Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor born on December 24, 1959 in Mumbai. He is an Indian film actor and producer. He is father of actress Sonam Kapoor.

Anil Kapoor made his Bollywood debut with Umesh Mehra's Hamare Tumhare (1979).

He got his first leading role in the 1983 Hindi film, Woh Saat Din.

He first won acclaim for his roles in Yash Chopra's drama Mashaal (1984) and Shekhar Kapur's sci-fi Mr. India (1987).


Awards:

1985: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Mashaal
1989: Filmfare Best Actor Award for Tezaab
1993: Filmfare Best Actor Award for Beta
1998: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Virasat
2000: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Taal
2001: National Film Award for Best Actor for Pukar

1989: "National Citizen Award" from late vice President of india Dr.shankar Dayal Sharma
1997: "Nata Kalaratna" by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
2002: "Avadh Samman" by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
2003: An anil kapoor film festival was held at the Byte The Mango film festival u.k.
2006: Honored at 8th MAMI film festival along with Yash Chopra.
2009: Honored at IFFLA Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles