Anil Kapoor one of the top ten heroes of the Bollywood was born on 24 December 1959 Chembur Maharashtra India. His family somehow belongs to the 'KAPOOR' dynasty as Anil Kapoor's dad and Raj Kapoor's dad Prithviraj Kapoor are cousins in relation.

The debut film of Anil was Woh Saat Din. His films Andhar Baahar, Maashal and Shakti did pretty well at the box office as anil co-starred with Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Amitabh Bachchan respectively. Anil actually got a chance to prove his skill when 'Subhash Ghai', one of the Hollywood's pride, offered him Karma in which Anil's performance won the applause of the industry as well as in Ram Lakhan in which he could dance stunningly to the tunes.

Anil Kapoor enjoys the hi-fi stage as far as his filmi career is concerned but throughout he worked hard to achieve this place that he is now in and his Viraasat won him Videocon Screen Award in the best actor category in '97. And he got Critics Award for "Viraasat" in '97 from FILMFARE. Anil's Award Gallery includes 'Best Supporting Actor' for Maashal in '84, 'Best Actor' for Mr. India in '88, Tezaab in '89, Beta in '93 from Filmfare. He acheived National Award 2001 for his performance in Pukar (2000).

Anil Kapoor apart from his most successful profession that keeps him busy with sort of a tight schedule, is a family man. He got married to his dressdesigner Sunita who owns an integrated dance and exercise academy in Juhu. It's one of the best 'Aerobic Gyms' in bombay. Anil's got two daughters 'Sonam' and 'Rhea' and one son 'Harshavardhan'.

Anil's is looking forward this year 2004 for his four new release. Boney Kapoor's No Entry is a comedy with Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitely and Esha Deol. Then there's Boney's other film Bewafaa which is a dramatic love triangle with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor.

He also lined up with Sanjay Gupta's Musafir which is a thriller. And Ram Gopal Verma's 2'O Clock Murder an offbeat thriller.