Seerat Kapoor is an Indian actress, model, choreographer and dancer who predominantly works in the

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

. She began her career as an Assistant

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. She made acting debut in 2014 Telugu film ''

Run Raja Run ''Run Raja Run'' is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy thriller film directed by debutant Sujeeth and produced by Uppalapati Pramod and V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy on UV Creations banner. The film stars Sharwanand, Seerat Kapoor, and Adi ...

''.

Early life

Kapoor was born on 3 April 1993 in

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. Her father, the late Vineet Kapoor was a

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and her mother, Neena Sihota Kapoor, is an air hostess with

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. Kapoor was educated at

's Podar International School, Santa Cruz and completed her pre-university course at R. D. National College,

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. She subsequently enrolled for a Bachelor Of Arts degree in

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, but quit it due to scheduling conflicts with her acting. At the time, she was at the peak of her dance career, which she began at age 16 for Bollywood choreographer;

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, The Danceworx,

. Kapoor was a full-time dance instructor at the academy. In the course of her journey, Kapoor worked on Rockstar and was brought on board as Assistant

. Intrigued by modelling, she trained as an actor at her cousin's grandfather's institution, Roshan Tanejaa School Of Acting. In 2014, Kapoor debuted in

Career

In 2011 Kapoor have worked as assistant choreographer in ''

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'' film. she announced in 2014 that she would appear in ''

'' opposite ''

Sharwanand Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For ''Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received S ...

'', directed by

Sujeeth Sujeeth Reddy is an Indian film director and writer. He made his directorial debut in Telugu Cinema with the romantic comedy thriller film ''Run Raja Run'' at the age of 23. Prior to films, Sujeeth started to study to be a chartered accountant, ...

. ''

'' was a commercial success. In 2015 Madhu B. and N.V. Prasad signed her to play Ganga in the action film ''Tiger''. Set against the backdrop of

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, the film also starred Sundeep Kishan and Rahul Ravindran. Her next release (2015) came alongside Sumanth Ashwin in the R. Shamala directed romantic comedy, ''Columbus,'' produced by Ashwani Kumar Sahdev. Kapoor's performance was applauded as the highlight of the film in the role of Neeraja. In October 2017, she completed filming ''

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'' opposite

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and was filming ''

Touch Chesi Chudu ''Touch Chesi Chudu'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written by Vakkantham Vamsi and directed by Vikram Sirikonda in his directorial debut in Telugu cinema. It features Ravi Teja, Raashi Khanna and Seerat Kapoor in the l ...

'' opposite

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and

Allu Sirish Allu Sirish (born 30 May 1987) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films. He debuted as a lead actor with '' Gouravam'' (2013) and later went on to appear in films such as ''Kotha Janta'' (2014), ''Srirastu Subhamastu'' (2016), ...

's ''Okka Kshanam''. Her latest release was on Netflix titled

Krishna and His Leela ''Krishna and His Leela'' is a 2020 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Ravikanth Perepu who co-wrote and co-edited the film with Siddu Jonnalagadda. The film is produced by Suresh Productions and Viacom18 S ...

(2020) Kapoor endorsed several brands and products, including Vivel, Engage Cologne Sprays, Apollo Tyres for

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, Mahindra gusto and Intex with

Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influen ...

Other work

In addition to acting and dancing, Kapoor is a trained Indian Classical singer from Rajesree School Of Music from age 12.

Filmography

Music videos

References

External links

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