Kunal Kapoor: First selling mangoes abroad, then left work and made a career in acting.

New Delhi, October 17 (IANS). Actor Kunal Kapoor, who started his career with modeling, is a familiar face in the industry. The actor is dominant in the world of web series and modeling. Kunal Kapoor will celebrate his 48th birthday on Saturday. Very few people know that Kunal Kapoor is related to Amitabh Bachchan’s family, which is part of his family. Kunal Kapoor was born on October 18, 1975 in Mumbai and hails from a Punjabi family. The actor’s early training also took place in Mumbai, but later he went to Hong Kong to earn money. In an interview, Kunal Kapoor revealed that he started exporting mangoes to Hong Kong to escape the days of poverty, but he does the work out of compulsion. Getting into films was his first goal from the start. As soon as he got a chance, he left his job and returned to Mumbai. Kunal Kapoor started his film career as an assistant director in the film ‘Aks’ and later learned to work in theater from actor Naseeruddin Shah to improve his acting. Kunal got his first film break from the film ‘Meenakshi’, in which he appeared with actress Tabu, but he got his real recognition from the film ‘Rang De Basanti’, in which he shared the screen with Aamir Khan. Kunal’s acting in this film received a lot of praise and he was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at Filmfare for the film. Kunal’s life changed because of ‘Rang De Basanti’ and he signed back-to-back films with the big banner Yash Raj Films, which included ‘Bachna-e-Haseeno’, ‘Chunri Mein Daag’ and ‘Aaja Nach Le’. The actor was in a supporting role in all three films and the films performed mixed at the box office. However, Kunal stayed away from the screen for a few years and then made a comeback with Sanjay Dutt. He has worked in films like ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’ and ‘Hattrick’ and has also won many awards. Kunal received the Jury Award for his tremendous acting in ‘Rang De Basanti’, the Zoom Glam Award for Debut Actor in 2006, the award for his best performance for the film ‘Veeram’ in 2007 and the award for Best Debut Serial Actor (The Empire) in 2022. Recently, Kunal was seen in the role of the Saif Khaief ‘in the Saif Khaief’ series, in which he played a role. a policeman –IANS PS/DSC Share this story Tags