Tusshar Kapoor

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"Born as the second child of Veteran actor Jeetendra & Shobha Kapoor he was naturally inclined to enter films one day or the other from a small age. After completing his schooling from Bombay British High School, he went on to pursue a graduation in Business administration from Stephen M. Ross School Of Business at University of Michigan. Subsequently he entered the film industry as an assistant director to David Dhawan , during the course of which he trained for acting under gurus like Roshan Taneja and Mahendra Verma in Roshan Taneja Acting School which led to his entry in to cinema in the year 2001."

Tusshar Kapoor who is unmarried in real life became the father of a boy Laksshya Kapoor through procedure of surrogacy using IVF method. His sister is the famous producer Ekta Kapoor who is known for bankrolling several blockbuster movies in the past and also is the producer of many landmark soap operas of Hindi Television which she finances under the home production “ Balaji Motion Pictures” which is one of the leading production houses in Bollywood.

"Film debut and rise to prominence (2001-2006) Satish Kaushik was the first person to spot Tusshar Kapoor , casting him as the male lead in the romantic drama Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai opposite Kareena Kapoor in the year 2001. The Telugu remake was an unexpected hit and proved to be Tusshar’s take off point in Bollywood with him also going on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut that year with several other prestigious awards. He then went on to star in two more Telugu remakes in the romcom Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa ,where he co-starred with Esha Deol and Jeena Sirf Merre Liye alongside Kareena Kapoor all of which went on to enhance Tusshar’s credentials but were only sleeper hits. Tusshar came back next through Anurag Basu’s supernatural horror thriller Kucch To Hai which was an unofficial remake of an English movie but faired sorely among the critics and masses and left Tusshar wanting for a major success in his career. Tusshar continued his antics by appearing in his successive fifth remake film this time also from Telugu flickin Yeh Dil, where he paired with Anita Hassanandani which had a mediocre run. After going on to lead in another remake through Shart : The Challenge, Tusshar finally landed in his very first original Hindi motion picture Ram Gopal Varma’s production Gayab, the supernatural thriller where he was seen playing a nerd who becomes invisible one day one day to wreck trivial vengeance on those who had wronged him in the past. The same year he was cast along with an ensemble cast in Rajkumar Santoshi’s action thriller Khakee which narrated the story of a group of policemen who escort an policemen from a small town to Mumbai where he was seen as one among the cops delivering a standout performance and the movie was a critical hit and also became one of the highest grossers of the year. After the ensemble crime thriller Insan . Tusshar was next seen in the lead in supposedly India’s first adult comedy movie, Kyaa Kool Hai Hum where he was seen along with Riteish Deshmukh and Isha Koppikar and Neha Dhupia which went on to be a huge hit with mostly mixed reviews. The movie also ticked all the right boxed for Tusshar making him a regular presence in Bollywood at that point of time. Major comic break in Golmaal (2006) Tusshar however had a huge career revival after being cast alongside Ajay Devgn ,Arshad Warsi and Sharman Joshi in Rohit Shetty’s comic classic Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, where Tusshar was seen a dumb youngster who along with his mischievous spoiled friend’s takes refuge in a blind couples home with the leader of the group claiming to be their grandson and others living there secretly. Tusshar was seen emoting the comic exchanges and repartees effortlessly as the dumb character and was seen going on to make several memorable over the top humour sequences in the blockbuster which opened to rave reviews and opened up a more vivid space for Tusshar in Hindi cinema. Array of releases ( 2007-2008) His next release was the romcom Good Boy Bad Boy where he shared screen with Emraan Hashmi , Tanushree Dutta and more. The movie was an average grosser with polarizing reviews. After an uneventful outing in Kya Love Story Hai, Tusshar bounced back with the ensemble gangster drama Shootout At Lokhandwala along with Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Suneil Shetty and Amitabh Bachchan and others in the movie based on the real life incident which happened in Lokhandwala complex between cops and gangsters in 1991. The movie saw Tusshar coming up with a seasoned portrayal of the real life underworld kingpin “ Dilip Buwa ” and the movie emerged to be a hit and was Tusshar ’s next bigsuccess which widened the scope of his acting promise and showed a new face of his versatility to Bollywood. He was next seen in Anant Mahadevan’s musical thriller Aggar after which he appeared in the cult classic Dhol in 2007 and the ensemble average grosser One Two Three in 2008. In the same year he appeared in cameos in major productions like Om Shanti Om and Halla Bol and had a poor release in the comedy C Kkompany under his home productions which was a forgettable flick. Recent films ( 2008-2017) Rohit Shetty turned out to be his savour once again with the second instalment of Golmaal series through Golmaal Returns which was an extension of his super funny antics from the first part and emerged a super hit. His next releases were the money spinners like Life Partner, Golmaal 3 and the critically favoured Love You Mr.Kalakaar, In the meantime he came up with a strong footed act in his home productions indie comedy flick Shor in The City where he starred alongside Sendhil Ramamurthy , Preethi Desai and Radhika Apte . The movie was a so far untested character playing a small time book publisher who along with his friends kidnaps a famous author for the manuscript of his unreleased book only to be a part of an unplanned heist after further turn of events with other characters. Tusshar generated good reviews for his matured performance and was seen fitting pitch perfectly to the indie setup as opposed to his past films. The movie fetched delightful reviews post release. He next appeared in the semi biographical musical drama The Dirty Picture, based on the life of actress Silk Smitha and the venture too was funded by his home productions. The blockbuster flick saw him playing a major supporting character along with Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi in the lead. His releases of 2012 were the disastrous Chaar Din Ki Chandni and the sleeper hit Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum and also appeared in a supporting role in the surprise hit Shootout At Wadala. Bajatey Raho in 2013 saw him coming up playing the lead with the comedy garnering mixed opinions. He also came up with the instalment of Kyaa Kool Hain Hum series with Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum opposite Aftab Shivdasani which was one of the mediocre performers of the year 2016 which he followed up with disappointing comedy movie Mastizaade along with Sunny Leone which was his last released movie."