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Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in Mr. Bechara (1996)

Anil Kapoor, Johny Lever, and Raju Srivastava in Mr. Azaad (1994)

Anil Kapoor in Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)

Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, and Varun Dhawan in Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan (2022)

Anil Kapoor, Archana Puran Singh, Neetu Singh, Krushna Abhishek, Maniesh Paul, Varun Dhawan, Sumona Chakravarti, Kapil Sharma, Kiara Advani, and Prajakta Koli in Jugg Jugg Jeeyo with Kapil Sharma (2022)

Anil Kapoor and Neetu Singh in Jugg Jugg Jeeyo with Kapil Sharma (2022)

Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, and Feroz Khan in Welcome (2007)

Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgn, Indra Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Juhi Chawla, Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Juhi Chawla, Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, and Sonam Kapoor in Koffee with Karan (2004)

Sanjay Dutt, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, and Kangana Ranaut in Koffee with Karan (2004)

Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor in Yuvvraaj (2008)

Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, and Zayed Khan in Yuvvraaj (2008)

Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy in Race (2008)

Saeed Jaffrey, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, and Priya Tendulkar in Trimurti (1995)

Anil Kapoor and Akshay Kumar in Welcome (2007)

Anil Kapoor and Padmini Kolhapure in Woh 7 Din (1983)

Jackie Shroff, Danny Denzongpa, Anil Kapoor, and Tina Ambani in Yudh (1985)

Sridevi, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Anupam Kher in The Queen of Beauty and the King of Thieves (1993)

Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006)

Anees Bazmee, Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, and Bharti Singh in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor and Bharti Singh in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Kiku Sharda, Ileana D'Cruz, Sumona Chakravarti, Chandan Prabhakar, Bharti Singh, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Kiku Sharda, Sumona Chakravarti, Chandan Prabhakar, and Bharti Singh in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor and Sumona Chakravarti in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, and Ileana D'Cruz in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Kiku Sharda, Ileana D'Cruz, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, and Kapil Sharma in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Anil Kapoor and Gulnaaz Khan in Mubarakan (2017)

Anil Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, Saiyami Kher, and Harshvardhan Kapoor in The Kapil Sharma Show (2016)

Living in a Chawl in Tilak Nagar, Punjabi-speaking Anil was born in 1959 to Surinder and Nirmal aka Suchitra Kapoor. He has an elder brother, Boney, a sister, Reena, and a younger brother, Sanjay. His dad used to be Shammi Kapoor's Secretary.

A loner, without many friends, he studied in the nearby O.L.P.S. (Our Lady of Perpetual Succor) School, and was an ardent fan of Bollywood flicks that were telecast during the Ganesh Maha Utsav every year. He was a fan of Raj Kapoor, and it was this that influenced his acting, and people saw him as a mimic of the legendary showman. He landed a role as a child artiste with Shashi Kapoor in the lead, but the movie (Tu Payal Main Geet) was never released.

After school, he went to study in St. Xaviers College. He commuted by bus and train from Chembur to Bombay V.T., and the walked the rest of the way. It was here that he met Mazhar Khan. A distracted Anil was kicked out of College in the second year due to his lack of presence. His attempts to join the Pune Film Institute were in vain, as he failed in the written examination. He then decided to join Roshan Taneja's Acting school.

He first appeared on the silver screen in Hamhare Tumhare in a character role. His first lead role was in 'Woh 7 Din' and from thence on there has been no looking back. He has acted in close to a 100 movies, and has 5 in production. He has produced two movies (Gandhi My Father & Badhaai Ho Badhaai), as well as been a Casting Director/Outdoor In charge for 'Hum Paanch'.

Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's 2008 Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press Globally, Anil Kapoor is one of the most recognized Indian actors.

Anil met wealthy and chic model, Sindhi-speaking Sunita Bhambhani, and married her in 1984. Since then they have given birth to 3 children, kapoor has two daughters and a son Harshwardhan Kapoor.Kapoor's elder daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor. Rhea Kapoor attended school in New York and is now a producer in Mumbai.

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