Sanjay Kapoor

This article is about the Bollywood actor Sanjay Kapoor. For the fictional EastEnders character, see Sanjay Kapoor (EastEnders).

Sanjay Kapoor
Sanjay Kapoor at Suzanne Roshan's The Charcoal Project Launch
Born	(1965-10-17) 17 October 1965 Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor/Producer
Years active	1995-present
Spouse(s)	Maheep Sandhu

Sanjay Kapoor (Punjabi: ਸੰਜਯ ਕਪੂਰ; born 17 October 1965) is a Bollywood actor and producer. Sanjay Kapoor born in Chembur, Mumbai. Son of film producer, Surinder Kapoor, he is the younger brother of actor Anil Kapoor and producer Boney Kapoor and brother-in-law of actress Sridevi. Kapoor dated brain surgeon Hanna Eliasson for a short time before marrying Maheep Sandhu, an Indian from Perth, Australia.

Career

Sanjay Kapoor made his debut in Hindi cinema in 1995 with the movie Prem opposite another newcomer Tabu. Although there was nothing noteworthy in the movie's script or treatment, both debutants rendered fairly decent performances. Yet the movie bombed at the box office. Much of the movie's failure is attributed to the sheer bad timing of its release. Prem was launched with much fanfare right after the super success of Mr. India but the shoot did not start. Then it went over budget and got delayed for 5 years. By the time it released in 1995, much of the excitement around the movie and the two debutants was lost. Furthermore most of the younger male actors had smartly slotted themselves in their respective categories. While Aamir, Salman, Shahrukh and Saif took the romantic hero roles, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Ajay Devgn grabbed the action hero roles. In addition, Kapoor's style of acting, dialog delivery and mannerisms were much similar to that of his elder brother Anil Kapoor who was more versatile and established in the industry by then.

Sanjay Kapoor's next movie Raja (1995) which was opposite Madhuri Dixit was a box office success. Though the story of this movie revolved around Kapoor as the central character, it was leading lady Madhuri Dixit who stole the show with her acting and dance skills. Thus the movie did not consolidate Kapoor's position in Bollywood. Critics and viewers called Raja out-and-out a Madhuri Dixit film and suggested that it should have been renamed Rani. Subsequently most of his other films were either flops or average grossers.

Kapoor gave a critically acclaimed performance as a villain playing the obsessive, psychotic husband of Esha Deol in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe which was a flop. He also gave appreciable performances in other movies such as Qayamat: City Under Threat, Julie and Luck By Chance. He also appeared in the 2003 television serial Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny opposite Karisma Kapoor. His most recent release was Prince (2010).

Filmography

Year	Movie Name	Role	Notes
1995	Prem	Shantanu/Sanjay Verma
	Raja	Raja
	Kartavya	Karan Singh
1996	Beqabu	Raja Verma/Ronnie
1997	Mohabbat	Gaurav M. Kapoor
	Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul	Kishan
	Mere Sapno Ki Rani	Vijay Kumar
	Sirf Tum	Deepak
2001	Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller	Raja/Nirmal Kumar Chinoy
2002	Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe	Dushyant
	Soch	Raj Matthews
	Shakti: The Power	Shekhar
2003	Karishma - The Miracles of Destiny	Amar	(Mini) TV Series
	Qayamat: City Under Threat	Abbas Ramani
	Darna Mana Hai	Sanjay
	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Abhay
	LOC Kargil	Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 JAT
2004	Jaago	Shrikant
	Julie	Rohan
2005	Anjaane: The Unknown	Aditya Malhotra
2006	Unns: Love...Forever	Rahul Malhotra
2007	Dosh
	Om Shanti Om	Himself
2009	Luck By Chance	Ranjit Rolly
	Kirkit	I.M. Romeo
2010	Prince	CBI Officer Ali Khan
2013	Hera Pheri 4		Filming

Producer

Year	Movie Name
2009	Kya time a yaar
2012	It's My Life (film)
2013	Hera Pheri 4

External links

• Sanjay Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database