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I’ve tried to be for my directors and it has aware of what this meant and strove even
worked for me. I’ve actually worked with harder in situations beyond his control.
very few people but done maximum work What it did earn him was tremendous
with them.” This is the truth. Whether it’s goodwill with producers and directors,
been Subhash Ghai or Anees Bazmee, Anil a steady upward rise in his professional
is a repeat factor in their films. graph, and the permanent title of a
‘Director’s Actor’.
Anil’s brother, producer Boney Kapoor,
who had taken on their father’s mantle was
known for producing lavish commercial
blockbusters. He was also married to the
reigning queen Sridevi then (despite being
a much married man with two children,
Arjun and Anshula). Anil did a lot of
films with Sridevi paired romantically
opposite him. But even this phenomenal
The title of ‘Director’s Actor’ earned Kapoor tremendous combination could not save Boney’s Roop
goodwill
Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja. It was the biggest
Whether he played a streetside tapori (and disaster at the box-office and shook a
he played that really well), or a statuesque till then secure position that Anil had
Thakur, a determined lawyer or harried painstakingly earned for himself. This was
husband, business tycoon, suave conman, the first cinematic blow Anil encountered,
loud comic, smooth lover or earnest do- of such mammoth proportions. But he
gooder, village idiot, merry two-timer, persevered.
or polished don, Anil brought a different
flavour to each of his roles. While he
repeatedly excelled in his roles, earning
critical acclaim as well as mass popularity,
not all the films set Box Office coffers
ringing. As a producer’s son, he was acutely
An Oscar and an acclamation of international fame and
respect followed after Slumdog Millionaire
Kapoor’s time to be cast in an International
project came with Slumdog Millionaire.
The Danny Boyle-directed Oscar nominated
film was Anil’s first English language film,
which won the cast a place with the ‘Screen
Boney Kapoor’s Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja turned out a
flop but revealed the guts and grit of the actor’s spirit Actors Guild Award For Outstanding
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