Kapoor was born in
Mumbai on 6 July 1984 to actor
Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kolhapure. His ancestry is
Marathi and
Punjabi and he is the elder brother of actress
Shraddha Kapoor and the nephew of actresses
Padmini Kolhapure and
Tejaswini Kolhapure. Kapoor studied film making and acting at the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. and later went on to work as an assistant director for almost two years with director
Priyadarshan in several films including
Bhool Bhulaiya,
Bhagam Bhag,
Chup Chup Ke and
Dhol. He was initially supposed to make his debut in Soham Shah's 2012 film
Satte Pe Satta, which is a remake of the original
Raj Sippy's action comedy ‘
Satte Pe Satta’ (1982), but the film was shelved. He thus made his acting debut in 2013 with the film
Shootout at Wadala alongside
Anil Kapoor,
John Abraham, and
Kangana Ranaut. Then, he assisted
Anurag Kashyap in his psychological thriller film
Ugly (2014), in which he played a cameo role alongside Tejaswini Kolhapure and
Ronit Roy. In 2022, he was arrested by the police for consumption of illegal drugs at a
rave in
Bangalore. ==Filmography==