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Kunal Kapoor
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- #001
Kunal Kapoor is the brother of Karan Kapoor and Sanjana Kapoor.
- #002
His parents are the actor Shashi Kapoor and the late Jennifer Kendal.
- #003
Kunal Kapoor is the nephew of Felicity Kendal.
- #004
Kunal Kapoor is the cousin of Randhir, Rishi, Rajiv Kapoor and Kanchan Desai.
- #005
Bhappi Soni offered Kunal Kapoor the film Sasti Dulhan Mengha Dulha. Kunal quoted a price so high that it annoyed Bhappie. Soni then instructed his assistants to find someone with a look similar to Kunal Kapoor for the film, wanting to show Kunal that he could make anyone a star. That was when they discovered Aditya Pancholi in a train compartment; he resembled Kunal and was signed immediately by most people in the film industry.
- #006
Kunal Kapoor dubbed the dialogues in the film Sultanat for his brother Karan Kapoor.
- #007
Kunal Kapoor's wife is the daughter of director Ramesh Sippy. Kunal and Sheena have two children, a son, Zahaan, and a daughter, Shaira.
- #008
Kunal Kapoor is the grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor.
- #009
Kunal Kapoor is the cousin of the Bollywood actors Randhir, Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor.
- #010
Kunal Kapoor is the uncle of the Bollywood actors Karishma, Kareena and Ranbir Kapoor.
- #011
Kunal Kapoor is the nephew of Raj and Shammi Kapoor.
- #012
Kunal Kapoor is the uncle of Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor.
- #013
Kunal Kapoor is the former brother-in-law of director Aditya Bhattacharya.
- #014
Kunal Kapoor is the grand-nephew of Trilok Kapoor (Prithviraj's brother).
- #015
Kunal Kapoor is the grand-nephew of the actor Trilok Kapoor (Prithviraj Kapoor's brother).
- #016
Kunal Kapoor's father Shashi Kapoor's maternal uncle was the actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married the actress Anwari Begüm and adopted her daughter, the actress Zarine (Nasreen). Nasreen is the mother of the actress and singer Salma Agha, which makes Kunal Kapoor Salma Agha's cousin. Kunal is also the uncle of the actress Sasha Agha, Salma's daughter.
- #017
Kunal Kapoor was born on 26 June 1959.
- #018
Kunal Kapoor's cousin is Sanjay Kapoor, CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain. Sanjay is the son of director Vijay Kapoor. Vijay Kapoor has another son named Ajay Kapoor. Ajay Kapoor is Executive Director of Indra Media Pvt Ltd. Ajay is Head of Programming at Zee Sports. Ajay has also produced many drama series. He also served as Creative Director of Nimbus Television. Ajay also produces for Ten Sports. Director Vijay Kapoor also has a daughter named Anuradha, who settled in India. Anuradha has a daughter who settled in Australia.
- #019
In 1985, Kunal Kapoor acted in a film that was shelved after Dev Anand discovered Natsha Sinha.
- #020
Kunal Kapoor married Sheena Sippy on 18 September 1991.
- #021
Director Suraj Prakash signed Kunal Kapoor for a film in 1983. The film was ultimately shelved.
- #022
In 1984, Pranlal Mehta was planning a film with Kunal. It was ultimately shelved.
- #023
In 2002/2008, Goldie Behl was to produce a film titled "Shor," written by Anurag Kashyap. Kunal Kapoor, son of Shashi Kapoor, was to make his directorial debut with it. Abhishek Bachchan was to star, and the film was shelved.
- #024
In 1980, Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan flew to Delhi to meet director Sir Richard Attenborough. They flew to discuss Kunal Kapoor's potential role in the film Gandhi.
- #025
Kunal Kapoor starred in Laxmi Chitra's shelved film "Qamyab" (1983). The cast included Shashi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Parveen Babi, Raj Babbar, Kunal Kapoor and Amjad Khan; the writer was Suroor-Subash, the music was by Kalyanji Anandji, and the director was Suraj Prakash.
- #026
Kunal Kapoor is the grand-nephew of actor and R. K. Studio manager Vishwa Mehra. Vishwa Mehra was a first cousin of Kunal's grandmother, Ramsaran Mehra.
- #027
Kunal Kapoor is the cousin of Bollywood actors Prem Kishen and Monty Nath.
- #028
Kunal Kapoor is the cousin of actor Jatin Sial (the son of Urmila Sial Teyze).
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