Shraddha Kapoor is a famous Bollywood actor and singer. She was born on March 03, 1987 to the famous Bollywood stars Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kolhapure.
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Shraddha has one sibling by the name Siddhant Kapoor. She is also known as the girl next door. The actress has a Punjabi descent from paternal side and follows a predominantly Marathi ancestry from her maternal side.
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Shraddha Kapoor Age and Biography
In this section, we would love to introduce you with actress and singer Shraddha Kapoor more closely. As far as Shraddha Kapoor age is concerned, she was born on March 3, 1987 and has completed 31 years of age. Like many other Bollywood actors, she also struggled in her initial days.
But after some initial struggle, she learned to perform well and with the help of her sincere dedication, she is able to achieve her recognition in the Bollywood fraternity.
Today, Shraddha Kapoor is known as a real performer having a never to die spirit. In the recent past, she has given numerous films and proved her mettle, especially to those who had a doubt on her capabilities.
Shraddha Kapoor Biography
Shraddha Kapoor comes from the renowned Kapoor family that has achieved numerous milestones in their career. She is both a flamboyant actress as well as a trained singer who knows the art of singing and acting.
She has an ancestral history of trained singers in the form of her maternal grandfather and mother. Both of them are trained in classical music.
Shraddha is completely dedicated towards her career and that’s why she is able to perform so nicely. She completed her primary education from Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai.
She wanted to become a doctor and even went to Boston for completing her course in psychology. But she dropped out from her course as she wanted to pursue her dreams in Bollywood.
Shraddha has roots of Marathi origin, as she has been brought up by her maternal relatives. The actress has two aunts- Tejaswini Kolhapure and Padmini Kolhapure who are evergreen faces in the Bollywood fraternity.
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The industry will remember the contribution of these veteran actresses that they have given to the Indian cinema.
Shraddha Kapoor Early life and Studies
Shraddha completed her primary education from Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai. She was then moved to the American school of Bombay at the age of 15.
After that, she was sent to the Boston University, to complete her higher studies in Psychology, but failed to do so due to her keen interest and passion towards films.
This gave her a reason to quit her studies, soon after she was selected to be featured in a Bollywood film “Teen Patti“.
The actress started her career from Teen Patti and appeared in her first leading role in a film- Luv Ka The End. The film happened to be a teen drama released in 2011.
Earlier, the actress rejected an offer from Salman Khan, who wanted her to appear in one of his films.
At that time, Shraddha ignored the offer made by Salman Khan as she wanted to concentrate on her studies. Well, she was in the race of becoming a Psychologist.
Shraddha Kapoor is also a professional singer in spite of being a good actor
Shraddha is also a professional singer, apart from being born and brought up in a filmy background. In fact, she has been trained as a singer since childhood, as her mother and maternal grandfather were classical singers.
Lesser number of people know that Shraddha’s maternal grandfather was the cousin of the great singer Lata Mangeshkar.
As the actress was keen to make her singing debut, she performed for the first time in the song Galliya from ‘Ek Villian’.
Albeit, her debut film ‘Luv Ka the End‘ couldn’t perform well at the box office, she was still praised for her performance in the film, even by the critics.
One more interesting thing happened at this time in her career when the flamboyant actress rejected 3 films in a row from none other than famous Yash Raj films.
Shraddha was offered a lead role in the film Aurangzeb, but preferred to sign Aashiqui 2 (Vishesh films) instead of rejecting the existing contract.
The actress again spotted in Vikas Bharadwaj’s ‘Haider‘ where she played the role of a journalist.
The film happens to be an adaptation of Helmet (William Shakespeare) and is based on the 1995 conflict in Kashmir.
The film featured her playing the Ophelia character (named Arshia), opposite Tabu and Shahid Kapoor. This time too, Shraddha Kapoor impressed everyone with her bold performance in the film.
Shraddha Kapoor Movies
Today, people have gone crazy about Shraddha Kapoor movies. It’s mainly due to her solid performances in almost each and every film that she takes on.
However, in the initial period of time, her movies (apart from grabbing appreciation from the masses), also suffered criticism at some places.
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The actress was successful in her filmy ventures after she appeared in some of her other projects named ABCD, ABCD 2 (Any Body Can Dance 2) where she portrayed a hip hop dancer opposite Varun Dhawan (her childhood friend as Suresh Mukund).
The movie explored the career path of both Vernon and Suresh of the fictitious dance brigade, who headed towards winning the most famous world dance championship in Las Vegas. The film screened Prabhu Deva as Vishnu Sir.
The next venture of Shraddha Kapoor was Baaghi, opposite Tiger Shroff. Soon after, the actress chose to play as a cameo in Flying Jatt, that was the most awaited superhero action movie of Ekta Kapoor.
The film featured Jacqueline Fernandez and Tiger Shroff in their lead roles. After that, she appeared in Rock On!! 2.
Rock On!! 2 is a sequel to the 2008 released Rock On! that starred Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar and Purab Kohli where the actress played as a singer.
Her next film was Ok Jaanu that created lots of hype across the industry.
Unfortunately, the film couldn’t perform well at the box office. Ok Jaanu is the remake of the Tamil romantic saga from Mani Ratnam. After Ok Jaanu, Shraddha appeared again in ‘Half Girlfriend‘.
She appeared opposite Arjun Kapoor. Half Girlfriend is an adaptation from a novel by Chetan Bhagat, under the directorial venture of Mohit Suri.
The next film of Shraddha Kapoor was Haseena Parker where she’ appeared as the sister of the dreaded underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
The film also starred Siddhanth Kapoor as her brother. The trailer of the film has already been launched and the actress looks promising in her new avatar.
Apart from acting, Shraddha Kapoor runs her own fashion store that was launched by looking at the latest clothing line for women.
The actress has now attained so much fame in her Bollywood career till date. Apart from her great acting skills, she is often seen covering and organizing shows from the most eminent fashion designers.
The actress can also be seen featuring on the cover magazines like Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Verve and many more.
The Forbes magazine recently listed the actress to be among the most successful Asian under the age 30.
The Indian edition of the magazine included her in their list of 100 celebrities with an earnings of 1.3 million dollars per year.
Shraddha Kapoor- The Sexiest Woman
A weekly newspaper by the name Eastern Eye featured Shraddha Kapoor as being the eighth most sexiest woman in Bollywood.
Well, there is no doubt that the actress is a gem of the entire Bollywood fraternity and will continue glowing this in the future as well.
