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Actor Kunal Kapoor, who started his career with modeling, is a well-known face in the industry. The actor is dominant in the world of web series and modeling. Kunal Kapoor will celebrate his 48th birthday on Saturday. Very few people know that Kunal Kapoor is related to Amitabh Bachchan’s family, which is a part of his family. He is the son-in-law of Amitabh’s brother.
Actors used to sell mangoes in the initial period
Kunal Kapoor was born on 18 October 1975 in Mumbai and comes from a Punjabi family. Let us tell you, the actor also has a special relationship with Amitabh Bachchan. Kunal Kapoor is the son-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan’s brother. The actor’s early education also took place in Mumbai, but later he went to Hong Kong to earn money.
In an interview, Kunal Kapoor had revealed that to escape the days of poverty, he had started the work of exporting mangoes to Hong Kong, but he was doing the job out of compulsion. Coming into films was his first goal from the very beginning. As soon as he got a chance, he left his job and returned to Mumbai.
Rang De Basanti gave real identity
Kunal Kapoor started his film career as an assistant director in the film ‘Aks’ and later learned to work in the theater of actor Naseeruddin Shah to improve his acting. Kunal got his first film break from the film ‘Meenakshi’, in which he appeared with actress Tabu, but he got his real recognition from the film ‘Rang De Basanti’, in which he shared the screen with Aamir Khan. Kunal’s acting in this film received a lot of praise and he was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at Filmfare for the film.
This film brightened Kunal Kapoor’s luck
Kunal’s life changed due to ‘Rang De Basanti’ and he signed back-to-back films with the big banner Yash Raj Films, which included ‘Bachna-e-Haseeno’, ‘Chunri Mein Daag’, and ‘Aaja Nach Le’. The actor was in a side role in all three films and the films performed mixed at the box office. However, Kunal stayed away from the screen for a few years and then made a comeback with Sanjay Dutt. He worked in films like ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’ and ‘Hattrick’ and also won many awards.
Actor has been awarded many prestigious awards
Kunal received the Jury Award for his tremendous acting in ‘Rang De Basanti’, the Zoom Glam Award for Debut Actor in 2006, the award for his best performance for the film ‘Veeram’ in 2007 and the award for Best Debut Series Actor (The Empire) in 2022. Recently Kunal was seen in the series ‘Jewel Thief’ with Saif Ali Khan, in which he played the role of a policeman.