Rajat Kapoor () is an
Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961.Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chigari in Delhi, later moving to
Pune to attend the
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
When he had trouble finding acting jobs in the 1990s, Kapoor began writing and directing shorts. He made his full length directorial debut with
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997), which had
Irrfan Khan and
Naseeruddin Shah in minor roles. In 2001, Kapoor first appeared in
Dil Chahta Hai, which starred
Aamir Khan, as uncle of
Preity Zinta's character. He received international attention in
Mira Nair's
Monsoon Wedding in which he played an abusive uncle. Since then, he has written, directed and appeared in many critically acclaimed films including
Corporate,
Bheja Fry, and also as
Muhammad Ali Jinnah in a UK television film
The Last Days Of The Raj in 2007. In 2003, he wrote and directed the independent film
Raghu Romeo which he financed by sending e-mail requests for money to his friends. Although it was not a box office success, the film won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Kapoor then directed and starred in
Mixed Doubles, a film that deals with
swinging in contemporary
Mumbai. He was nominated for Best Performance...
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