Ranbir Kapoor was born on September 28, 1982 in New York. He is an Indian actor and producer. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Hindi cinema and has been on Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor has received several awards, including five Filmfare.

Son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and grandson of actor-director Raj Kapoor, Kapoor continued filmmaking and performing at the School of Visual Arts and at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. He then helped Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the movie Black (2005) and debuted as an actor with Bhansali’s tragic novel, Saawariya (2007), a critical and commercial failure. Kapoor became known for his performances in Wake Up Sid (2009), in the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) and in the drama Rocket Singh: seller of the year (2009). His most-watched film of this period is the political drama Raajneeti (2010).

The romantic drama Rockstar (2011), in which he plays a troubled musician, and the comic drama Barfi! (2012), in which he was a cheerful deaf-mute, earned Kapoor two consecutive awards for Best Actor at Filmfare. A leading role alongside Deepika Padukone in the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), one of India’s most lucrative films, established her as a major Bollywood actor. He then starred in a series of films whose commercial performance was bad, with the exception of the novel Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016). This changed in 2018 when Kapoor described Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic, Sanju, as one of his most profitable publications.

In addition to playing in movies, Kapoor supports charities and causes. He is also co-owner of the Indian football team of the Super League, Mumbai City FC.

In 2018, he began dating Alia Bhatt, his co-star in Brahmastra (2022). He married her on 14 April 2022 in a private ceremony in their Mumbai house. In November 2022, Bhatt gave birth to their daughter Raha.