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Ranbir Raj Kapoor was born on September 28, 1982, in Mumbai, then Bombay, into Hindi cinema's most famous film family, according to Wikipedia. His parents are actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and his grandfather was actor-director Raj Kapoor. He has won seven Filmfare Awards, and Time named him to its 2026 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
He studied filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts and method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, then assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Black (2005). His debut, Bhansali's Saawariya (2007), flopped, but Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (both 2009) and Raajneeti (2010) made him a star.
He won consecutive Filmfare Best Actor awards for playing a troubled musician in Rockstar (2011) and a cheerful deaf-and-mute man in Barfi! (2012). Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) cemented his stardom, and his portrayal of Sanjay Dutt in Sanju (2018) won another Filmfare. After a break, he returned with Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022) and Animal (2023), his highest-grossing film and his fourth Best Actor Filmfare.
Kapoor supports several charities and is a co-owner of Indian Super League football club Mumbai City FC. He began dating his Brahmāstra co-star Alia Bhatt in 2018, and the two are married.
Next he plays Rama in Nitesh Tiwari's two-part Ramayana, and he will reteam with Bhansali on Love & War with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. Read how Ramayana, with Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, set a Diwali-themed world premiere at LA's Academy Museum.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Ranbir Kapoor story, from October 19, 2026, is "Ranbir Kapoor and Yash's 'Ramayana' Sets Diwali-Themed World Premiere at LA's Academy Museum": The epic will screen in 3D for 945 guests on October 27, and everyone on the red carpet has been asked to come in traditional Indian festive wear. It hits cinemas worldwide November 5.
Seven, including Best Actor for Rockstar, Barfi!, Sanju and Animal (Wikipedia).
Rama, in Nitesh Tiwari's two-part adaptation of the epic (Wikipedia).
Actress Alia Bhatt, his co-star in Brahmāstra (2022) (Wikipedia).
