Aditya Roy Kapur

Aditya Roy Kapur (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian film actor who works in Hindi-language films. He made his Bollywood debut with 2009 film London Dreams but rose to fame with 2013 film Aashiqui 2. He is the youngest brother of Bollywood film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur and actor Kunaal Roy Kapur and is a brother-in-law of actress Vidya Balan.

Early life and background
Kapur was born in Mumbai on 16 November 1985 to a Punjabi Hindu father, Kumud Roy Kapur, and a Jewish mother Salome Aaron. His grandfather, Raghupat Roy Kapur, was a film producer in the early 1940s. Kapur is the youngest of the three siblings- his eldest brother, Siddharth Roy Kapur, was the chief executive officer of UTV Motion Pictures and is married to the actress, Vidya Balan. His second elder brother, Kunaal Roy Kapur, is also an actor.

His maternal grandparents, Sam and Ruby Aaron, were qualified dance teachers who introduced the Sama dance to India. He did his schooling from G. D. Somani Memorial School, in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, where all his siblings studied and his mother directed school plays. Kapoor enrolled in St. Xavier's in Class XI, but failed. He had to enroll in St. Andrew's College to avoid losing a year. Subsequently, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, affiliated to the University of Mumbai. During his school years, he wanted to be a cricketer but he quit cricket coaching classes after the sixth standard.

Early days (2004–12)
Kapur was initially a VJ on music channel Channel V India, where his comic timing and "unique style of hosting" was appreciated. He did a show Pakao for Channel V, and also hosted the hugely popular, 'India's hottest' show with VJ, Bruna Abdullah show till 2008.

Kapur's Hindi film debut was a supporting role in the 2009 comedy-drama London Dreams starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Asin Thottumkal. The series of supporting roles continued with his two films released in 2010–the Akshay Kumar starrer Action Replayy and the Hrithik Roshan starrer Guzaarish. However, none of these films performed well at the box office and were able to give Kapur his fame.

Breakthrough and career fluctuations (2013–19)
In 2013, Kapur starred as Rahul Jaykar in the romantic drama Aashiqui 2 co-starring Shraddha Kapoor. He played the supporting role of Avinash Arora in the film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. In 2014, he starred as Tariq Haider in the romantic comedy film Daawat-e-Ishq alongside Parineeti Chopra. In 2016, Kapur starred as Noor Nizami in the romantic drama film Fitoor alongside Katrina Kaif based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations. He also made cameo appearances in films Dear Zindagi and Welcome To New York. In 2016, he did a music tour named "Dream Team Bollywood" and performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, New York alongside Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, Varun Dhawan & Badshah. 

In 2017, Kapur starred as Aditya Gunjal in the romantic film Ok Jaanu alongside Shraddha Kapoor. In 2019, he played the supporting role of Dev Chaudhry in the film Kalank.

Praise through Malang and beyond (2020–present)
Kapur starred as Adavit Thakur in the romantic action thriller Malang alongside Disha Patani. In 2020, he starred as Vishal Agnihotri in the drama film Sadak 2 alongside Sanjay Dutt and Alia Bhatt, which released on Disney+ Hotstar. He acted in Ludo as Aakash which released on 12 November 2020 in Netflix.

On 3 December 2020, Kapur and Sanjana Sanghi began shooting for Om: The Battle Within, directed by Kapil Verma and produced by Zee Studios, Ahmed Khan and Shaira Khan.

Personal life
Kapur has previously been linked with co-star Shraddha Kapoor during the shooting of their film Aashiqui 2 in 2013. They broke up in 2016. However, Kapur himself dismissed these claims of affair, calling them rumours.