Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor was born in Mumbai, on 25th February 1981 to actors Pankaj Kapoor and Neelima Azeem, who divorced when he was three years old. His father married the actress Supriya Pathak. He has a brother Ruhan and sister Sana as well as a step-brother Ishaan Kapoor. Shahid and Kareena Kapoor, his long term girlfriend broke up just before the release of Jab We Met and since then he has been linked with several actresses like Amrita Rao and Vidya Balan. Shahid Kapoor and Kareena’s kiss was caught by a phone cam and created a controversy.

Facing the Camera
Shahid is a fabulous dancer owing to the training he undertook at Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts. He was a background dancer in Subash Ghai’s 1998 release Taal. He was also part of music videos and ads like Pepsi. He also starred in a music video for the band Aryans and met his college sweetheart Hrishita Bhatt, who also appeared in the video.

Big Screen Calling
2003 Shahid was launched as the lead in Ken Ghosh’s love story Ishq Vishq, winning the Filmfare Best Male Debut award for his performance. Shahid and Amrita Rao enjoy a popular onscreen chemistry.
2004 The year saw him in the thriller Fida and a romantic comedy Dil Maange More, both movies’ generated an average response from movie-goers.
2005 His releases Deewane Huye Paagal (based on the Hollywood comedy There’s Something About Mary) and Vah! Life Ho Tho Aisa, were both entertaining without creating an uproar at the box office. Shikhar, in which he worked with Ajay Devgan, earned him a Star Screen awards nomination for Best Actor.
2006 He moved away from romantic comedies when he played Raj Malhotra in the murder mystery 36 China Town and played Jeetu in Priyadarshan’s comedy Chup Chup Ke, both falling into the average-success category. Vivah, a drama of love, was a blockbuster and a high grosser, his performance as Prem widely appreciated.
2007 Fool and Final slid by, while for his role as Aditya Kashyap in Jab We Met, Shahid was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Awards and the movie was one of the year’s biggest hits.
2008 Kismat Connection with Vidya Balan failed to shake the box office and only added to the list of averages.

Coming soon
You can catch more of his boyish good looks, with the 2008 release Paathshala and in 2009 with Milenge Milenge and Kameenay.

filmography
Pathsala(2009) - Unknown -- Trailer
Milenge Milenge (2009) - Unknown
Kaminey (2009) - Charlie/Guddu -- Trailer
Kismat Konnection (2008) - Raj Malhotra -- Watch Full Movie
Jab We Met (2007) - Aditya -- Watch Full Movie
Fool n Final (2007) - Raja -- Watch Full Movie
Vivaah (2006) - Prem -- Watch Full Movie
Chup Chup Ke (2006) - Jeetu -- Watch Full Movie
Shikhar (2006) - Jaidev Vardhan -- Watch Full Movie
36 China Town (2005) - Raj -- Watch Full Movie
Deewane Huye Pagal (2005) - Karan -- Watch Full Movie
Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005) - Aditya "Adi Chachu" -- Watch Full Movie
Dil Maange More!!! (2004) - Nikhil Mathur -- Watch Full Movie
Fida (2004) - Jai Malhotra -- Watch Full Movie
Ishq Vishk (2003) - Rajiv Mathur (as Shahid) -- Watch Full Movie