1. Shraddha Kapoor was born on 3 March 1987 and is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films.
41 Facts About Shraddha Kapoor
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One of India's highest-paid actresses, Kapoor has been featured in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2016.
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The daughter of actor Shakti Shraddha Kapoor, she began her acting career with a brief role in the 2010 heist film Teen Patti, and followed it with her first leading role in the teen drama Luv Ka The End.
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Shraddha Kapoor had her breakthrough playing a singer in the commercially successful romantic musical Aashiqui 2, for which she received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
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Shraddha Kapoor established herself with starring roles in the romantic thriller Ek Villain, the dance drama ABCD 2 and the action film Baaghi.
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Shraddha Kapoor is the celebrity endorser for several brands and products, in 2015, she launched her own line of clothing.
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On her father's side, Shraddha Kapoor is of Punjabi descent, and on her mother's side, she is of Marathi and Konkani descent.
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Shraddha Kapoor has said that she went through a tomboyish phase as a child and described herself as having a strong attitude, because of which she was deliberately picking fights with boys.
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Shraddha Kapoor is the great-niece of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Khadikar, Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
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Shraddha Kapoor accompanied her father to various shooting locations in her childhood.
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Shraddha Kapoor did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School and at the age of 15, she shifted to the American School of Bombay where she was schoolmates with Tiger Shroff and Athiya Shetty.
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Shraddha Kapoor then enrolled in Boston University to major in psychology, but she left in her first year to appear in her debut film after she was seen on Facebook by producer Ambika Hinduja, who cast her for a role in Teen Patti.
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Shraddha Kapoor was trained as a singer since her childhood as her maternal grandfather and mother are classical singers.
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Shraddha Kapoor admitted that after her debut film's failure, she faced a "dull phase" in her career as production houses were hesitant to collaborate with her, leaving her without work.
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Shraddha Kapoor portrayed the lead role of a teenage student who plots against her boyfriend after he cheats on her.
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Shraddha Kapoor was offered the lead female role in Aurangzeb as a part of her deal with Yash Raj Films.
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In 2013, Shraddha Kapoor found her breakthrough role in Mohit Suri's romantic musical Aashiqui 2, the sequel to the 1990 film Aashiqui.
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Shraddha Kapoor was cast as Aarohi Keshav Shirke, a small-town bar singer who becomes a successful playback artist with the help of a popular male singer.
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Shraddha Kapoor received several nominations in the Best Actress category, including her first at the Filmfare Awards.
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Shraddha Kapoor next reunited with Suri for the romantic thriller Ek Villain, in which she made her singing debut with the song "Galliyan".
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Shraddha Kapoor played the Ophelia-based character, a journalist named Arshia, opposite Shahid Kapoor and Tabu.
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Also that year, Shraddha Kapoor performed an item number "Dance Basanti" in the Karan Johar-produced thriller Ungli.
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In 2015, Shraddha Kapoor starred in a sequel to the dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, entitled ABCD 2.
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Shraddha Kapoor portrayed the role of Vinita Sharma, a hip-hop dancer who competes in an international hip-hop competition alongside her childhood friend.
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Shraddha Kapoor began 2016 by featuring as star Tiger Shroff's love interest in the action film Baaghi, about a pair of rebellious lovers set against the backdrop of a martial arts school.
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Shraddha Kapoor played the role of Jiah Sharma, an introverted singer and keyboard player, who suffers a neglectful relationship with her father.
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In 2017, Shraddha Kapoor starred in Shaad Ali's romantic drama Ok Jaanu, in her second collaboration with Aditya Roy Kapur.
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Later in 2017, Shraddha Kapoor appeared in Apoorva Lakhia's Haseena Parkar, a biopic of terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's sister, who ran a crime ring of her own.
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Shraddha Kapoor played the titular role, alongside her brother Siddhanth Shraddha Kapoor, who essayed Ibrahim's character.
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The critic Saibal Chatterjee took note of the film's feminist subtext and found Shraddha Kapoor to be "suitably icy as the enigmatic woman".
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Shraddha Kapoor agreed to the project due to the social message she found in the script.
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Shraddha Kapoor was committed to star in a biopic of badminton player Saina Nehwal, directed by Amole Gupte, but after filming for a few days she opted out of the project citing a scheduling conflict.
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Shraddha Kapoor began 2019 by playing the leading lady opposite Prabhas in Sujeeth's action film Saaho.
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Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint labelled it a "lively homage to hostel life" and added "in spite of a sketchy role, Shraddha Kapoor delivers a moving and likeable performance".
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Shraddha Kapoor began the new decade by reuniting with Dhawan in the dance film Street Dancer 3D, which Namrata Joshi termed a "compilation of indistinguishable performances".
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Shraddha Kapoor then reteamed with Shroff in the spiritual sequel Baaghi 3.
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In 2024, Shraddha Kapoor reprised her role in the sequel Stree 2, as part of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe.
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Shraddha Kapoor has ramp walked in the Lakme Fashion Week for various fashion designers and has been the cover model for several magazines.
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Shraddha Kapoor has established herself as one of the most popular celebrities in India.
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Google Trends stated that Shraddha Kapoor was one of the most-searched Indian actresses between 2014 and 2015.
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Shraddha Kapoor was placed seventh on The Times of Indias listing of the Most Desirable Women in 2014 and 2015.