Shahid Kapur

Born on February 25 1981, Shahid Kapur is the son of eminent actor Pankaj Kapur and noted actress Neelima Azeem. When Shahid was 3 years old, his parents got a divorce and he started living with his mother. Shahid's dad later got married to actress Supriya Pathak. Shahid completed his schooling from Gyanbharati in Delhi and later at Rajhans Vidyalaya in Mumbai.

At the age of 18, Shahid starred in a Pepsi ad along with Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee. While still in his college days, Shahid joined Shiamak Davar's dancing school and went on to become a part of Shiamak's dancing troupe. Shahid had a small part in the hit movie Taal as a dancer in the background along with Aishwarya Rai in the song 'Kahiin Aag Lage Lag Jaawe'.

Shahid Kapur made his debut with Ishq Vishk, a reasonably successful movie and won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for his performance. He has acted in quite a number of movies but had not enjoyed much success at the box office until he acted in the romantic comedy, Jab We Met. In this movie, he acted opposite his ex--girlfriend Kareena Kapoor. The movie turned out to be a major success and won its actors considerable accolades. Recently, he acted opposite Vidya Balan in Kismat Konnection, a film which didn't work well at the box office.