Kunal Kapoor, the tall dusky character with unkempt hair and beard is always referred to as a dreamer. The dreamer has much more to contribute than those attributes. This Bollywood rising star, has destined his own path with his own ability. He walked into the sets as an assistant director, where he was fired and called out for his work. His journey has been slow but steady. Read the biography and some of the most interesting facts about the Bollywood's new heartthrob.
Life before the camera life Kunal Kapoor was born on 17 October 1975, in a family, which was into construction business. He did his schooling in Mumbai and opted in the pre university college. Later he did his graduation in commerce and then a course in export management. Kunal never dreamt to be an actor, rather he is not a person who makes plans, but loves to venture on any thing that excites him that moment. For instance, as a child he wanted to be an architect but by the time he had reached his twelfth he gave it up and made an entry into a Construction Company. He even dabbled into stock market, export firm and textile unit. He spent 5-6 years of his life after college trying 30 different professions, where he was pampered and served everything in a platter. Indeed he was not a person with focus or dream, but yes his fortune of fame had not yet called him to mount the peak of glamour world.
Kunal enters the world of glamour: Kunal ventured into ad films after trying all his interests. He did a couple of ads with Rakesh Mehra who was searching a man with a beard for his ad. He did a screen shot and his first ad was shot on Coke. After experiencing the energy and the charm on the set Kunal started chasing Rakesh Mehra for some work on the set. He assisted him in
Aks as the assistant director in 2001. During the course of the movie he often initiated for any background acting. So, his first debut in the field of acting in films was on the background of
Aks.
During the making of
Aks Kunal and Manoj Bajpai became friends and the latter asked Kunal to meet Barry John if he aimed to be an actor. So the dreamer finally decided to destine in the world of acting and moved to Delhi to learn acting skills. He did theater with Barry John for couple of years.
After his return from the world of theatre Kunal got a call from the world acclaimed painter M.F Hussein for the audition of his movie 'Meenakshi' (in 2004). He was selected and casted against Tabu in the lead role. Though many did not notice the movie, it did make a good start.
In 2006 after the release of
Rang De Basanti, the lanky hero made everybody swoon to his acting skills and looks. Though he is personified as a sweet and soft-spoken painter in the movie, many women acclaimed him as a sex symbol. In 2007 he has three films on his list,
Hat Trick,
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and
Aaja Naachley. Besides acting he loves everything that goes with the making of the film, like editing, cinematography, production design and all the other technicalities.
Interesting facts
- Favourite Actress- Rani Mukherjee
- Favourite food- Rajma chawal
- Favourite colour- Red
- Sexiest actress - Madhuri Dixit
- His Mantra- "Jo hua, accha hua, Jo ho raha hai, accha ho raha hai, Jo hoga woh bhi accha hi hoga."
- Crazy about- Speed
- Cried - watching 'Million dollar baby' movie.
- Spare time: read, write, dance and practice martial arts
Kunal's character in his first two films is offbeat, but as an actor he loves to act on some comedy scripts too. In fact most of the movies that he watched while growing up were comedy movies and his favorites till date are Kishore Kumar, Charlie Chapline and Jerry Lewis. So, let's wait and watch what he has to offer in his new movie
Hat Trick. A must see movie - of two hours laughter entertainment.
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