It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36
Shahid Kaoppr celebrates his 36th birthday today. The Udta Punjab actor's wife had recently hosted a pre-birthday bash for him.
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It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Actor Shahid Kapoor's rise to stardom reads like a Bollywood script: from a background dancer to a superstar, with several hurdles in between. 2016 was fabulous with the success of Udta Punjab and now, 2017 started on a good note with Rangoon.
Shahid is 36 today and we take you through a pictorial journey of his life. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Shahid's first brush with fame was modest. He appeared in several music videos, including Aryans' song Aankho Mein Tera Hi Chehra and ads, including the Pepsi commercial with Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Shahid, who was a part of choreographer Shiamak Davar's dance troupe, performed as a background dancer in the song Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jawe from Taal (1999), which starred actress Aishwarya Rai and in songs from 1997's Dil To Pagal Hai featuring actress Karisma Kapoor. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36In the same year, Shahid was directed by Ken Ghosh in Fida, where he co-starred with Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Khan. The film failed to do well at the box office but Shahid's performance was praised. He then appeared in Dil Maange More opposite Soha Ali Khan, Tulip Joshi, and Ayesha Takia. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36In the same year, Shahid delivered his biggest hit in Vivah, opposite Amrita Rao. The film, directed by Sooraj Barjatya, put Shahid in Bollywood's front row. His portrayal of Prem earned him Best Actor nominations at various award functions. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36In 2007, Shahid appeared in Ahmed Khan's Fool ‘N' Final which didn't fare well at the box office.
In the same year, he delivered an acclaimed performance opposite Kareena Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Jab We Met.
But by the time the film was declared the biggest hit of the year, Shahid and Kareena had called it quits. However, Shahid was nominated for Best Actor at most of the award shows including Filmfare and IIFA. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Shahid was hugely commended in 2009 for his double role as Charlie and Guddu in Kaminey. Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, with Priyanka Chopra as the lead actress, the film was a blockbuster and fetched Shahid several nominations. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36In 2010, Shahid was seen in Ken Ghosh's film Chance Pe Dance alongside Genelia D'Souza. It was quickly followed up with Paathshaala, opposite Ayesha Takia and Nana Patekar. Both failed to make a mark at the box office. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Another 2010 release was Badmaash Company, an above average grosser with Shahid, Anushka Sharma, Meiyang Chang and Vir Das. Though the film received mixed reviews, this time also Shahid's performance was noted again. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36In 2014, Shahid Kapoor delivered a career-best performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, which was an adaption of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, with Shraddha Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and Tabu. The film was hailed by critics and audience alike and brought Shahid back to the track of Bollywood's greatest hitmakers. In 2015, the actor bagged all the awards for his portrayal of the revenge seeking son. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Shahid recover from the film's failure in a Shaandaar way in 2016. Starred in Abhishek Chaubey Udta Punjab as a drug addict rockstar Tommy Singh and blew everyone's mind. Udta Punjab is widely consider one of Shahid's career's best performance. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36This year, a day before his birthday Shahid Kapoor's Rangoon hit the screens. Rangoon is Shahid's third collaboration with Vishal Bhardwaj and so far things look great for the film.
This year, his second film will be Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Padmavati - releasing in November. -
It's Shahid Kapoor's Birthday: Life's Shaandar@36Shahid as the actor married Delhi girl Mira Rajput in July 2015 in Delhi. Their reception, which was held in Mumbai, was attended by several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan and Kangana Ranaut.
