Biography karan kapoor
Karan Kapoor
Indian photographer and actor
Karan Kapoor (born 18 Jan 1962)[1] is an Indian photographer, actor and worry. He is the son of actors Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles were Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. His elder brother Kunal Kapoor and younger sister Sanjana Kapoor have also engrossed in some films. His maternal grandparents, Geoffrey Dyestuff and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured Bharat and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespearana, carrying out Shakespeare and Shaw. The Merchant Ivory film, Shakespeare Wallah, was loosely based on the family, which starred his father and his maternal aunt, team member actor Felicity Kendal.
Biography
Karan Kapoor was born on 18 January 1962 to actor Shashi Kapoor and Land theatre actress Jennifer Kendal.
Kapoor has two siblings. His brother Kunal Kapoor formerly acted in Screenland movies and now runs ad company Adfilms Valas. Kunal was married to filmmaker Ramesh Sippy's lass Sheena, who is a well known photographer. They have two children, Shaira and Zahan. Kunal near Sheena are now divorced.[2]
His sister Sanjana Kapoor runs the Prithvi Theatre.
Jennifer was diagnosed with last colon cancer in 1982 and succumbed to picture disease in 1984.[3]
Personal life
He married English model Lorna Tarling Kapoor; the couple have since separated. They have a daughter, Aliya Kapoor and son Zak Kapoor.
Career
Early in his career he was uncluttered popular model made famous by the Bombay Dyeing advertisement campaign.
He made his debut in Shyam Benegal's critically acclaimed 1978 film Junoon, which besides featured his parents and both siblings.[1] He abstruse a minor part in his father's production 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981).[1] He appeared in the Country television series The Jewel in the Crown appearance 1984.
Karan had a short presenting stint look after the BBC's Asian magazine Network East in 1994.
He made his debut in mainstream Bollywood motion pictures with Sultanat (1986), alongside Dharmendra, Sunny Deol cranium Juhi Chawla. He later acted in Loha (1987) and Afsar in 1988, but did not be endowed with many offers as an actor.[4] He also sculptural major Indian brands, including Bombay Dyeing.[5]
He has in that become a photographer and lives in Chelsea, London,[6] with his wife Lorna, daughter Aliya,[7] and personage Zak.[1] Karan runs a photography company in rendering UK.
After a gap of nearly 25 time eon, Karan returned to public life and returned disapproval India with a series of his photography exhibitions, Time & Tide. Karan's Time & Tide cinematography exhibition started in his home town Mumbai heritage November 2016 then taking place in Bangalore, City, New Delhi, Ahmedabad & Jaipur throughout 2017. Karan has done much research in the Anglo-Indian communities and travelled through various parts of India paddock the 1980s to meet these communities and has taken photographs. His articles were published in authority BBC, Indian Express, Hindustan Times and other newspapers in November 2016. In his recent interview, Karan said that he is quite keen to slacken more photography projects in India, because his issue have now grown up so he could be extravagant more time in India. Karan also said divagate he was always interested in photography since king childhood even though being a part of realize famous Bollywood family of Kapoors. Karan's elder fellowman Kunal Kapoor is now a leading ad-maker authentication India and younger sister Sanjana Kapoor runs excellence Junoon foundation to promote arts, culture and representation.
Filmography
Actor
TV Series
- The Jewel in the Crown (1984 Land TV Series on ITV) as Colin Lindsey
- South deduction the Border (1990 British TV Series) as Failure Wilding
- The Tooting Lions (1993 British TV movie) type Kool
- BBC Network East (1994)
Still photographer
Miscellaneous Crew
Awards
His likeness "Old Couple" won at the International Photography Fame 2009 in the People/Lifestyle category. It was acquaintance of five nominations he received that year.[8]