Arjun Kapoor is one of the most talented Indian actors and is also known as Assistant Director and producer. He was born on June 26, 1985, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Arjun made his acting debut with Habib Faisal’s Ishaqzaade alongside Parineeti Chopra in 2012 and since then has been part of several hit movies like 2 States (2014), Gunday (2014), and Ki and Ka (2016). Apart from acting, Arjun has also worked behind the camera as an assistant director, in fact, he started his journey in Bollywood working as an AD and associate producer for films like Kal Ho Naa Ho and Wanted.
The dapper actor has even made his presence felt on television as he hosted the popular reality TV show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2016. Arjun Kapoor was one of the two roasts along with fellow Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh who appeared in a Roast comedy show that was held in January 2015.
In 2016, the actor appeared as an astay-at-home husband in R. Balkis Ki & Ka alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan. The romantic-comedy movie, which attempted to break the gender stereotypes in society, opened to mixed critical reviews but it turned out to be a commercial success.
With only one release to his credit in 2016, next year, in 2017, Arjun was cast alongside Shraddha Kapoor in Half Girlfriend, which is a movie adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel of the same name.
The same year, he was seen in Anees Bazmees Mubarakan, which also stars his paternal uncle Anil Kapoor, Athiya Shetty, Ileana DCruz, and his Two States co-star Amrita Singh. His other releases were Finding Fanny (2014), Tevar (2015), Ki & Ka (2016), Half Girlfriend (2017), and Mubarakan (2017).
In 2018, he starred in the romantic comedy film Namastey England, which marks her second collaboration with Parineeti Chopra after Ishaqzaade. Following year, Kapoor appeared in the action-thriller movie India`s Most Wanted and Panipat, an epic war drama movie directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar.
His 2021 releases include Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Sardar Ka Grandson. His other notable works include Bhoot Police (2021), Ek Villain Returns (2022), Kuttey (2023), The Lady Killer (2023), and Meri Patni Ka Remake (2023).
Arjun Kapoor is the son of the renowned Bollywood producer, Boney Kapoor, and entrepreneur Mona Shourie Kapoor. Actors, Anil Kapoor, and Sanjay Kapoor are his paternal uncles and he is the first cousin of actors Sonam Kapoor, Mohit Marwah, and producer Rhea Kapoor.
The actor has a real sister named Anshula Kapoor and two step-sisters, Jahnavi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, the daughters of his step-mother, Sridevi.
Kapoor was in a relationship with Arpita Khan, Salman Khan’s sister before he became an actor. He began a relationship with Sonakshi Sinha, his co-star in Tevar, in 2014, but they broke up a year later. Since 2016, he has been dating Malaika Arora.