Aditya Raj Kapoor | |
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Born |
Aditya Raj Kapoor Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Other names | Mickey |
Occupation | Actor Businessman Filmmaker |
Spouse(s) | Priti Kapoor |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) |
Shammi Kapoor (father) Geeta Bali (mother) |
Relatives | See Kapoor family |
Aditya Raj Kapoor is an Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family. He is the son of late actor Shammi Kapoor and actress Geeta Bali. Kapoor is best known for his work as an assistant director in several Hindi films and his English language directorial films like Shamaal, Don't Stop Dreaming (2007) and Sambar Salsa (2007). His company has developed amusement parks in Mumbai and Delhi.
Aditya Raj is the member of well known Kapoor family of Indian film industry. He was born to actor Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali. He acted as a child actor in film Jabse tumhe dekha hai He is the grandson of actor Prithviraj Kapoor, cousin of actors Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. He is uncle of actors Ranbir KapoorKarishma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Aditya Raj Kapoor is married to Priti Kapoor and has two children.
After finishing his school education, Kapoor started his professional career as an assistant director with his uncle Raj Kapoor for the 1973 romantic film Bobby and thereafter he worked as assistant director in films like Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978),Geraftaar (1985), Saajan (1991),Dil Tera Aashiq (1993), Papi Gudia (1996) and Aarzoo (1999). After a hiatus from Bollywood, Kapoor made a comeback as writer and director of Don't Stop Dreaming and Sambar Salsa (both 2007).