# Sanjay Kapoor

Sanjay Surinder Kapoor (born 17 October 1965) is an Indian actor and film producer. He works in Hindi cinema, Indian television and web series. He is a member of the Surinder Kapoor family. Kapoor is the founder and director of Sanjay Kapoor Entertainment Private Limited.

## Early life and background

Kapoor was born to Nirmal Kapoor and film producer Surinder Kapoor into a Punjabi Hindu family which embraces Arya Samaj teachings. He has three older siblings Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Reena Marwah. Actors Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Mohit Marwah and Harshvardhan Kapoor, and film producer Rhea Kapoor are his nephews and nieces. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his distant relatives as Prithviraj Kapoor was his father's cousin.

## Career
### Film career and few successes (1995–present)

Kapoor made his debut in Hindi cinema in 1995 with the movie Prem, opposite newcomer Tabu. Although both debutants rendered fairly decent performances, the movie was delayed for many years as it was in production since 1989. Sanjay was 30 when it finally released, the press then dismissively calling him Hindi industry's "oldest newcomer." It bombed at the box office. Kapoor's next movie was Raja (1995) opposite Madhuri Dixit which was a box office success. He went on to star in several films as a lead actor such as Auzaar (1997), Mohabbat (1997) and Sirf Tum (1999). Apart from the moderately successful Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller (2001) he didn't have much success as a lead actor as most of his films failed at the box office. In 2002, he appeared as a villain playing the psychotic husband of Esha Deol in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe. His performance was praised by critics.
He started playing supporting roles in films like Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003), Julie (2004), Luck By Chance (2009) and Shaandaar (2015).
He turned to producing with his first production Tevar starring his nephew Arjun Kapoor releasing in 2015. He played a cameo appearing alongside his brother Anil for the first time in Mubarakan (2017).
In early 2018, Sanjay was cast in the anthology film Lust Stories as a lead character opposite actress Manisha Koirala. In the same year, he was cast in the movie The Zoya Factor as his real life niece Sonam Kapoor's on screen father, and in 2019 in the Kannada film Seetharama Kalyana. In 2020, he appeared in a short film Sleeping Partner opposite actress Divya Dutta.

### Television and web career (2003–present)

He made his debut on television in 2003 appearing in the television serial Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny opposite Karisma Kapoor.
In 2017, he was cast in Vikram Bhatt's television serial Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara opposite Smriti Kalra. The show is about a man marrying a girl much younger than him and how they try to make their marriage work.
In 2018, he landed a role in ALTBalaji's web series Soggy Hoga Tera Baap as Chiraag Arora. In 2019, it was announced that Sanjay eventually opted out of Ekta Kapoor's project, choosing instead Amazon Prime series The Last Hour, which released in 2021, playing the role of DCP Arup Singh.
In 2020, he appeared in The Gone Game, a psychological thriller miniseries on Voot, as Rajeev Gujral. In 2022, he appeared in the Netflix web show The Fame Game as Nikhil More, opposite Madhuri Dixit.

## Personal life

He married his longtime girlfriend and former actress Maheep Sandhu in 1997. The couple have two children, Shanaya and Jahaan Kapoor.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Prem | Shantanu/Sanjay Verma | Acting debut |
| 1995 | Raja | Raja Patangwala | |
| 1995 | Kartavya | Karan Singh | |
| 1996 | Beqabu | Raja Verma | |
| 1997 | Mohabbat | Gaurav M. Kapoor | |
| 1997 | Auzaar | Yash Thakur | |
| 1997 | Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul | Kishan | |
| 1997 | Mere Sapno Ki Rani | Vijay Kumar | |
| 1999 | Sirf Tum | Deepak | |
| 2001 | Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller | Raja/ Nirmal Kumar Chinoy | Dual role |
| 2002 | Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe | Dushyant | |
| 2002 | Soch | Raj Matthews | |
| 2002 | Shakti: The Power | Shekhar | |
| 2003 | Qayamat: City Under Threat | Abbas Ramani | |
| 2003 | Darna Mana Hai | Sanjay | |
| 2003 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Abhay (Cameo) | |
| 2003 | LOC Kargil | Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 JAT | |
| 2004 | Jaago | Shrikant | |
| 2004 | Julie | Rohan | |
| 2005 | Anjaane – The Unknown | Aditya Malhotra | |
| 2006 | Unns: Love...Forever | Rahul Malhotra | |
| 2007 | Dosh | | |
| 2007 | Om Shanti Om | Himself | |
| 2009 | Luck By Chance | Ranjit Rolly | |
| 2009 | Kirkit | I.M. Romeo | |
| 2010 | Prince | CBI Officer Ali Khan | |
| 2014 | Kahin Hai Mera Pyar | Rahul Kapoor | |
| 2015 | Shaandaar | | |
| 2015 | Mumbhaii – The Gangster | | |
| 2017 | Mubarakan | Avtar Singh Bajwa | Cameo |
| 2018 | Lust Stories | Salman | Anthology film |
| 2019 | Seetharama Kalyana | Doctor Shankar | Kannada film |
| 2019 | Mission Mangal | Sunil Shinde | Supporting role |
| 2019 | The Zoya Factor | Vijayendra Singh Solanki | |
| 2020 | Sleeping Partner | | Short film |
| 2023 | Bloody Daddy | Hameed Shaikh | Jio Cinema release |
| 2024 | Merry Christmas | Ronnie Fernandes | |
| 2024 | Murder Mubarak | Rannvijay Singh | Netflix release |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003–2004 | Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny | Amar | Recurring role |
| 2017–2018 | Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara | Anant Mathur | Lead role |
| 2020–present | The Gone Game | Rajeev Gujral | Voot miniseries |
| 2020–present | Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives | Himself | |
| 2021 | The Last Hour | DCP Arup Singh | Amazon Prime series |
| 2022 | The Fame Game | Nikhil More | Netflix series |
| 2023 | Made in Heaven | Ashok Malhotra | Amazon Prime series season 2 |

### Producer

| Year | Movie |
| 2009 | Kya Time Hai Yaar |
| 2015 | Tevar |