Arjun Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in
Bollywood films. He is the son of film producer Boney Kapoor. After working as an assistant director and associate producer on several films he made his acting debut with Habib Faisal's romantic drama
Ishaqzaade (2012) for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. In 2014, his first two commercially successful films were —
Gunday and
2 States—for which he earned highly positive reviews. Arjun was also seen in the critically acclaimed Finding Fanny (2014) and in the action packed Tevar (2015). He also hosted IIFA Awards (2015) along with
Ranveer Singh.
He is the grandson of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor. He is the nephew of actors
Anil Kapoor,
Sanjay Kapoor and producer Sandeep Marwah, and the first-cousin of actress
Sonam Kapoor, actor
Mohit Marwah and producer Rhea Kapoor. He has a sister Anshula Kapoor.The actress
Sridevi is his stepmother.
Kapoor was educated at the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Mumbai, which he attended till his twelfth grade. After failing his twelfth grade examinations, he quit his studies. In his teens and early twenties, Kapoor suffered from obesity and approximately weighed 140 kg; he later said that due to his condition, he used to be "sloppy, grumpy" and "under-confident".