Kunaal Roy Kapur

Kunaal Roy Kapur (Born 13 February 1979) is an Indian film actor and director who works in Hindi Language films and Television.

For other similarly named actors, see Kunal Kapoor (disambiguation).

Kunaal Roy Kapur
Born (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor, Director
Years active1999-present
Spouse(s)Shayonti Salvi
Children2
RelativesSee Roy Kapur family

Career

Kapur started his acting career with the Indian soap Just Mohabbat (2001), which aired on Sony TV.[1] He then appeared in a cameo role in the 2007 film, Loins of Punjab Presents opposite Shabana Azmi and Ishita Sharma. He was also seen in Panga Naa Lo.

As a director, Kunaal in 2006 directed a comedy, The President Is Coming.[2] He adapted the play into film, to make his directorial debut with the mockumentary The President Is Coming (2009), starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Shernaz Patel, which opened to mixed reviews[3] and was declared a "Semi-Hit".

Kapur appeared in six episodes of British-Indian comedy series Mumbai Calling (2009) as a call centre operator. He has appeared in Aamir Khan Productions' Delhi Belly (2011)[4] alongside Imran Khan and Vir Das . Thereafter, he acted in Nautanki Saala (2013) with Ayushman Khurana and did a small role in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) with an ensemble cast, including Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and his younger brother Aditya Roy Kapur. Then he acted in Action Jackson directed by Prabhu Deva, along with Ajay Devgan, Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam and Gollu Aur Pappu, along with Vir Das and Karishma Tanna. His last release was Azhar, where he played Reddy (Azharuddin's lawyer). Then in the 2017 release - The Final Exit. He acted in Vishal Mishra directorial Hotel Milan alongside Zeishan Quadri, Karishma Sharma, Jaideep Ahlawat, Rajesh Sharma and Zakir Hussain, the film was based on anti-romeo squad and released in cinemas in 2018.[5] Then he acted in an eight episode web series called Going Viral, which aired on Amazon prime and in Eros Now's comedy Side Hero. In 2019, he starred in another Mishra directored film, Marudhar Express. It was a sweet small town romantic film set in Kanpur.[6] He was also recently seen on web series TVF Tripling (season 1 and 2) as Pranav.

Personal life

Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage.[7] His paternal grandfather, Raghupat Roy Kapur (or Raghupat Rai Kapoor), a Hindu of the Punjabi Khatri community, was a film producer. Kunaal's father was Kumud Roy Kapur, and his mother, Salome Roy Kapur, is an Indian Jewish lady. A dancer, dance instructor, stage choreographer and former Miss India, she is the daughter of Sam and Ruby Aaron, who were among the earliest accredited teachers of Ballroom and Latin American dancing in India, with degrees from the Federal Association of Teachers of Dancing in London. Kunaal is the second of three brothers. His elder brother is Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV and Disney India, and his younger brother is Aditya Roy Kapur. Actress Vidya Balan is his sister-in-law as she is married to Siddharth.

Kunaal is married to Shayonti. They have two children.[8]

As Director
YearTitleNotes
2009 The President Is Coming Mockumentary Film

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
2007 Panga Na Lo Bhura
Loins of Punjab Presents Mr. White Indian-American English Language Film
2008 Revolution Feroz's father
2011 Delhi Belly Nitin Berry
2013 Nautanki Saala Mandar lele
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Taran
2014 Gollu Aur Pappu Gollu
Action Jackson Musa
2016 Azhar Lawyer Reddy
2017 The Final Exit Photographer
2018 Kaalakaandi Zubin
2018 Love per Square Foot Samuel Masquita
2018 Hotel Milan Vipul
2019 Marudhar Express Marudhar
3 Dev[9] Mahesh
2020 Footfairy TBA &pictures
2021 Tribhanga Milan Netflix film
TBARadhe ShyamTBABilingual film (Hindi, Telugu)

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999-2000 Just Mohabbat Sanjay a.k.a. Sanju Television debut
2007 Mumbai calling Call center operator 6 episodes in 2008
2017 Going Viral @Gaurav 8 Episodes

OTT and Web appearances
YearTitleRoleNotesPlatform
2016-2019 TVF Tripling Pranav, Chanchal's Husband 2 seasons, 10 episodes TVF and Sony LIV
2019 Parchhayee Ganpat 1 episode ZEE5
2020 Bandish Bandits Arghya 10 episodes Amazon Prime Video
2020 Sandwiched Forever Sameer Shastry 15 episodes[10] Sony LIV

References
  1. "'Direction comes first'". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. "Director's cut – Kunaal Roy Kapur". The Hindu. 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. Kazmi, Nikhat (8 January 2009). "The President Is Coming: Review". Time of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. The good buddy: Kunal Roy Kapur plays role of a 'messy' boy in 'Delhi Belly' Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, India Today, 20 June 2011.
  5. https://www.bollywoodchronicle.com/bollywood/kunal-roy-kapurs-hotel-milan-is-based-on-anti-romeo-squad-and-moral-policing-in-up/
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "'Strange things are possible in Mumbai'". Tehelka Magazine. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  9. 3 Dev Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, archived from the original on 30 June 2018, retrieved 21 April 2018
  10. "Sandwiched Forever Review: Kunaal and Aahana show is a feel-good Christmas watch". India Today. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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