Harshvardhan Kapoor (; credited since 2022 as Harshvarrdhan Kapoor; born 9 November 1990) is an Indian actor and film producer. He is the son of actor

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, besides television and international films and television. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapo ...

Early life

Harsh was born in

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on 9 November 1990, the only son of actor

and Sunita Kapoor. The youngest of three children, he is the brother of actress

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and producer

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. He is graduated from

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Career

Before his acting debut, Kapoor worked as an assistant director on

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's 2015 film ''

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''. Harshvardhan made his acting debut with

Rakesh Omprakash Mehra Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing ''Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013). He is the writer and director of ...

's film '' Mirzya'' opposite actress

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in 2016. His second film, ''

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'' was directed by

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and released in 2018. In 2020, he worked with Vikramaditya Motwane again in the

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film ''

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'', in which he played a fictionalized version of himself and shared the screen with his father and sister. In 2021, he appeared in one of the episodes of

show ''

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''. In 2022, he acted in and co-produced a film titled '' Thar'' which was released on Netflix on 6 May 2022. The film also starred his father,

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and

Satish Kaushik Satish Chandra Kaushik (born 13 April 1956) is an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian and screenwriter. Early life Satish was born on 13 April 1956 in Mahendragarh, Haryana. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi in 1972. He is an ...

in key roles. It was directed and co-written by

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. The dialogues were written by

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor, Harshvardhan 1990 births Living people Indian male film actors Male actors from Mumbai Male actors in Hindi cinema Punjabi people Harshvardhan Screen Awards winners