Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959)

For other similarly named actors, see Kunal Kapoor (disambiguation).

Kunal Kapoor
Kapoor in 2020
Born (1959-06-26) 26 June 1959 (age 65)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
OrganizationAdfilm-Valas
Spouse
Sheena Sippy
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(divorced)​
Children2, including Zahan Kapoor
Parents
FamilyKapoor family, Sippy family

Kunal Kapoor (born 26 June 1959)[2] is an Indian actor, film producer, director and advertisement maker. Elder son of actors Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal, he made his debut with the 1972 English-language film Siddhartha, later acted in Shyam Benegal's Junoon and in his first mainstream Bollywood film, Ahista Ahista, opposite Padmini Kolhapure as well as Vijeta. He also acted in the art films Utsav (1984) and Trikal (1985).[3]

In 1987, he stopped acting after Trikal to set up his own company, Adfilm-Valas, to produce and direct television commercials. Adfilm Valas has also line-produced for many international feature films and ad films shot in India. Notably, the credit sequence of the film City of Joy, and the French films Le Cactus (2005) and Fire in Paradise.

In 2015, he returned to films after 30 years, appearing in Singh is Bling as Amy Jackson's character's father.

  1. ^ "Kunal Kapoor returns to acting". The Indian Express. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ Meet the Shashi Kapoor no one knew, Rediff
  3. ^ "Kunal Kapoor returns to acting". The Indian Express. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.