranbir said, "All I can say is that while growing up, I was infatuated with her. I found her beautiful, simple and warm, so unlike the socialite she is made out to be. We went out for dinners, it was nothing serious. Mum knew I had a crush on her."  | |
| He won CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award in Entertainment category in the year 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014 and won NDTV Indian of the Year award in 2009 and 2014. | |
| His father, Rishi Kapoor died on 30 April 2020 due to leukemia. | |
| Back in the time, when Ranbir was yet to make his acting debut, he met Salman Khan in a pub where both got into a war of words. Salman lost his cool and slapped Ranbir in public. Ranbir, feeling embarrassed, left the pub immediately. Later Salman Khan's father Salim Khan sent an apology to Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor on behalf of his son. 1 | |
| He is a football enthusiast and also co-owns Indian Super League football team Mumbai City FC. | |
| Ranbir revealed on The Kapil Sharma Show in 2016 that he once saw Natalie Portman on the streets of New York. He ran up to her and asked for a photograph without realizing that she was crying but it was too late when he realised that and was told to "Get Lost" by Natalie. | |
| His full name is Ranbir Raj Kapoor which he got from his legendary grandfather Raj Kapoor whose real name was also Ranbir Raj Kapoor. | |
| He is a distant relative of Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor as his great grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor was a cousin of Surinder Kapoor. | |
He has a Cross Symbol Tattoo inked on his right palm. | |
| Ranbir was the first choice for the role of Bittoo Sharma in the movie Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) but after he rejected the offer, the role went to Ranveer Singh. | |
Sanjay Dutt gifted him a red Harley Davidson motorcycle on his 30th birthday. | |
| Ranbir is not active on social media and does not have any profile on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. | |
| He is addicted to playing Candy Crush and is busy crushing candies every time he finds some leisure time. | |
References
- https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/gossip/story/salman-khan-ranbir-kapoor-fight-katrina-kaif-wanted-rockstar-jagga-jasoos-sultan-fitoor-13445-2016-06-10[↩]
