26 Facts About Anil Kapur

1.

Anil Kapur's career saw a turning point with the action drama Mashaal before he established himself as a leading man with his roles in Meri Jung, Karma, Mr India, Tezaab, Ram Lakhan and Parinda.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,712
2.

Anil Kapur's elder brother Boney Kapoor is a film producer and younger brother Sanjay Kapoor is an actor.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,713
3.

Anil Kapur Kapoor made his Hindi films debut with Umesh Mehra's Hamare Tumhare in a small role.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,714
4.

Anil Kapur then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film, Vamsa Vruksham directed by veteran Bapu.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,715
5.

Anil Kapur played his first Hindi film leading role in Woh Saat Din which was directed by Bapu and featured Padmini Kolhapure and Naseeruddin Shah.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,716
6.

Anil Kapur gained recognition in Bollywood with Yash Chopra's drama Mashaal as a Tapori, for which he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,717
7.

Anil Kapur Kapoor played a comic tapori again in Karma, the biggest hit of the year.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,718
8.

Anil Kapur proved to be the only saving grace in commercial failures like Ram-Avtar and Vijay.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,719
9.

Anil Kapur Kapoor's another release of 1994: Andaz, opposite Juhi Chawla and Karisma Kapoor, was a success.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,720
10.

Anil Kapur's 1995 release, Trimurti was a box-office disaster, though Kapoor's performance was creditable.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,721
11.

Anil Kapur won rave reviews for his superb performance in Virasat, a remake of the Tamil film, Thevar Magan, in which he played Kamal Hassan's role.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,722
12.

Anil Kapur starred in the unsuccessful Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, which was filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherji's last commercial release, along with Juhi Chawla.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,723
13.

Anil Kapur shaved his moustache for the second half of the film.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,724
14.

Anil Kapur won his first National Film Award in the Best Actor category for his role in Rajkumar Santoshi's critically acclaimed Pukar in 2000.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,725
15.

Anil Kapur delivered a powerhouse performance in Shanker's Nayak which is considered to be his best performance by many.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,726
16.

Anil Kapur's character was defined with ample scope to perform in this screenplay-driven performance and in spite of the strong supporting cast, this really came out as Kapoor's one-man show.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,727
17.

Anil Kapur ignited the silver screen with an authoritative performance in Musafir alongside Sameera Reddy, Aditya Pancholi, Sanjay Dutt and Koena Mitra.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,728
18.

Anil Kapur was in the film Bewafaa, playing a rich businessman who is forced to marry the sister of his wife after she passes away in childbirth.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,729
19.

Anil Kapur's first release of 2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love was a box office hit in overseas though a flop in India.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,730
20.

Anil Kapur received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008 and has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,731
21.

Anil Kapur had signed for Khiladi 786, which released in December 2012 but did not appear in it eventually.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,732
22.

Anil Kapur will appear in a pivotal role in Siddharth Anand's Fighter, alongside Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,733
23.

Anil Kapur produced the movie Shortkut: The Con Is On starring Akshaye Khanna and Arshad Warsi.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,734
24.

Anil Kapur Kapoor has on rare occasions contributed to the soundtracks of his movies as a singer.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,735
25.

Anil Kapur is credited on the song "I Love You" from Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,736
26.

Anil Kapur had one full album, "Welcome" as a co-singer with Salma Agha in 1986.

FactSnippet No. 2,054,737