1. Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, filmmaker and playwright who works in Hindi cinema.
14 Facts About Rajat Kapoor
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Rajat Kapoor was born in Delhi, India and grew up in Old Delhi.
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When he had trouble finding acting jobs in the 1990s, Rajat Kapoor began writing and directing shorts.
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Rajat Kapoor made his full-length directorial debut with Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One, which had Irrfan Khan and Naseeruddin Shah in minor roles.
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In 2001, Rajat Kapoor got his big mainstream break-in Dil Chahta Hai, as Preity Zinta's character's uncle.
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Rajat Kapoor received international attention in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding in which he played an abusive uncle.
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Rajat Kapoor played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in a UK television film The Last Days of the Raj in 2007.
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Rajat Kapoor then directed and starred in Mixed Doubles, a film that deals with swinging in contemporary Mumbai.
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Rajat Kapoor was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor for Siddharth: The Prisoner at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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Rajat Kapoor worked in television shows, including Rishtey which was aired on Zee TV in the episode "Milan".
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Tired of pitching his stories to investors, Rajat Kapoor reached out to his friend Chet Jainn, founder of the crowdfunding platform goCrowdera.
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Rajat Kapoor is a three time National Award winner, first for his 26-minute non-feature documentary, Tarana, then for his short, Hypnothesis, and after that for Raghu Romeo in Best Feature Film in Hindi section.
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Rajat Kapoor married Meenal Agarwal, a photographer-production designer in 1996 and has two children, a daughter Rabia and a son Vivan.
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Rajat Kapoor is an atheist, and he has said he believes God is a man-made concept.