ACTOR · BORN 1958
Shakti Kapoor
- Born
- 3 September 1958
- Known for
- Andaz Apna Apna (1994), Animal (2023), Main Tera Hero (2014), Rowdy Rathore (2012)
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10 Facts About Shakti Kapoor's Life and Family
- #006
Shakti Kapoor is the father of Bollywood actor Siddhant Kapoor and actress Shraddha Kapoor.
- #007
Director Arjun Hingorani came to the institute to select new boys for his film Khel Khilari Ka. He chose three boys (Phunsok Ladhakhi, Dhruv and Shakti Kapoor), and they came to Mumbai.
- #008
Shakti stayed in Mumbai as a paying guest. Vinod Khanna later gave him his house to live in for five years without paying rent. Shakti knew Anil Verma, the brother-in-law of Vinod Khanna's brother Pramod Khanna.
- #009
Shakti Kapoor grew up in Karol Bagh, Delhi. His father sold fabric and also had a tailor's shop. His mother was a housewife. After university, his father wanted him to join the family business, but Shakti did not want to. He wanted to do something on his own, so he opened a travel agency. He trained for six months to set up a travel agency. His father was supposed to give him part of his fabric shop for his own travel agency but refused. Shakti was deeply hurt, so he joined FTT (the Film and Television Institute of India) in Pune and took a two-year diploma course in acting. Shakti had no interest in acting, but his university friends were from Delhi's theatre circle. They filled in their forms and Shakti's too. Shakti was shocked when he received a call from FTII; all his friends were rejected and he was selected. He signed his first film in 1975 while still at the institute.
- #011
For the first 5 years after his marriage, Shakti Kapoor did not get along well with his father-in-law. They would accuse Shakti of arranging Padmini's secret wedding to Tutu Sharma.
- #048
Shakti Kapoor acted in Orly International's shelved film "Target" (1992). The leads were Dev Anand, Sanjay Kohli (son of Dev Anand's nephew Yash Kohli), Tanaaz, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Sreeprdha and Kunika; the lyrics were by Dev Kohli, the music by Raam Laxman and the director was Ashok Tyagi.
- #052
Before Sunil Dutt named him "Shakti", he was to be called "Karan Kapoor". Sunil Dutt chose the name, but later decided that if Shashi's son Karan became an actor, it would create confusion in the film industry.
- #054
Shakti Kapoor is the uncle of actor Sikandar Kharbanda, who is the son of Shakti's sister Renu. Sikandar's birth name is Sahil; he took the name "Sikander" as a gift from his maternal grandfather, "Sikander Lal Kapoor".
- #055
Shakti Kapoor grew up in Karol Bagh, Delhi. His father sold fabric and also had a tailor's shop, while his mother was a housewife. After university his father wanted him to join the family business, but Shakti did not want to; he wanted to do something on his own, such as opening a travel agency, and he trained for six months to set one up. His father was supposed to give him part of the fabric shop for his travel agency but refused, and Shakti was so hurt that he joined FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) in Pune and took a two-year diploma course in acting. Shakti had no interest in acting, but his university friends were from Delhi's theatre circles and filled out the forms and his details too; he was shocked when he received a call from FTII, as all his friends were rejected and he was selected. He signed his first film in 1975 while still at the institute.
- #056
Shakti Kapoor grew up in Karol Bagh, Delhi. His father sold fabric and also had a tailor's shop, while his mother was a housewife. After university his father wanted him to join the family business, but Shakti did not want to; he wanted to do something on his own, such as opening a travel agency, and he trained for six months to set one up. Shakti changed his mind and joined FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) in Pune, taking a two-year diploma course in acting. Shakti had no interest in acting, but his university friends were from Delhi's theatre circles and filled out the forms and his details too; he was shocked when he received a call from FTII, as all his friends were rejected and he was selected. He signed his first film in 1975 while still at the institute.
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