Karan Kapoor Career in Bollywood

 There are a lot of Indian model and actors in Bollywood film industry. Karan Kapoor is a former Indian film actor and model of British and Indian descent. He is the son of Shashi Kapoor and late Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles are Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. His elder brother Kunal Kapoor and sister Sanjana Kapoorhave also acted in some films but like him they were not very successful. His maternal grandparents, Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare and Shaw. The Merchant Ivory film, Shakespeare Wallah, was loosely based on the family, which starred his father and his aunt, actress Felicity Kendal.

He made his debut in Shyam Benegal's critically acclaimed 1978 film Junoon which also featured his parents and both siblings. He had a minor part in his father's production 36 Chowringhee Lane in1981. He appeared in the British television series The Jewel in the Crown in 1984. He made his debut in mainstream Bollywood films with Sultanat in1986 alongside Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla. He later acted in Loha in 1987 and Afsar in 1988 but did not have many offers as an actor. He also modeled major Indian brands including Bombay Dyeing. He has since become a photographer and lives in London with his wife Lorna, his daughter Aliya, and Zach, his son.