Shahid Kapur
a.k.a. : Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and trained dancer.He was born to actor Pankaj Kapoor and actor classical dancer Neelima Azeem on 25 February 1981. Kapoor's parents divorced when he was three. After the divorce of his parents, he lived with his mother. He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya Pathak. He studied in Rajhans Vidyalaya, Mumbai. Kapoor is also a vegetarian.He also has 3 half siblings, a sister named Sanah, a brother named Ruhaan and a brother named Ishaan Khattar; Ishaan acted with him in the movie Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005). His maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem, a noted Marxist journalist and author from Bihar.His great great grandfather was the late Indian film director, screen writer, Urdu novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas more popularly known as K. A. Abbas. His mother Neelima is the great grand daughter of the late K. A. Abbas and the daughter of Anwar Azeem, one of the greatest Urdu writers. While filming Fida, Kapoor began dating Kareena Kapo...

Shahid Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and trained dancer.He was born to actor Pankaj Kapoor and actor classical dancer Neelima Azeem on 25 February 1981. Kapoor's parents divorced when he was three. After the divorce of his parents, he lived with his mother. He shared a good relationship with his father and stepmother Supriya Pathak. He studied in Rajhans Vidyalaya, Mumbai. Kapoor is also a vegetarian.He also has 3 half siblings, a sister named Sanah, a brother named Ruhaan and a brother named Ishaan Khattar; Ishaan acted with him in the movie Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005). His maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem, a noted Marxist journalist and author from Bihar.His great great grandfather was the late Indian film director, screen writer, Urdu novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas more popularly known as K. A. Abbas. His mother Neelima is the great grand daughter of the late K. A. Abbas and the daughter of Anwar Azeem, one of the greatest Urdu writers. While filming Fida, Kapoor began dating Kareena Kapoor. They had dated for three years and then separated during the filming of Jab We Met. According to him, they remained on good terms, with him saying, "I wish Kareena all the happiness in the world. She's a wonderful person and I have great respect for her."Before starting off his career as an actor, Kapoor worked in several music videos and ads, including the Pepsi commercial with Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji post Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). While doing so, he decided to join the Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA), where he was later seen in Subhash Ghai's film Taal (1999) as a background dancer in the song Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jawe along with actress Aishwarya Rai and in Dil To Pagal Hai (1999) of Yash Raj banner with actress Karisma Kapoor.

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