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Kunaal Roy Kapur Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Kunaal Roy Kapur


Bio
Real NameKunaal Roy Kapur
ProfessionActor, Director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)in centimeters- 180 cm
in meters- 1.80 m
in feet inches- 5’ 11”
Weight (approx.)in Kilograms- 85 kg
in Pounds- 187 lbs
Body Measurements- Chest: 41 Inches
- Waist: 35 Inches
- Biceps: 13 Inches
Eye ColourDark Brown
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of Birth13 January 1979
Age (as in 2017)38 Years
Birth PlaceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun signCapricorn
NationalityIndian
HometownMumbai, Maharashtra, India
SchoolG D Somani Memorial School, Mumbai
CollegeSt. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Educational QualificationsGraduate
DebutFilm: Panga Na Lo (2007)
Panga Na Lo
TV: Just Mohabbat (1998)
Just Mohabbat
Direction: The President Is Coming (2009)
Web Series: TVF Tripling (2016)
FamilyFather- Roy Kapur (Producer)
Kunaal Roy Kapur with his parents
Mother- Salome Roy Kapur (Former model and Choreographer)
Kunaal Roy Kapur with his mother, and brothers
Brother- Siddharth Roy Kapur (Elder, Producer and CEO of UTV Motion Pictures), Adiya Roy Kapur (Younger, Actor)
Sister- N/A
ReligionHinduism
AddressKemps Corner, South Mumbai
HobbiesPhotography, doing theatre plays, swimming
ControversiesNot Known
Favourite Things
Favourite ActressVidya Balan
Favourite ColourBlue, White
Favourite SportCricket
Favourite Restaurant Olive in Mumbai
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/Girlfriends Shayonti Salvi
Wife/SpouseShayonti Salvi (Ceramic artist - m.2005-present)
Kunaal Roy Kapur with his wife
ChildrenSon- Zahaan Roy Kapoor
Daughter- Shanaz Roy Kapoor
Kunaal Roy Kapur with his wife and children

Kunaal Roy Kapur

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kunaal Roy Kapur

  • Does Kunaal Roy Kapur smoke?: Not Known
  • Does Kunaal Roy Kapur drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • Kunaal was born to a Punjabi father and a Jewish mother.
  • His father was an army man who met his mother at a bar when he was posted in Kashmir.
  • His paternal grandfather, Raghupat Roy Kapur, migrated from Lahore, Pakistan to Mumbai in the 1940s, where he worked as a film producer.
  • His maternal grandparents were both dance teachers, so, his mother too got trained in Latin American and ballroom dancing. His mother also worked as a choreographer. Kunaal Kapoor's mother Salome in 1965
  • He was poor at studies throughout school and would get marks in the 40s.
  • He started acting in theatre plays at the age of 12 and continued doing it through college and got selected for a Sony TV’s show called ‘Just Mohabbat’, just before completing his graduation.
  • In his early 20s, he was interested in photography and assisted Boman Irani for a long time as a photographer. But, after Boman got busy with acting, Kunaal started running the photo studio with another boy till early 2007.
  • Alongside running a photo studio, he also did theatre and directed a play called’ The President Is Coming’. Rohan Sippy, a film director, and son of ‘Sholay’ (1975) director, Ramesh Sippy, liked Kunaal’s play so much that he produced a film based on it with Kunaal as the director. Though the film was slated to release on the eve of 26/11, due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the film was postponed to January.

  • His big break came with the 2011 hit ‘Delhi Belly’ (2011), where he played the role of a guy with constipation problems.

  • He gained around 20 kg for ‘Delhi Belly’ and lost around 25 kg for his next film.
  • He got married to his school friend Shayonti Salvi who was an interior designer and now is a ceramic artist. Kunaal Roy Kapur' wife Shayonti, a ceramic artist
  • He made an incredible change in his looks for his role as ‘Lawyer Reddy’ in Mohammed Azharuddin’s biopic ‘Azhar’ (2016). Kunaal Roy Kapur as lawyer in Azhar
  • He is not active on social media.