Shahid Kapoor filmography

Indian actor Shahid Kapoor began his career as a background dancer, making uncredited appearances in the films Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Taal (1999).^[1] He also appeared in several music videos, including one for the singer Kumar Sanu, before making his acting debut with a lead role in Ken Ghosh's romantic comedy Ishq Vishk (2003).^[2][3] The film was a sleeper hit, and Kapoor's portrayal of a teenage student earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.^[4][5] He found little success in the next two years; all five of his releases, including the thriller Fida (2004) and the drama Shikhar (2005), were commercial failures.^[6]

Kapoor at the 2017 IIFA Awards

In 2006, Kapoor starred opposite Kareena Kapoor in 36 China Town and Chup Chup Ke, and played a prospective groom opposite Amrita Rao in Vivah, a commercially successful family drama from director Sooraj Barjatya.^[7][8] In the following year, he reunited with Kareena Kapoor in the romantic comedy Jab We Met, for which he received his first Best Actor nomination at Filmfare.^[5] In 2009, Kapoor portrayed twin brothers, one with a lisp and the other with a stutter, in Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed thriller Kaminey.^[9][10] He then appeared in a series of films which performed poorly at the box-office, including Mausam (2011) and Teri Meri Kahaani (2012).^[11][12] The 2013 action-drama R... Rajkumar proved to be his first commercial success in four years.^[13]

In 2014, Kapoor played the title character in Bhardwaj's Haider (2014), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.^[13][14][15] After serving as a talent judge on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded (2015), he played a rockstar addicted to drugs in Udta Punjab (2016), a crime drama about substance abuse, for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.^[16][17] Kapoor's highest-grossing release came in 2018 with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama Padmaavat, one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers, in which he portrayed the Rajput ruler Rawal Ratan Singh.^[18][19] The following year, he played the title role of a disgruntled lover in Kabir Singh (2019), which proved to be his biggest commercial success as the sole male lead.^[20] After a short hiatus, Kapoor starred in the Amazon Prime Video crime drama series Farzi (2023), which emerged as the most-watched Indian streaming series.^[21] He had further commercial success in the romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024).^[22]

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Dancer	Uncredited	[1]
1999	Taal	Dancer	Uncredited	[1]
2003	Ishq Vishk	Rajiv Mathur		[23]
2004	Fida	Jai Malhotra		[24]
	Dil Maange More	Nikhil Mathur		[25]
2005	Deewane Huye Paagal	Karan Sharma		[26]
	Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!	Aditya Verma		[27]
	Shikhar	Jaidev Vardhan		[28]
2006	36 China Town	Raj Malhotra		[29]
	Chup Chup Ke	Jeetu		[30]
	Vivah	Prem Bajpayee		[8]
2007	Fool & Final	Raja/Rahul Singhania		[31]
	Jab We Met	Aditya Kashyap		[23] [32]
2008	Kismat Konnection	Raj Malhotra		[33]
2009	Kaminey	Charlie/Guddu Sharma[a]		[23] [34]
	Dil Bole Hadippa!	Rohan Singh		[35]
2010	Chance Pe Dance	Sameer Behl		[36]
	Paathshaala	Rahul Prakash Udyavar		[37]
	Badmaash Company	Karan S. Kapoor		[38]
	Milenge Milenge	Amit "Immy" Kapoor		[39]
2011	Mausam	Harinder "Harry" Singh		[40]
2012	Teri Meri Kahaani	Krrish Kapoor/Javed Qadri/ Govind[b]		[41]
2013	Bombay Talkies	Himself	Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"	[42]
	Phata Poster Nikhla Hero	Vishwas Rao		[43]
	R... Rajkumar	Romeo Rajkumar		[44]
2014	Haider	Haider Meer		[15] [45]
	Action Jackson	Himself	Special appearance in song "Punjabi Mast"	[46]
2015	Shaandaar	Jagjinder Joginder		[47]
2016	Udta Punjab	Tommy Singh		[17] [16] [48]
2017	Rangoon	Nawab Malik		[49]
2018	Padmaavat	Rawal Ratan Singh		[50]
	Welcome to New York	Himself	Special appearance	[51]
	Batti Gul Meter Chalu	Sushil Kumar Pant		[52]
2019	Kabir Singh	Dr. Kabir Rajdheer Singh		[53]
2022	Jersey	Arjun Talwar		[54]
2023	Bloody Daddy	Sumair Azad		[55]
2024	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya	Aryan Agnihotri		[56][57]
2025	Deva	Dev Ambre		[58]
	Arjun Ustara †	TBA	Filming	[59]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998	Mohandas B.A.L.L.B	—	Television series; assistant director	[2] [60]
2010	16th Star Screen Awards	Host	Television special	[61]
2011	17th Star Screen Awards	Host	Television special	[62]
2012	18th Colors Screen Awards	Host	Television special	[63]
2012	13th International Indian Film Academy Awards	Host	Television special	[64]
2013	14th International Indian Film Academy Awards	Host	Television special	[65]
2014	15th International Indian Film Academy Awards	Host	Television special	[66]
2015	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded	Judge	Reality show	[67]
2016	Zee Cine Awards	Host	Television special	[68]
2016	17th International Indian Film Academy Awards	Host	Television special	[69]
2023	Farzi	Sunny	Streaming series	[70]

Music video

Year	Title	Performer(s)	Ref(s)
1999	"Aankhon Mein"	Aryans	[2] [71]
1999	"Mera Dil Bole Piya Piya"	Poornima	[72] [73]
2000	"Kehna To Hai"	Kumar Sanu	[2]
2001	"Jaan Likhu Janam Likhu"	Riddhi	[72]
2002	"Koi To Baat Hai"	Sadhana Sargam	[74]
2010	"Doli Doli"	Falguni Pathak	[72]
	"Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara"	Various	[75]
2018	"Urvashi"	Yo Yo Honey Singh	[76]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Shahid Kapoor

Footnotes

1. Kapoor played dual roles in the film.^[34]
2. Kapoor played triple roles in the film.^[41]

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External links

• Shahid Kapoor at IMDb
• Shahid Kapoor on Bollywood Hungama