Shakti Kapoor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor at Naughty @ 40 First Look Launch

Shakti Kapoor at Naughty @ 40 First Look Launch Born Sunil Sikanderlal Kapoor

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Shakti Kapoor &!orn Septem!er "#$%' is an 4ndian Bolly5ood actor6 7e is kno5n as one of the leading .illains in Bolly5ood mo.ies for more than three decades6 7e has also !een applauded for playing comic roles in se.eral mo.ies6 8hrough the eighties and nineties, Kapoor teamed up 5ith another senior actor Kader Khan as the comical or e.il duo in o.er "00 films6 Kapoor is one of the fe5 Bolly5ood actors 5ho played the stereotype Bolly5ood negati.e roles and negati.e characters 5ith a comic touch 5ith e9ual finesse6

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Shakti Kapoor 5as !orn Sunil Kapoor in *elhi, 4ndia to a 2un>a!i family6 7e gre5 up in Ne5 *elhi and he did his graduation from Kirori ?al 3ollege, *elhi @ni.ersity6 7is father ran a tailor shop in 3onnaught 2lace, Ne5 *elhi6 When leading actor A director Sunil *utt offered him the role of the main .illain in the mo.ie <ocky, he thought the name BSunil KapoorB 5as too 5eak for a .illain, so he renamed him as BShakti KapoorB6 3areer

,s a struggler in Bolly5ood, initially Shakti Kapoor did many small inconse9uential roles in mo.ies, all the 5hile looking out for a suita!le role as a leading man6 8he years "#%0C %" esta!lished Shakti Kapoor as a talented actor in Bolly5ood 5hen t5o of his mo.ies Dur!ani and <ocky !ecame !lock!usters6 7e had played the role of the main .illain in !oth these mo.ies6 8he early eighties sa5 a spate of Bolly5ood EstarCsonsE getting launched and the filmCmakers found the de!onair and talented Kapoor a perfect counterpart for the de!uting starCsons6

4n "#% , the FeetendraCSride.i starrer, 7immat5ala and the Su!hash Ghai directed mo.ie 7ero 5ere !lock!usters and Kapoor had played key .illain roles in !oth these mo.ies6 By then he had firmly esta!lished himself as one of the most soughtCafter .illains in Bolly5ood and this trend 5as to last for the ne=t t5o decades6 8hrough the eighties and nineties, it 5as o!ser.ed that practically e.ery Bolly5ood mo.ie either had Kapoor or ,mrish 2uri playing the negati.e character6

4n the nineties, he often di.ersified to positi.e comic roles and performed them 5ith e9ual finesse6 7e has !een nominated for the Filmfare ,5ard in the Best 3omedian

category and 5on once, for his performance as Nandu in *a.id *ha5anBs film, <a>a Ba!u6 Some of his popular comic roles ha.e !een as 4nspector Bhinde in 4nsaaf, 2rasad in Baap Num!ri Beta *us Num!ri, 3rime ?aster Gogo in ,ndaH ,pna ,pna, 8ohfa, as Batuknath in 3haal!aaH and as Goonga in Bol <adha Bol6

Kapoor has !een a popular reference for mimicry artistes 5ho emulate his style and dialogues such as E,aaooo LolitaE from the mo.ie 8ohfa, E?ain Nanha sa 3hotta sa Bachcha 7oonE from the mo.ie 3haal!aaH and ENandu sa!ka !andhu, sama>hta nahi hai yaarE from the mo.ie <a>a Ba!u6(1)( ) Since 1000, Kapoor is a regular fi=ture in 2riyadarshan films like 7ungama, 7ulchul, 3hup 3hup Ke and ?alamaal Weekly and most recently ?alayalam remake Bhagam Bhag6 7e also acted in fe5 Bengali films of Kolkata6 4n 10"", he has featured in the reality tele.ision sho5 Bigg Boss &season $' as one of the contestants6 7e has appeared in musical comedy ,asman Se Gire Kha>oor 2e ,tke ("),(1),( ) 5ith his sisterCinCla5 2admini Kolhapure6 2ersonal life

Shakti Kapoor is married to Shi.angi &2admini KolhapureBs elder sister' and has t5o children, a son Siddhanth Kapoor &5ho is *F turned assistant director turned actor' and a daughter Shraddha Kapoor &5ho is an actress'6