Kunaal Roy Kapur

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Kunaal Roy Kapur
Bombay, Maharashtra
, India
OccupationActor
Years active1999-present
Spouse
Shayonti Salvi
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2
Relatives
  • Roy Kapur family

Kunaal Roy Kapur (born 13 February 1979) is an Indian actor, best known for his roles in Delhi Belly (2011), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) and TVF Tripling (2016-2022).

Background and personal life

Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and

Indian Jewish
descent. A dancer, dance instructor, stage choreographer and former Miss India, Salome Roy Kapoor is the daughter of Sam and Ruby Aaron, who were among the earliest accredited teachers of Ballroom and Latin American dancing in India.

Kunaal is the second of three brothers. His elder brother is Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV and Disney India, and his younger brother is Aditya Roy Kapur.[2][3] Actress Vidya Balan is married to Kunaal's brother Siddharth.

Kunaal himself has been married to Shayonti Salvi since 2005. Shayonti is of mixed

Sindhi heritage. The couple have a son named Zahaan and a daughter named Shanaz.[4]

Career

Kapur started his acting career with the Indian soap

Sony TV.[5] He then appeared in a cameo role in the 2007 film, Loins of Punjab Presents opposite Shabana Azmi and Ishita Sharma
. He was also seen in Panga Naa Lo.

As a director, Kunaal in 2006 directed a comedy, The President Is Coming.[6] He adapted the play into film, to make his directorial debut with the mockumentary The President Is Coming (2009), starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Shernaz Patel, which opened to mixed reviews[7] and was declared a "Semi-Hit".[citation needed]

Kapur appeared in six episodes of British-Indian comedy series

Marudhar Express. It was a sweet small town romantic film set in Kanpur.[10] He was also seen on web series TVF Tripling
(season 1 and 2) as Pranav.

Kunaal appeared in a short film named Smartphone which also starred Hina Khan and Akshay Oberoi.[11][12]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Panga Na Lo Bhura
Loins of Punjab Presents Mr. White Indo-American film
2008 Revolution Feroz's father
2009 The President Is Coming — Director only
2011 Delhi Belly Nitin Berry
2013
Nautanki Saala
 		Mandar Lele
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Taran
2014 Gollu Aur Pappu Gollu
Action Jackson Musa
2016 Azhar Lawyer Reddy
2017 The Final Exit Photographer
2018 Kaalakaandi Zubin
Love per Square Foot Samuel Masquita Netflix film
Hotel Milan Vipul
2019
Marudhar Express
 		Marudhar
3 Dev Mahesh Unreleased
2020 Footfairy Jashua Mathews Television film
2021 Tribhanga Milan Upadhyay Netflix film
2022 Radhe Shyam Vedant

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999-2000 Just Mohabbat Sanjay Television debut
2007 Mumbai calling Call center operator
2016-2022 TVF Tripling Pranav, Chanchal's Husband
2017 Going Viral Gaurav
2018
Side Hero
 		Kunaal Roy Kapur Eros Now series
2019
Parchhayee: Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond
 		Ganpat Episodic role;
Zee5
series
2020 Bandish Bandits Arghya Amazon Prime Video series
Sandwiched Forever Sameer Shastry
Sony Liv
series
2022 Aadha Ishq Milind Voot series

Music video

Year Title Role Artist
2022 "Hairaan" Main Lead Javed Ali featuring Nia Sharma

References

  1. ^ Aafreedi, Dr Navras Jaat (3 August 2013). "History of India's Jewish beauty queens". Ynetnews. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Mushkil Screening: Kunaal Roy Kapur joined by brothers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Aditya Roy Kapur". 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ Hindustan Times
  4. ^ "'Strange things are possible in Mumbai'". Tehelka Magazine. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. ^ "'Direction comes first'". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Director's cut – Kunaal Roy Kapur". The Hindu. 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  7. ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (8 January 2009). "The President Is Coming: Review". Time of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  8. ^ The good buddy: Kunal Roy Kapur plays role of a 'messy' boy in 'Delhi Belly' Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, India Today, 20 June 2011.
  9. ^ https://www.bollywoodchronicle.com/bollywood/kunal-roy-kapurs-hotel-milan-is-based-on-anti-romeo-squad-and-moral-policing-in-up/ [dead link]
  10. ^ "Marudhar Express: Here is the first look of Kunaal Roy Kapur and Tara Alisha Berry's small-town love story". 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  11. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Kunaal Roy Kapur on working with Hina Khan in Smartphone, apprehensions on a multi starrer and more". 20 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Hina Khan is amazingly professional and a total sport: Kunaal Roy Kapur". 18 April 2020.

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