Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor

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Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor
Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor in 2016
Born (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
Years active2015–present
Parent
Relatives
FamilySurinder Kapoor family

Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor (/hɑːrshvɑːrdhɑːn/ born 9 November 1990) is an Indian actor and film producer.[1] He is the son of actor Anil Kapoor.[2]

Early life

Harsh was born in Mumbai on 9 November 1990, the only son of actor Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor.[3] The youngest of three children, he is the brother of actress Sonam Kapoor and producer Rhea Kapoor.[4] He did his early schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir in Juhu and A levels at Podar International.[5] Kapoor pursued screenwriting at Chapman University in Orange County Southern California. While at Chapman, Harsh trained under Oscar-winning screenwriter David S. Ward who is known for films like The Sting and Sleepless in Seattle.[6][7]

Harsh has often said in interviews that from a very young age, he was fortunate enough to have been exposed to various genres of cinema from all over the world. This exposure to different forms and aesthetics has been instrumental in shaping his choices and sensibilities in his own film career.[8]

Career

Before his acting debut, Kapoor worked as an assistant director on Anurag Kashyap's 2015 film Bombay Velvet.[9][10]

Harsh Varrdhan made his acting debut when

Shakespearean allusions in its two-tiered narrative".[15] The Economic Times gave the film 3.5/5 rating and stated, "Impressive performance by Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor & Saiyami Kher, but a one-time watch."[16]

Harsh’s next film was

News18 was impressed with the concept of the film, the acting performances and the music by Amit Trivedi but was critical of the poorly written script and gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5.[23]

In 2020, he worked with Vikramaditya Motwane again in the Netflix film AK vs AK, in which he played a fictionalised version of himself and shared the screen with his father and sister. Harsh's cameo was praised by critiics.[24] Harsh had reportedly also signed on to play the lead in Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun but eventually had to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts.[25]

In 2021, he appeared in one of the episodes of Netflix show Ray.[26] While reviewing Hindustan Times's Rohan Naahar wrote "Manoj Bajpayee, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, Ali Fazal and Radhika Madan lead a handful of excellent performers in Netflix's irreverent but inconsistent anthology, based on Satyajit Ray's short stories."[27]

In 2022, he acted in and co-produced a film titled

Outlook India gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "While Chaudhary has made a great attempt at bringing forth a dark neo-noir thriller, but in his haste to keep it under two hours, he has just squandered a great plot at hand".[36] He is currently working on the biopic of the olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, in which he will act and is the producer of it.[37][38]

Artistry

Kapoor followed up his appearance in AK vs AK with filmmaker Vasan Bala’s adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s short story Spotlight in the Netflix anthology series Ray. Ray released to largely positive reviews with Bala’s and Abhishek Chaubey’s films receiving the most praise. Ray later went on to be nominated for Best Film at the Filmfare OTT awards.[26]

With Bhavesh Joshi, AK vs AK and Ray, Harsh soon garnered a reputation for making good film choices.[8] His next film Thar was a collaboration with his father Anil Kapoor. The movie was co-written by Anurag Kashyap, directed by an debutant actor-turned-director Raj Singh Chaudhary and led by Harsh, Thar was India’s first western noir action thriller. Because of the risky format and genre of the movie, he was fighting an uphill battle to get the film financed until Netflix greenlit the film. In order to play a quiet character with many shades of grey, he worked hard on his physicality so that body language could speak louder than words. That released on Netflix in 2022 to rave reviews both domestically and internationally.[39][40][41] An Ormax media survey revealed Thar to be one of the most liked and watched OTT originals of 2022.[42] Notably, Thar marked the debut of Harsh as producer under the AKFC banner.[41]

During the pandemic, Harsh worked closely with acting coaches Jeff Goldberg and Suraj Vyas to hone his craft. He has, on many occasions, spoken candidly about how implicitly he trusts his mentors to guide him on new projects.[43]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Bombay Velvet — Assistant director
2016 Mirzya Munish/Adil Debut film
2018 Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Sikandar "Siku" Khanna / Bhavesh Joshi / Insaaf-Man
2020 AK vs AK Himself
2022 Thar Siddharth Kumar Also producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2021
Ray
 		Vikram Arora Episode: "Spotlight"

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Big Star Entertainment Awards
 2016 Most Entertaining Debut Actor Mirzya Won [44]
Indian Television Academy Awards 2022 Best Actor - Original Film (OTT) Thar Won [45]
Filmfare Awards 2017 Best Male Debut Mirzya Nominated [46]
Filmfare Glamour and Style Awards 2016 Fashion Debut of the Year — Won [47]
Filmfare OTT Awards 2022 Best Actor - Web Original Film Thar Nominated [48]
Best Web Original Film Nominated
Screen Awards
 2016 Best Male Debut Mirzya Won[a] [49]
Stardust Award
 2016 Best Acting Debut (Male) Mirzya Won [50]

Notes

  1. ^ Shared with Jim Sarbh

References

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  9. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: I was never dating Sapna Pabbi, says Harshvardhan Kapoor". pinkvilla. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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  11. ^ "Mehra searches for today's Mirza-Sahiban through his adaptation of Punjab's love story". The Indian Express. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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