Omkar Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in the

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film industry. He began his performing career as a child artist and worked in films like ''

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'', '' Hero No.1'' and '' Judaai''. He made his Bollywood debut as a Parallel Lead actor with his movie ''

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''.

Early life

Kapoor started his career with '' Masoom'', where he received immense popularity as a child artist and became the most favourite child artist of that time. Later he got a chance to work with several big stars of the Indian film industry, like

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and

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Career

Omkar Kapoor assisted Bollywood directors like

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and Ahmed Khan, but he really wanted to be an actor and hence gave many auditions, of which he bagged ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2''. In 2017, Kapoor starred as Mithilesh Chaturvedi in the web film '' U, Me Aur Ghar'' alongside

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. In 2018, he starred as Ankush Patel aka Maggie in the Viu original series ''Kaushiki''. In 2019, he starred as Varun Kumar Pandey in the comedy film ''

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.'' Kapoor starred as Purva in the

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web series ''Bhootpurva.'' He also played the supporting role in web series ''

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.'' In 2020, Kapoor played the role of Neel in the Zee5 short film ''Forbidden Love: Arranged Marriage''. In 2021, Kapoor starred as Dr. Abhijit Verma in the

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web series ''Bisaat'' alongside

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, which was directed by

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Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Nominations

References

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