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Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. As a dancer in Shiamak Davar's institute, Kapoor made uncredited appearances as a background dancer in the films Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Taal (1999). 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). The film was a sleeper hit, and Kapoor's portrayal of a teenage student earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
Kapoor 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. He had three film releases in 2006. He 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. 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. Kapoor's sole film release in 2008 was opposite Vidya Balan in the romantic comedy Kismat Konnection. In 2009, Kapoor portrayed twin brothers, one with a lisp and the other with a stutter, in Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed caper thriller Kaminey.
Following the success of Kaminey, Kapoor appeared in a series of films which performed poorly at the box-office, including the drama Mausam (2011) and the romance Teri Meri Kahaani (2012). The 2013 action-drama R... Rajkumar proved to be his first commercial success in four years. He followed it by playing the title character in Bhardwaj's Haider (2014), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. For his performance in the film, Kapoor won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. In 2016, he played a rock star addicted to drugs in Udta Punjab, a crime drama about substance abuse in the Indian state of Punjab, for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. In addition to acting in films, Kapoor has hosted eight award ceremonies, and in 2015 he featured as a talent judge on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded.