Ranbir Kapoor (born 28 September 1982) is an
Indian film actor. He is the recipient of
five Filmfare Awards, and is a leading
actor of Hindi cinema . He is the son of
actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh,
and the grandson of actor-director Raj
Kapoor . He completed his pre-
university education in Mumbai , after
which he moved to New York City to
pursue film-making and method
acting at the School of Visual Arts and
the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film
Institute
, respectively. Kapoor began his
career in Bollywood as an assistant
director on Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's
2005 film Black.
Kapoor's first acting role was as the
protagonist of Bhansali's 2007 tragic
romance Saawariya , a box office flop
for which he was awarded his first
Filmfare Award— Best Male Debut. He
achieved commercial success with
his next release—the 2008 romantic
comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno . During
the film's production schedule he
began a romantic relationship with co-
star Deepika Padukone; the highly
publicised relationship ended the
following year. In 2010 he was
awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for
Best Actor for his performances in
three films of 2009—the coming-of-
age film Wake Up Sid , the comedy
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and the
drama Rocket Singh: Salesman of the
Year.
Kapoor won two consecutive Best
Actor awards at Filmfare for
portraying a troubled musician in the
2011 drama Rockstar and a deaf-mute
man in the 2012 comedy-drama Barfi! .
The 2013 romantic comedy Yeh
Jawaani Hai Deewani proved to be
one of the highest-grossing Bollywood
films of all time
and led The Economic Times to credit
him as "the most bankable actor of his
generation". In addition to acting in
films, Kapoor supports numerous
charities and causes, is vocal about
issues faced by women and is the
goodwill ambassador of Shabana
Azmi 's Mijwan Welfare Society. His
off-screen life is the subject of fervent
tabloid reporting in India.
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