Mona Shourie Kapoor

Mona Shourie Kapoor (3 February 1964 – 25 March 2012) was the daughter of Sattee Shourie and the first wife of Bollywood film producer, Boney Kapoor.[1] She has a son, Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor and daughter Anshula Kapoor.

Mona Shourie Kapoor
Born(1964-02-03)3 February 1964
Delhi, India
Died25 March 2012(2012-03-25) (aged 48)
Mumbai, maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationProducer
Years active1993–2012
Spouse(s)Boney Kapoor (m. 1983; div. 1996)
Children2 (Arjun Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor)

Life

Mona Shourie Kapoor was born in Delhi, India on 3 February 1964.

She had two children from her marriage to Boney Kapoor, son Arjun Kapoor and daughter Anshula. Arjun is an actor who made his acting debut with the 2012 film, Ishaqzaade. Anshula, after graduating from École Mondiale World School went to the Barnard College of Columbia University in New York and was working with Google India.

After splitting from Boney Kapoor in 1996, Mona continued to live with her in-laws. She lived there with her two children until her death on 25 March 2012.

Career

Mona Kapoor was the CEO of Future Studios, the largest ready-to-shoot, fully furnished, indoor shooting studio in Mumbai.[2] Mona had a multi-faceted career; she successfully handled the manpower for 'Business Aids' & 'Machine Exports', in which she was a partner. As a director of FCL, she was the production co-ordinator for the films Sheesha (cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Munmun Sen and Mallika Sarabhai) & Farishtey (cast: Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sridevi and Rajnikanth).

Mona also served as a Jury Member of the Indian Telly Awards in 2005.

Producer

She produced successful television shows like Hera Pheri (on Star Plus featuring Shekhar Suman, Reema Lagoo and Tanaaz Curim), Yug (on Doordarshan), Wilayatee Babu (on Doordarshan) and Kaise Kahoon ( TV). Yug was widely acclaimed by both viewers as well as the media and sponsors. This mega serial, with the backdrop of the independence struggle and boasting of an impressive star cast of the likes of Hema Malini, Dara Singh, Javed Khan, Neena Gupta, Mukesh Khanna, Shahbaz Khan, Pankaj Dheer has been receiving several re-telecast requests in various regional languages.

Death

Kapoor died due to multiple organ failure after battling with cancer and hypertension on 25 March 2012.[3][4]

References
  1. "Dad's second marriage tough on us as kids: Arjun Kapoor". Times of India. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Mona Kapoor dies at 47". Mumbai Mirror. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  4. "Boney Kapoor's former wife Mona passes away". Zeenews.india.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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