Pankaj Kapur Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other Name	Pankaj Kapoor
Profession(s)	Actor, Theatre Artist, Story Writer, Screenwriter, Film Director
Famous Role	Musaddi Lal in the Hindi TV series Office Office (2000); aired on SAB TV
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Career
Debut	Film (Hindi; As an actor): Hari Hondal Bargadar: Share Cropper (1981) in a small role Film (Punjabi; As an actor): Marhi Da Deeva (1989) as Raunaki Film (Tamil; As an actor): Roja (1992) as Liaqat Film (English; As an actor): Finding Fanny (2014) as Don Pedro TV (Hindi; As an actor): Karamchand (Season 1; 1985) as Karamchand; aired on DD1 Film (Hindi; As a director): Mausam (2011)
Awards & Honours	Awards • 1989: National Film Award- Best Supporting Actor for Raakh • 1991: National Film Award- Special Jury Award for Ek Doctor Ki Maut • 2002: Indian Telly Award- Best Actor in a Comic Role for Office Office • 2003: Indian Telly Award- Best Actor in a Comic Role for Office Office • 2003: Indian Television Academy Award- Best Actor Comedy for Office Office • 2004: National Film Award- Best Supporting Actor for Maqbool • 2004: Producers Guild Film Award- Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Maqbool • 2004: Indian Television Academy Award- Best Actor Comedy for Office Office • 2005: Filmfare Award- Best Actor (Critics) for Maqbool • 2005: Zee Cine Award- Best Actor (Critics) for Maqbool • 2007: Indian Television Academy Award- Best Actor Comedy for Office Office • 2008: Screen Award- Best Actor in a Negative Role for The Blue Umbrella Honours • 2020: A doctorate degree by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Personal Life
Date of Birth	29 May 1954 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	70 Years
Birthplace	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ludhiana, Punjab
School	Kundan Vidya Mandir School Civil Lines, Ludhiana
College/University	Arya College, Ludhiana, Punjab
Educational Qualification	Pre Engineering Course
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Khatri
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Hobbies	Writing, Painting
Controversy	Case Filed for Copying a Script In 2011, one of his old friends Nawman Malik filed a complaint against him in Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers for copying his script in film "Mausam." [1]The Times of India
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Neelima Azeem (Kathak dancer; actress) • Supriya Pathak (theatre artist, actor)
Marriage Date	First Marriage: Year, 1979 Second Marriage: Year, 1988
Family
Wife/Spouse	First Wife: Neelima Azeem (Kathak dancer; actress) (divorced in 1984) Second Wife: Supriya Pathak (theatre artist, actor)
Children	Son(s)- 2 • Shahid Kapoor (actor; from Neelima Azeem) • Ruhaan Kapoor (married to Manukriti Pahwa, the daughter of Manoj Pahwa) Daughter- Sanah Kapur (actor; from Supriya Pathak)
Parents	Father- College Principal Mother- Kumud Kapoor (homemaker)
Siblings	Brother- Anuj Chopra (younger) Sister- Poonam Chopra (elder)
Other Relative(s)	• Mother-in-Law- Dina Pathak (actress) • Sister-in-Law- Ratna Pathak Shah (actor, theatre artist) • Brother-in-Law- Naseeruddin Shah (actor; married to Ratna Pathak Shah) • Daughter-in-law- Mira Rajput Kapoor (entrepreneur) • Son-in-Law- Mayank Pahwa (son of the Indian actors Manoj Pahwa and Seema Pahwa)
Family Tree
Favourites
Actor(s)	Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, Rajesh Khanna, Om Puri, Dolly Ahluwalia
Film Director(s)	Ebrahim Alkazi, Vishal Bhardwaj
Food	Rajma Chawal
Snacks	Pakodas
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Mercedes Benz
Money Factor
Salary/Income (approx.)	Rs 3 lakh pm (in 2023)
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs 37 crore (in 2023)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pankaj Kapur

• Pankaj Kapur grew up in Ludhiana, Punjab.
  

  Pankaj Kapur’s childhood photo

• In childhood, he started developing an interest in acting. He used to mimic his teachers and relatives.
  

  Pankaj Kapur during his school days

• While he was in school and college, he participated in various acting competitions.
  

  Pankaj Kapur in his teens

• He has appeared for the NDA entrance exams twice, but he could not clear it.

• After completing his pre-engineering course, when he expressed his desire to work as an actor to his father.

• His father was very supportive of his decision and advised him to join an acting school to brush up his acting skills.

• He then applied at FTII, Pune and the National School of Drama, New Delhi.

• He got selected at the NSD to pursue an acting course. He passed out of the NSD with a gold medal. He then worked as a professional actor at the NSD Repertory Company.
  

  Pankaj Kapur during his NSD days

• He has performed in many Hindi theatre plays including Sahabji Biwiji Ghulamji, Wah Bhai Wah, Albert’s Bridge, Panchvan Savaar, Kanak Di Balli, Drishtanth, and Tughlaq.
  

  Pankaj Kapur in a theatre play

• Pankaj then moved to Mumbai to work in Hindi films. There, he shifted to a rented apartment. He used to spend some days in Delhi and some days in Mumbai.

• In 1982, he appeared in the Hindi film ‘Gandhi’ after which she started getting more offers of Hindi films.

• He used to charge around Rs 25,000 for each episode of the Hindi TV serial ‘Karamchand’ in 1985.

• In 1986, while he was shooting for the Hindi film ‘Agla Mausam’ (shelved), he became friends with the Indian actress Supriya Pathak (seven and a half years younger than her). Gradually, they became good friends and dated for around two years. They got married in 1988. At that time Pankaj was divorced from his first wife Neelima Azeem and Supriya was also divorced.

• He has acted in many Hindi films including ‘Raakh’ (1989), ‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut’ (1990), ‘Maqbool’ (2004), ‘The Blue Umbrella’ (2005), and ‘Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola’ (2013).
  

  Maqbool

• He is known for appearing in various Hindi TV serials like ‘Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne’ (1989), ‘Neem Ka Ped’ (1991), ‘Zabaan Sambhalke’ (Season 1; 1993), ‘Mohandas B.A.L.L.B.’ (1997), and ‘Naya Office Office’ (2006).
  

  Mohandas B.A.L.L.B

• In 1994, Pankaj, along with his wife Supriya, started a TV production house named Grass Company.

• Pankaj has worked as a writer in various Hindi films like ‘Sau Jhooth Ek Sach’ (2004; as a dialogue writer), ‘Mausam’ (2011; as a screenplay and dialogue writer), and ‘Happi’ (2019).
  

  Happi

• In 2019, he penned the novel titled ‘Dopehri.’ He had written the novel in 1992 in four days, however, he released it after almost 25 years.
  

  Dopehri

• Pankaj has acted in a few Hindi web series such as ‘JL50’ (2020) and ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ (2024).
  

  JL50

• He launched his theatre and film production house named ‘Theatreon.’ He also performed his first written novel ‘Dopehri.’

• He has written the Hindi film ‘Sau Jhooth Ek Sach.’

• Pankaj and his wife Supriya are followers of the Indian spiritual organization Radha Soami.