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Anil Kapoor is an Indian film actor, producer, and screenwriter who began his professional career in 1979. Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, he is a citizen of India and speaks Hindi. Kapoor has received several accolades, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor, the National Film Award for Best Actor, International Indian Film Academy Awards, and Screen Awards. He is of Punjabi ethnic descent and follows Hinduism.
His family includes his father, Surinder Kapoor, and siblings Sanjay Kapoor and Boney Kapoor. Kapoor has three children: Rhea Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, and Harshvardhan Kapoor. He is associated with Bollywood and Indian music genres.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Lattice thermal conductivity of noble metal alloys
- Designing Your Own Experiment in Cell Biology
- Essentials of Library Management and Administration
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Living in a Chawl in Tilak Nagar, Punjabi-speaking Anil was born in 1959 to Surinder and Nirmal aka Suchitra Kapoor. He has an elder brother, Boney, a sister, Reena, and a younger brother, Sanjay. His dad used to be Shammi Kapoor's Secretary. A loner, without many friends, he studied in the nearby O.L.P.S. (Our Lady of Perpetual Succor) School, and was an ardent fan of Bollywood flicks that were…
Known for
- Dragon — Raghuveer Rathod2027
- Chamunda2027
- Salmankhan - Vamsi Paidipalli Film2027
- Subedaar — Subedaar Arjun Maurya2026
- Alpha — Vikrant Kaul2026
- King2026
- Ramayana — Raja Janak2026
- Vishwanath & Sons — Vishwanath2026
- War 2 — Vikrant Kaul2025
- The Roshans — Self2025
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1959
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 205
- Total plays
- 1,349
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
- Data clustering: 50 years beyond K-means
· 2010 · cited 7,650x
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Encyclopedic overview
Anil Surinder Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, in addition to Indian television and international films. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapoor has appeared in more than 100 films. He has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards.
Born to film producer Surinder Kapoor, Anil made his Bollywood debut with a small role in the romance Hamare Tumhare (1979) before starring in the Telugu film Vamsa Vruksham (1980) and Kannada film Pallavi Anupallavi (1983). His first two successes were Woh 7 Din (1984) and Meri Jung (1985), which made him a star. He went onto establish himself as an actor with highly successful ventures, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, such as Saaheb (1985), Mohabbat (1985), Karma (1986), Mr. India (1987), Tezaab (1988), Ram Lakhan (1989), Rakhwala (1989), Kishen Kanhaiya (1990), Beta (1992), Laadla (1994), Judaai (1997), Virasat (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Biwi No.1 (1999), Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) and Taal (1999).
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