Shakti Kapoor’s Struggle Story: There are different types of actors in Bollywood, some of whom are comedians, some are villains and some are heroes. But there is one actor who has played every kind of role, villain, comedian and hero… his name is Shakti Kapoor. His image is different in the industry but he is an amazing actor and he has proved this many times. Shakti Kapoor is still active in films and is connected with fans on social media.
Shakti Kapoor is one such actor of Hindi cinema who has made people laugh and scared them a lot, doing this was a cakewalk for him. Today Shakti Kapoor is celebrating his 72nd birthday and on this occasion let us tell you some anecdotes from his life.
Shakti Kapoor’s family background
Sunil Kapoor was born on 3 September 1952 in a Punjabi family living in Delhi. His father had a clothes shop in Delhi’s famous Connaught Place. Shakti Kapoor’s real name is Sunil Kapoor which Sunil Dutt changed after a film. Actually, Shakti Kapoor appeared as a villain in the film Rocky and Sunil Dutt felt that the name Sunil did not match the villain’s name, so he named him Shakti Kapoor. Later Sunil Kapoor’s name became famous as Shakti Kapoor.
shakti kapoor marriage and children
Shakti Kapoor had a love marriage with Shivangi Kolhapuri who is the real sister of popular actress Padmini Kolhapuri. Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi met in college and got married in the year 1982. Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi’s daughter is Shraddha Kapoor who has now become a high-paid actress of Bollywood. Their son Siddharth Kapoor is also an actor.
Shakti Kapoor’s Struggle
Shakti Kapoor has done about 600 films in his film career so far, out of which 100 films were with Kader Khan. Shakti Kapoor has struggled a lot in the film industry. According to reports, Shakti Kapoor had said in an interview, ‘When I was studying in Delhi University, I was fond of playing cricket. I never thought about acting. Once some of my friends were filling the form for the Film Institute, so I also filled it jokingly. The exam took place and I passed.’
Shakti Kapoor further says, ‘All this happened in fun but then I said that since I have got admission, I will study. I went there but I was ragged. Some seniors said that he has grown long hair and has come to become a hero and they cut my hair, this incident scared me from within. That very day I decided to leave college but I became friends with Mithun who was in the same batch. So I stayed and because of this I am what I am today.’
shakti kapur movies
After studying acting, Shakti Kapoor got his first film Khel Khiladi (1977). Even after this, Shakti Kapoor did some films but he got a chance as a lead villain in the film Rocky (1981). After this, Shakti Kapoor did many films, most of which were with Kader Khan and Govinda.