Rhea Kapoor (born 5 March 1987) is an Indian film producer. She is also the owner of the fashion line Rheson alongside her sister

Sonam Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja (; born 9 June 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She has won a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award, and from 2012 to 2016, she appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list based on her income and ...

Early and personal life

Kapoor is the daughter 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 ...

and his wife Sunita, she is the sister of actors

and Harshvardhan Kapoor, granddaughter of filmmaker

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, niece of filmmaker

Boney Kapoor Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor in 1955, the son of Surinder Kapoor ...

and his wives, the late producer Mona Shourie Kapoor and the late actress Sridevi, and actor Sanjay Kapoor. Her cousins are actors

Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor (born 26 June 1985) is an Indian actor working in Hindi films. Born to the Surinder Kapoor family, he is the son of film producer Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie. Kapoor made his acting debut in 2012 with romance '' Ishaqzaade'' whic ...

Janhvi Kapoor Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Born to Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama ''Dhadak'', which was a commercial success. Kapoor went on to receive ...

and

Mohit Marwah Mohit Marwah is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his debut feature film '' Fugly'' (2014), and ''Raag Desh'' (2017). He has also appeared in short films such as ''Strangers in the Night'' produced by Dharma Pro ...

as well as actor

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. Kapoor pursued her graduation in "Dramatic literature" from

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Kapoor married her partner of 12 years, Karan Boolani, in an intimate wedding at her family's residence in 2021.

Career

Kapoor started her career as a film producer with Rajshree Ojha's film '' Aisha'' in 2010, which starred her sister Sonam and Abhay Deol in leading roles. She later produced the 2014 film '' Khoobsurat'', directed by

Shashanka Ghosh Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker and writer. As a director, his notable works include the commercially successful films like '' Khoobsurat'' and '' Veere Di Wedding''. As a writer, he penned the story for ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', he ...

, which is an official remake of

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his ca ...

directed film by the same name. In 2017, she launched the clothing line of Rheson with her sister

. Kapoor has co-produced ''

Veere Di Wedding ''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. Loosely based on the 2015 film '' The Wedding Ringer'', the film stars ...

'', which released on 1 June 2018.

Filmography

As producer

References

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