A face shot of Ranbir Kapoor
Kapoor in 2022

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He worked as an assistant director on the films Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) and Black (2005), before making his acting debut opposite Sonam Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic drama Saawariya (2007).[1] It earned Kapoor the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.[2][3] He established himself in 2009 with leading roles in three films—the coming-of-age drama Wake Up Sid, the comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and the drama Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. He won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his combined work in these three films.[3] In 2010, Kapoor played a character based on Arjuna and Michael Corleone in the commercially successful political thriller Raajneeti.[4][5][6]

From 2011 to 2013, Kapoor's releases were among the highest-grossing Hindi films of their respective years.[7][8] In Imtiaz Ali's musical Rockstar (2011), he played an aspiring singer, and in Anurag Basu's comedy-drama Barfi! (2012), he starred as a joyful deaf and mute man.[9] His performance in both films was critically acclaimed and he earned two consecutive Best Actor awards at Filmfare and the former also earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.[10][11][12] The romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) further established him as a star.[7][13]

This success was followed by several commercial failures, including the period drama Bombay Velvet (2015), the romance Tamasha (2015), and the comic mystery Jagga Jasoos (2017); the latter also marked Kapoor's first production venture.[4][14] His sole commercial success in this period came with Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016), in which he starred as a musician involved in a one-sided love affair.[7][15] In 2018, Kapoor portrayed the troubled actor Sanjay Dutt in the biopic Sanju, which grossed over ₹5.87 billion (US$74 million),[16][17] and earned him another Filmfare Award for Best Actor.[18] Following a four-year hiatus, Kapoor returned in 2022 with the period film Shamshera and the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva.[19] The latter ranks among the most expensive Indian films and the highest-grossing Hindi films.[20][21] In 2023, he starred opposite Shraddha Kapoor in the romantic comedy Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar and played a violent criminal in the action thriller Animal, which earned over ₹9 billion (US$110 million) to emerge as his highest-grossing release.[22][23] For the latter, he won his fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor.[24]

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s).
1999 Aa Ab Laut Chalen — Assistant director [25]
2004 Karma Aryan Malhotra Short film [26]
2005 Black — Assistant director [27]
2007 Saawariya Ranbir Raj [28]
2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno Raj Sharma [29]
2009 Luck by Chance Himself Special appearance [30]
Wake Up Sid Siddharth "Sid" Mehra [31]
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Prem Shankar Sharma [32]
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Harpreet Singh Bedi [33]
2010 Raajneeti Samar Pratap [34]
Anjaana Anjaani Akash [35]
2011 Chillar Party Unnamed Special appearance in song "Tai Tai Phish" [36]
Rockstar Janardhan "Jordan" Jakhar (JJ) [37]
2012 Barfi! Murphy "Barfi" Johnson [38]
2013 Bombay Talkies Himself Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies" [39]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Kabir "Bunny" Thapar [40]
Besharam Babli Also playback singer for song "Love Ki Ghanti" [41][42]
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Himself Special appearance [43]
PK Alien Cameo [44]
2015 Roy Roy [25]
Bombay Velvet Johnny Balraj [45]
Tamasha Ved Vardhan Sahni [46]
2016 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Ayan Sanger [47]
2017 Jagga Jasoos Jagga Bagchi Also producer [48]
2018 Love per Square Foot Gattu Cameo [49]
Bucket List Himself Marathi film; special appearance [50]
Sanju Sanjay Dutt Also playback singer for song "Baba Bolta Hain Bas Ho Gaya" [51]
2022 Shamshera Shamshera / Balli[a] [52]
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Shiva Also producer [53]
Rocket Gang Angel Special appearance in song "Har Bachcha Hai Rocket" [54]
Govinda Naam Mera Himself Special appearance in song "Bijli" [55]
2023 Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Rohan "Mickey" Arora [56]
Animal Ranvijay Singh / Aziz Haque[a] [57]

Television

Title Year Role Ref.
54th Filmfare Awards 2009 Host [58]
56th Filmfare Awards 2011 Host [59]
57th Filmfare Awards 2012 Host [60]
59th Filmfare Awards 2014 Host [61]

Music videos

Title Year Role Performer(s) Album Ref(s)
"Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" 2010 Himself Various — [62]
"Smile Deke Dekho" 2019 Himself Amit Trivedi feat. Sunidhi Chauhan, Nakash Aziz — —

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kapoor played dual roles in the film.

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