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Shraddha Kapoor
Kapoor at the success bash of 'Aashiqui 2' at Escobar
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Parent(s)	Shakti Kapoor (father) Shivangi Kapoor (mother)
Relatives	Padmini Kolhapure (aunt) Siddhanth Kapoor (brother)

Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian film actress and a former model. Hailing from a filmi background, she wanted to become an actress from a young age. Prior to making her cinematic debut, she took up theatre studies at Boston University. Kapoor marked her debut in Leena Yadav's 2010 Bollywood film Teen Patti alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley.

Kapoor earned critics approvals and the Stardust Award for Best Actress for her leading role in Y-Films's 2011 melodrama Luv Ka The End although the film was a below average at the box office. In 2013, after a disheartening debut, several setbacks, walking out of her Y-Films three—films contract, and almost a two years break from the limelight and films, Shraddha Kapoor finally rose to prominence playing the role of "Arohi" in the romantic musical drama film Aashiqui 2 which earned her rave reviews for her performance and turned out to be a 'blockbuster', earning more than ₹100 crore.

Early life and background

Shraddha Kapoor was born in Mumbai to actor Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kapoor. She is the niece of actress Padmini Kolhapure and Tejaswini Kolhapure. And also, the distant niece of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Her older brother, Siddhanth Kapoor, is a former Disc Jockey who made his film debut with Shootout at Wadala.

She did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Mumbai, completing her twelfth standard. She has been whetted to be a personality in the film-industry since childhood which was too apprehensive to her education, during her persuasion of her academic studies, she never had the attribution of studying. Stating, "I was naive at that time of my life and for self manipulative reasons I took for granted the art of being studious, yet I've always been infatuated by the informed ones. My schooling phase was simply terrifying."

In order, to pursue her acting career—she enrolled at Boston University, majoring in theatre studies. Still, a teenager in institution, she was cast in her debut film, for which she quit her freshman year at BU, due to scheduling conflicts with her acting career. Kapoor has been brought up with a nurture upbringing, tending to receive pleasant vibes from her relatives. Having a descent of both Maharashtrian and Punjabi, she always explore different celebrations and cultures. Despite, she inherited her father's whencesoever, she always wishes to inclination her mother's culture and inheritance.

Acting career

Early work: 2010–2012

Kapoor made her acting debut in 2010 with the film Teen Patti alongside Amitabh Bachchan, R. Madhavan, and Raima Sen. The film tanked at the box office, and her performance went partially unnoticed. For her role as college rockstar Aparna, she had workshops with Royston Abel, Ashley Lobo and Barry John. Shraddha described her character as "a studious girl and is also a guitarist in her college’s music band" and "a very intriguing person."

In 2011, she signed a three-movie contract with Yash Raj Films. However, the contract was soon to be cancelled due to Kapoor decision to transition elsewhere and sign her next film with Mahesh Bhatt's for Aashiqui 2. She starred in Y-Films's venture, Luv Ka The End alongside newcomer Taaha Shah. Of her role and this film, Kapoor stated: "I play a character name Rhea Dialdas who is very feminine, quirky, all in all a typical teenage girl but one with a vindictive dark side when she found out what her boyfriend been really up to. Rhea truly gives meaning to that saying ‘hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'. It's a passtime chick-flick, So I feel in someways most of the burden to carry this film forward lies a lot on me but I just hope I make it worth it to watch." Despite the film's poor performance at the box office, Kapoor's performance attracted generally positive reviews. Rachana of Glamsham Editorial wrote, "Shraddha Kapoor clearly steals the show and it's her performance which lights up the film. She is the star of the film." Kapoor was also awarded Stardust Searchlight Award For Best Actress for the film.

Breakthrough: 2013–Present

In 2013, Kapoor starred in Aashiqui 2, a romantic musical drama film opposite Aditya Roy Kapur. Her character in the film, Arohi Shirke, is a small-town bar singer who later becomes a successful playback artiste. The film received a positive to mixed critical reception. However, reviewers were mostly positive about Kapoor's performance.

Anupama Chopra calls her the "real triumph" and said that she is "very good as the woman in the throes of a grand passion who believes that love will show the way" The Times Of India's Madhureeta Mukherjee adds, saying that Kapoor lets "her emotions play out brilliantly in high-strung scenes with supreme confidence". Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama stated, ' Shraddha also gets to sink her teeth into this challenging character and the attractive youngster is simply amazing, more so towards the demanding moments in the second hour. Furthermore, the chemistry between Aditya and Shraddha is incredible, which also proves yet again that the right casting can work wonders.' The film went on to became a major box-office success attaining a blockbuster status by grossing more than ₹100 crore.

Kapoor will next appear in a supporting role for the Punit Malhotra-directed romantic comedy Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, alongside Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan. She is also confirmed to be the leading lady in Ekta Kapoor's The Villain opposite Sidharth Malhotra. She also has signed Haider opposite Shahid Kapoor and Gabbar opposite Akshay Kumar.

Personal life and off-screen work

There have been numerous reports regarding her dating life, however, she has never confirmed to any of them. During the filming of Kapoor's film, Aashiqui 2 it was widely speculated that she was in a romantic relationship with co-star Aditya Roy Kapoor. However, it was denied by both the actors. Kapoor stated "Aditya and I got comfortable with each other... Off screen, we have become good friends and somewhere that has translated on the screen as well. That is wonderful." Later pictures of Kapoor and actor Varun Dhawan surfaces, when they were both having dinner together. Although it appeared as though they were in a relationship, it was later confirmed by Varun Dhawan that the two were merely childhood friends.

In addition to acting in films, Kapoor has supported charitable organisations, and performed for stage shows. In 2012 she walked the ramp at ′Mijwan-Sonnets in Fabric′ fashion show; which was involved Manish Malhotra's fundraising charity for a noble cause. In early 2013, she performed a stage show on Saath Hai Hum Uttarakhand a Fund raising event organized by STAR India contributing towards strengthening on-going efforts at rehabilitation in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand to help bring comfort to victims of this tragedy. That year she participated in the campaign for P&G professional's brand Wella Professionals, unveiling the awareness of ammonia hair colours are not completely safe.

In the media

Mass media, describes Shraddha Kapoor as fearless, having cool attitudes, one of the most selective newcomer in Indian cinema and also graving her career as a great point. She constantly, refers as her aunt’s Padmini Kolhapure. Her praises had been delicate to many websites and prestigious magazines. Times of India—TOI, ranked her at #27 in ‘’50 Most Desirable Women of 2012’’. In 2011, Femina cited ″Shraddha is on carrying Shakti Kapoor—her father gene.″ Grazia indicates her, ″as the Girl On Fire″, as Cosmopolitan criticizes her, ″she is on living her dream, tackling criticism and finding Mr. Right.″ FHM India's ranked her #5. on 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2013.

In early 2011 she became the ambassador of Lakmé and Desi Global which she was critical claimed as an ″exciting new face″ for the brand. In 2013, Kapoor has become the one of the most admired and revered actress, according to itimes poll she ranked #1 position in 2013. She was named the official brand ambassador for the petroleum jelly beauty brand Vaseline in India. She will launch the new Gitanjali's Jewellery brand Nirvana, being the official brand ambassador.

Media specaculated that after her grand success of Aashiqui 2, she has chosen her career wisely as she does not want to pair with 40-plus actors due to Hindi cinema is a male nominating cinema. Hence, she had refused to work with leading actors such as John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan. She was later denied about it on her social networking site. ″I read a story that appeared in a tabloid today. I must clarify that there is no truth in this. I would absolutely love to work with AB. It's upon my director to decide who will be my co-star. Where is the question of me deciding to work with my co-stars?.″ In late 2013, in an interview with Stardust she admitted that, after her movie Luv Ka The End poor Box Office performance, she went to a phase of being a failure personality, suffering from dearth of offers, she disagreed the fact, that she would reject movie offers justifying of 40-plus actors. She later explained, ″I don't mind romancing older Heroes! Age has nothing to do with that, being part of a particular movie and pair with whoever is the biggest part which i can't reject in excuse of age conflicts.″ That year, she launches Titan Raga watches new collection, as the official brand ambassador.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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External links

• Shraddha Kapoor at IMDb

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