Shahid Kapoor@34: Shaandar Time Starts Now
Shahid Kapoor's rise to stardom reads like a Bollywood script: from a background dancer to a superstar, with many bumps and hurdles in between. Though some of his recent outings have not been that successful but as Karan Johar said in his chat show Koffee With Karan while introducing him, 'the fact that Shahid is still there and is not written off shows that you can't ignore a great actor for long'.
Shahid turns 34 today and we take you to a pictorial journey through his life.
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Actor Shahid Kapoor's rise to stardom reads like a Bollywood script: from background dancer to superstar, with many bumps and hurdles in between. Some of his recent outings have not been that successful but, as Karan Johar said on his chat show Koffee With Karan while introducing him, 'the fact that Shahid is still there and is not written off shows that you can't ignore a great actor for long'.
Shahid turns 34 today and we take you through a pictorial journey of his life. -
Shahid, who was a part of choreographer Shiamak Davar's dance troupe, performed as a background dancer in the song Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jawe from Taal (1999), which starred actress Aishwarya Rai and in songs from 1997's Dil To Pagal Hai featuring actress Karisma Kapoor.
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In the same year, Shahid was directed by Ken Ghosh in Fida, where he co-starred with Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Khan. The film failed to do well at the box office but Shahid's performance was praised. He then appeared in Dil Maange More opposite Soha Ali Khan, Tulip Joshi, and Ayesha Takia.
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In 2007, Shahid appeared in Ahmed Khan's Fool And Final which didn't fare well at the box office.
In the same year, he delivered an acclaimed performance opposite girlfriend Kareena Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Jab We Met.
But by the time the film was declared the biggest hit of the year, the couple had called it quits. However, Shahid was nominated for Best Actor at all the top award shows including Filmfare and IIFA. -
In 2014, Shahid Kapoor delivered a career-best performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, which was an adaption of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, with Shraddha Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and Tabu. The film was hailed by critics and audience alike and brought Shahid back to the track of Bollywood's greatest hitmakers. In 2015, the actor bagged all the awards for his portrayal of the revenge seeking son.
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For 2015, the actor has wrapped up Vikas Bahl's Shandaar opposite Alia Bhatt and will soon start work on Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab. The film also stars Alia Bhatt and his ex-flame Kareena. However, the two will not share screen space in the film, which was reportedly Kareena's condition for the project.
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Shahid and Kareena's publicly-acknowledged romance was a breath of fresh air in secretive Bollywood. However, after they broke up Shahid was less forthcoming about his later rumoured relationships. He was linked to co-stars Amrita Rao, Vidya Balan and Genelia D'Souza and even tennis player Sania Mirza. However, the only romance he admitted to (kind of) on Koffee With Karan was with Priyanka Chopra. He is now reportedly dating his R…Rajkumar heroine Sonakshi Sinha.
