SHAKTI KAPOOR.........

Biography

Shakti Kapoor (born 1958 in India) is a famous Bollywood comic actor. Since the start of his career, he has acted in more than 300 films. Often nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category, Kapoor won the award in 1994 for the role of Nandu in David Dhawan's film, Raja Babu.



Shakti Kapoor is currently blacklisted because of his involvement and comments in the casting couch scandal

Mini Biography

Shakti Kapoor is one of the most comic actors to grace the Bollywood screen. Since the start of his career he has done more than 300 films.

He had been often nominated for the Filmfare Award in the most comic performance category. His on-screen pairing with another comic actor Kader Khan as the latter's son has often led to laughable comedies.

When the Mumbai film industry competed with its American counterpart in serving the audience the 'show must go on' formula of 'sex and violence' this actor became one of the most recognized faces of the hodge-podge filmdom.

His very notable performances include Nandu of the David Dhawan masterpiece Raja Babu.


He is a very versatile actor. He looks equally convincing as a villain and a comedian. He has several films to his credit where in has done justice to the roles given to him.

Shakti Kapoor's introductory film was "Kahani Kismet Ki" (1973) starring Dharmendra and Rekha. He did not get any recognition from this and led an anonymous career till "Qurbani" happened.



This Firoz Khan produced film had made him a rising villain and in the films that followed, he honed his acting skills all the more. There came many more films like 'Sargam', "Naseeb", "Rocky", "Giraftaar", "Sultanate", "Tohfaa" and the likes which made him a full-fledged villain. But this great actor kept experimenting with films like "Satte Pe Satta" and there came a day when he was hooked to comedy.

Some of Shakti Kapoor's movies as a comedian are "Rajababu", "Coolie No.1", "Bol Radha Bol" and "Judwaa". He has now become a regular comedian in all David Dhawan movies and makes a good pair with Govinda.