Aditya Roy Kapur

Aditya Roy Kapur (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian film actor who works in Hindi-language films. He made his Bollywood debut with 2009 film London Dreams but rose to fame with 2013 film Aashiqui 2. He is the youngest brother of Bollywood film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur and actor Kunaal Roy Kapur and is brother-in-law of actress Vidya Balan.

Aditya Roy Kapur
Kapur in 2019
Born	(1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Education	St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Occupation	Actor VJ
Years active	2009–present
Relatives	See Roy Kapur family

Early life and background

Kapur was born in Mumbai on 16 November 1985[1] to a Punjabi Hindu father,[2] Kumud Roy Kapur, and a Jewish mother Salome Aaron.[3] His grandfather, Raghupat Roy Kapur, was a film producer.[4][5] Kapur is the youngest of the three siblings- his eldest brother, Siddharth Roy Kapur, was the chief executive officer of UTV Motion Pictures and is married to the actress, Vidya Balan. His second elder brother, Kunaal Roy Kapur, is also an actor.[6]

His maternal grandparents, Sam and Ruby Aaron, were qualified dance teachers who introduced the Sama dance to India.[4] He did his schooling from G. D. Somani Memorial School, in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, where all his siblings studied and his mother directed school plays.[4] Kapoor enrolled in St. Xavier's in Class XI, but failed. He had to enroll in St. Andrew's College to avoid losing a year.[3] Subsequently, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, affiliated to the University of Mumbai.[1]

Kapur is not a trained actor, though he has taken dance lessons and also diction classes to improve his Hindi accent. According to him he "had no burning ambition to become an actor," and was content being a VJ, until he was called to audition for London Dreams. During his school years, he wanted to be a cricketer but he quit cricket coaching classes after sixth standard.

VJ career

Kapur started his career as a VJ on music channel Channel V India at the age of 19,[3] where his comic timing and "unique style of hosting" made him a hit. He did a show "Pakao" for Channel V, and also hosted the hugely popular, 'India's hottest' show with VJ, Bruna Abdullah. He exited the show in 2008.

Other work

In 2016, he did a music tour named "Dream Team Bollywood" and performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, New York alongside Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, Varun Dhawan & Badshah.[7]

Personal life

Kapur has previously been linked with co-star Shraddha Kapoor during the shooting of their film Aashiqui 2 in 2013.[8] They broke up in 2016.[9]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	London Dreams	Wasim Afroz Khan
2010	Action Replayy	Bunty Saigal
	Guzaarish	Omar Siddiqui	Stardust Awards for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male
2013	Aashiqui 2	Rahul Jaykar	BIG Star Entertainment Awards, Screen Awards, Star Guild Awards, Filmfare Awards
	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Avinash Arora/Avi	International Indian Film Academy Awards
2014	Daawat-e-Ishq	Tariq Haider/Taru
2016	Fitoor	Noor Nizami
	Dear Zindagi	Aajit Das	Cameo appearance
2017	Ok Jaanu	Aditya Gunjal
2018	Welcome To New York	Himself	Cameo appearance
2019	Kalank	Dev Chaudhry
2020	Malang	Advait Thakur
	Sadak 2	Vishal Agnihotri
	Ludo	TBA

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Reference
2013	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Best Actor in Romantic Role	Aashiqui 2	Won	[10]
		Most Romantic Jodi Award (With Shraddha Kapoor)		Won	[10]
2014	Screen Awards	Jodi Number 1 (With Shraddha Kapoor)		Won	[11]
	Star Guild Awards	Jodi of the Year (With Shraddha Kapoor)		Won	[12]
	Filmfare Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Nominated	[13]
	International Indian Film Academy Awards			Won	[14]

References

1. "Birthday Exclusive: Aditya Roy Kapur". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
2. "History of India's Jewish beauty queens". Ynetnews. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
3. "Shraddha and I are really, really close: Aditya Roy Kapur". The Times of India. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
4. "Another GenNext Kapur family finds feet in Bollywood". The Economic Times. 20 November 2010. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
5. G. Rakesh on IMDb
6. "Born to Sweet Delight". Tehelka. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
7. "Bollywood Dream Team 2016: Katrina, Alia Kapoor Sidharth, Varun, Parineeti, Aditya Roy Kapur US tour in August". India News Bulletin. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
8. "Sidharth Malhotra would like to date Aditya Roy Kapur's ex Shraddha Kapoor". India Today. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
9. "Shraddha Kapoor pictures with rumoured ex Aditya Roy Kapur that cannot be missed". Republic World. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
10. Devi, Kanchana. "Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013 – List of winners". truthdive.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
11. "20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards: List of winners". The Indian Express. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
12. "Winners of 9th Renault Star Guild Awards". Bollywood Hungama. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
13. "59th Filmfare Awards: Nominations' Full List". koimoi.com. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
14. Bhowmik, Arijita (27 April 2014). "IIFA Awards 2014: Deepika Padukone, Farhan Akhtar, 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' Take Away Major Honours [Full Winner's List]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

External links

• Aditya Roy Kapur on IMDb
• Aditya Roy Kapur news at DNA India
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