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Ranbir Kapoor Biography

Birth Place:
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Profession
actor/producer

Fast Facts

  • Named after his grandfather Raj Kapoor, whose first name is Ranbir Raj
  • Sustained an inch-long cut on his right cheek while rushing to the lavatory and falling face-first on the pot when he was a kid
  • First worked as an assistant to his father who directed the film Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999), right after he appeared for his ICSE Board exams
  • Worked as an assistant director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Black (2005), which bagged eleven Filmfare Awards
  • Debuted with the movie Saawariya (2007)
  • The role won him the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
  • Worked in Zoya Akhtar's short film Because My World Is Not The Same (2012) to help spread breast cancer awareness
  • Started a production house Picture Shuru Productions in partnership with Anurag Basu in 2013
  • Confessed to having a drinking problem in 2016
  • A nasal deviated septum keeps him breathing from his mouth and makes him talk and eat fast
  • Works as a goodwill ambassador for Shabana Azmi's NGO Mijwan Welfare Society, which supports child empowerment

Awards

  • 2016Screen Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2016Stardust Awards-Star of the Year - Male: nominated
  • 2016Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2014International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): nominated
  • 2014Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2014Zee Cine Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2013International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): winner
  • 2013Screen Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2013Zee Cine Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2013Zee Cine Awards-Critics' Award for Best Actor - Male: winner
  • 2013Stardust Awards-Star of the Year - Male: nominated
  • 2013Stardust Awards-Best Actor - Drama: nominated
  • 2013Times Of India Film Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2013Times Of India Film Awards-Best Actor Critics: nominated
  • 2013Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2012Zee Cine Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2012Screen Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2012Global India Film Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2012International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): winner
  • 2012Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: winner
  • 2012Filmfare Awards-Critics' Award for Best Actor: winner
  • 2012Stardust Awards-Star of the Year - Male: nominated
  • 2012Stardust Awards-Best Actor - Drama: nominated
  • 2011Stardust Awards-Best Actor - Drama: nominated
  • 2011Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2011Zee Cine Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2011International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): nominated
  • 2011Stardust Awards-Star of the Year - Male: nominated
  • 2010Screen Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2010Filmfare Awards-Critics' Award for Best Actor: winner
  • 2010Filmfare Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2010International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male): nominated
  • 2009Screen Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2008Zee Cine Awards-Best Male Debut: winner
  • 2008Filmfare Awards-Best Male Debut: winner
  • 2008International Indian Film Academy Awards-Best Debutant (Male): winner