Shraddha Kapoor Height Weight Bra Size Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987) is an Indian actress and singer who works in Hindi-language films. She features in listings of the most popular and the highest-paid actresses in India. She has been featured in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2016.
The daughter of actor Shakti Kapoor, she began her acting career with a brief role in the 2010 heist film Teen Patti, and followed it with her first leading role in the teen drama Luv Ka The End (2011). Kapoor gained wide recognition for playing a singer in the commercially successful romantic drama Aashiqui 2 (2013), for which she received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The following year, she portrayed a character based on Ophelia in Vishal Bhardwaj’s critically acclaimed drama Haider (2014), an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. Kapoor established herself with starring roles in the romantic thriller Ek Villain (2014), the dance drama ABCD 2 (2015) and the action drama Baaghi (2016). Following a series of poorly received films, her highest-grossing releases came with the comedy horror Stree (2018), the action thriller Saaho (2019), and the comedy-drama Chhichhore (2019).
In addition to acting in films, Kapoor has sung several of her film songs. She is the celebrity endorser for several brands and products, in 2015, she launched her own line of clothing and in 2021, she has been partnered with the fizzy beverage Shunya.
Early Life and Background
Kapoor was born and raised in Mumbai. On her father’s side, Kapoor is of Punjabi descent, and on her mother’s side, she is of Marathi and Konkani ancestry. Her maternal grandfather Pandharinath Kolhapure, (the nephew of Deenanath Mangeshkar) belonged from Kolhapur and her maternal grandmother hailed from Panaji, Goa. In an interview with The Hindustan Times, Kapoor revealed that, she was raised as a Marathi as her maternal relatives lived in Maharashtra. She has said that she went through a tomboyish phase as a child and described herself as having a strong attitude, because of which she was deliberately picking fights with boys.
Kapoor’s family members include her father Shakti Kapoor and mother Shivangi Kapoor, her elder brother Siddhanth Kapoor, her two aunts Padmini Kolhapure and Tejaswini Kolhapure are all actors in Indian Cinema. She is the great-niece of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Khadikar, Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar. Hailing from a family of actors, Kapoor desired to become an actress since a young age. Wearing her parent’s clothes, she used to rehearse film dialogues and dance to Bollywood songs in front of the mirror. She also accompanied her father to various shooting locations in her childhood. During one of David Dhawan’s shoots, Kapoor befriended actor Varun Dhawan, to play with him, and they were holding a torch pretending it to be a camera while delivering film lines to each other, and they were also dancing to Govinda’s film songs.
Kapoor did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School and at the age of 15, she shifted to the American School of Bombay, where she was schoolmate with actress Athiya Shetty and actor Tiger Shroff. In an interview with The Times of India, Shetty revealed that they all used to participate in dance competitions. Believing herself to be competitive at the age of 17, Kapoor played soccer and handball as she thought these games were challenging. When interviewed by The Hindustan Times in 2016, both Kapoor and Shroff admitted that they had a crush on each other in school, but never proposed to each other.
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Kapoor then enrolled in Boston University to major in psychology, but she left in her freshman year to appear in her debut film after she was seen on Facebook by producer Ambika Hinduja, who cast her for a role in Teen Patti. In an interview with the Filmfare magazine, Shakti Kapoor revealed that Kapoor was barely 16 years old when she was offered her first film, Lucky: No Time for Love by Salman Khan, after he saw one of her school play performances, but she rejected the proposal as she was aspiring to become a psychologist. Kapoor was trained as a singer since her childhood as her maternal grandfather and mother are classical singers.
Shraddha Kapoor Height Weight Age Bra Size Affairs Family Biography
Bio | |
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Nickname | Chirkoot |
Profession | Actress |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 5” |
Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 52 kg in Pounds- 115 lbs |
Figure Measurements (approx,) | 34-25-34 |
Eye Colour | Hazel Brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 3 March 1987 |
Age (as in 2023) | 36 Years |
Birthplace | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Signature | |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
School | Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai American School of Bombay, Mumbai |
College | Boston University, USA (dropped) |
Educational Qualification | High School |
Debut | Film Debut: Teen Patti (2010) |
Family | Father– Shakti Kapoor (Actor) Mother– Shivangi Kolhapure (Actress) Sister– N/A Brother– Siddhanth Kapoor (Actor, Director) |
Religion | Hinduism |
Address | 7th Floor, Palm Beach, Gandhigram Road, Juhu, Mumbai |
Hobbies | Collecting shoes, cooking, reading |
Likes & Dislikes | Likes: Eating, Traveling to unusual places, Trying out adventures Dislikes: Ketchup, Dad playing a villain in films, People making fun of her dad |
Controversies | • In 2014, photographers boycotted her during the success party of Ek Villain, due to her bad behavior with the press media during the promotions of Ek Villain. • In September 2020, her name appeared in a drug pedaling case during the investigation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The NCB summoned her on the basis of WhatsApp chats found in the mobile phone of talent agent Jaya Saha, a former talent manager of Sushant Singh Rajput. Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, and Rakul Preet Singh were also summoned by the NCB in the same case. |
Favourite Things | |
Food | Fish Curry, Rawa Fried Fish, Khow Suey, Jalebi |
Actor | Shakti Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Johnny Depp, Edward Norton |
Actress | Waheeda Rehman, Nutan, Padmini Kolhapure, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra, Natalie Portman |
Film | Bollywood: Pyaasa (1957) Hollywood: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Central Station (1998), The Godfather (1972), Monster (2003), Boys Don’t Cry (1999) |
Director | Mohit Suri |
Musician | Lady Gaga |
Song | With the Sunshine By Ocean Drive |
Author | Jack Canfield |
Books | Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Harry Potter (Literary Series) by J. K. Rowling |
Colour | Purple, Yellow |
Perfume | Michael Kors |
Destination | Paris |
Boys, Affairs and More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Affairs/Boyfriends | Aditya Roy Kapur (Actor) Farhan Akhtar (Actor) Rohan Shrestha (Photographer) |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Mercedes ML SUV |
Money Factor | |
Salary (approx.) | 4 crore/film (INR) |
Net Worth (approx.) | $3 million |
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Role |
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2010 | Teen Patti | Aparna Khanna |
2011 | Luv Ka The End | Rhea Dialdas |
2013 | Aashiqui 2 | Arohi Keshav Shirke |
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein | Vasudha Natarajan | Cameo |
2014 | Ek Villain | Aisha Verma |
Haider | Arshia Lone | |
Ungli | Basanti | Guest Appearance In The Song “Dance Basanti” |
2015 | ABCD 2 | Vinita “Vinnie” Sharma |
2016 | Baaghi | Siya Khurana |
A Flying Jatt | Herself | Guest Appearance |
Rock On 2 | Jiah Sharma | |
2017 | Ok Jaanu | Tara Agnihotri |
Half Girlfriend | Riya Somani | |
Haseena Parkar | Haseena Parkar | |
2018 | Nawabzaade | Herself |
Stree | Unnamed | |
Batti Gul Meter Chalu | Lalita “Nauti” Nautiyal | |
2019 | Saaho | Amritha “Amu” Nair |
Chhichhore | Maya Pathak (née Sharma) | |
2020 | Street Dancer 3D | Inayat Naazi |
Baaghi 3 | Siya Nandan | |
2022 | Untitled Luv Ranjan film | TBA |
Music videos
Year | Title | Singer(s) | Label |
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2021 | Kill Chori | Ash King, Nikhita Gandhi | Free Fire India Official |
Discography
Year | Track | Album |
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2014 | “Galliyan” | Ek Villain |
“Do Jahaan” | Haider | |
2015 | “Bezubaan Phir Se” | ABCD 2 |
2016 | “Sab Tera” | Baaghi |
“Tere Mere Dil” | Rock On 2 | |
“Udja Re” | ||
“Woh Jahaan” | ||
“Rock On-Revisited” | ||
2017 | “Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahungi” | Half Girlfriend |
2021 | “Hum Hindustani” | Non-album single |