The actor we are talking about has given many hit films, but he could not give a single solo hit in his 18-year career. This actor is none other than ‘Rang De Basanti’ fame Kunal Kapoor.
Let us tell you that even before coming into films, Kunal Kapoor used to export mangoes to Hong Kong at the age of 18, however, he left his job to become an actor.
Kunal started his career in the entertainment industry as an assistant director in the film ‘Aks’. After this, he took acting training under Barry John and then became a part of acting veteran Naseeruddin Shah’s theatre group Motley.
After this Kunal started his acting career with the film ‘Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities’. However, he got popularity from Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s film ‘Rang De Basanti’. The film starred Soha Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Siddharth and Sharman Joshi among others in lead roles. And it became one of the highest grossing films.
However, after this, the actor’s three back-to-back films ‘Hattrick’, ‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’, and ‘Aaja Nachle’ flopped. In ‘Aaja Nachle’, the actor shared the screen with Madhuri Dixit. After this, his ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ came which was a semi-hit.
Kunal starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Don 2’ and ‘Dear Zindagi’ and both the films were box office successes. However, all of Kunal’s hits were multi-starrers and he could not give a single solo hit in a career spanning 18 years.
Kunal was last seen in the 2021 film ‘Ankahi Kahani’ and the web series ‘The Empire’, however, he has not had any films since then.
Kunal has now left acting and is running his own company worth Rs 110 crore. Kapoor is running the leading crowd-funding platform Ketto which raises funds for the helpless and needy. He established it in 2012 with business partners Zaheer Adenwala and Varun Sheth.
According to reports, the total revenue of the company is more than Rs 110 crore and Kunal is living a lavish lifestyle despite not doing films. His total net worth is reportedly Rs 166 crore.
Kunal Kapoor also has a relationship with Amitabh Bachchan’s family. Actually, the actor is married to Naina Bachchan, daughter of superstar’s brother Ajitabh Bachchan and thus he is Amitabh Bachchan’s son-in-law.
Naina used to work as an investment banker and now the couple is enjoying a happy married life with their son.
Published at : 31 Aug 2024 10:44 AM (IST)
