Cinesprint_Magazine_February_2017

TAR
OF THE MONTH
BOLLYWOOD
He rose to prominence in
2013 by playing the male
lead in the highly successful
romantic drama Aashiqui 2
and a supporting role in the
coming-of-age romance Yeh
Jawaani Hai Deewani, both
of which ranked among the
highest-grossing Bollywood
films of the year.
Aditya Roy Kapur was born
in Mumbai on 16 November
1985 and he lived in US for
10 years, to a Punjabi father
and an Indian Jewish mother,
Salome Roy Kapur nee
Aaron. Kapur is the youngest
of the three siblings, his
eldest brother Siddharth Roy
Kapur is the Chief Executive
Officer of UTV Motion
Pictures, who had married
actress Vidya Balan and his
second elder brother Kunaal
Roy Kapur is also an actor.
His grandfather, Raghupat
Roy Kapur was a film
producer and his maternal
grandparents, Sam and Ruby
Aaron were qualified dance
teachers, who introduced
the Sama dance to India. He
did his schooling from G. D.
Somani Memorial School,
in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai,
where all his siblings studied
and where his mother
directed school plays.
Subsequently, he graduated
from St. Xavier's College.
Kapur is not a trained actor,
though he has taken dance
lessons and also diction
classes to improve his Hindi
accent. According to him he
"had no burning ambition to
become an actor," and was
content being a VJ, until he
was called to audition for
London Dreams. During his
school years, he wanted to
be a cricketer but he quit
cricket coaching classes after
sixth standard.
Kapur started his career
as a VJ on music channel
Channel V, where his comic
timing and "unique style of
hosting" made him a hit. He
then made his film debut in
2009 playing a minor role in
Vipul Shah's musical drama
London Dreams starring
Salman Khan,Asin, Ajay
Devgan. The film was not
well received by critics, and
was unsuccessful at the box
office.
Kapur was next seen in the
science fiction romantic
comedy Action Replayy
(2010) starring Akshay
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