Young and dashing bollywood actor, Shahid Kapoor, was born on February 25, 1981 in Mumbai. He is the son of renowned actor Pankaj Kapoor and Neeelima Azeem. He has a brother named Ishaan and sister, Sana. Shahid did his schooling at Rajhans Vidyalaya. Shahid first came into limelight when he starred in a hit romantic music video, ‘Aankhon mein tera’. He joined the Shiamak Davar Institute for sharpening his dancing skills. His first performance in any film came into the form of a dance sequence in Subash Ghai’s romantic saga Taal. He worked as a background dancer in the film.

He made his debut in the bollywood industry with a romantic flick titled Ishq Vishk in the year 2003. He was starred opposite beautiful Amrita Rao in the film. The movie did well at the box office. He then worked in some other films too like Fida, Shikhar etc but none of them did well among audience. He than banged with a superhit film titled Vivah in which he was starred once again with Amrita Rao. He then began dating sexy bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor and even did a superhit film titled Jab We Met with her. But they both broke up with each other after the completion of the movie.

He then did a movie alongside gorgeous actress Vidya Balan but failed to achieve the success this time. His last released flick was Kaminey in which he played double role for the first time in his career. He was highly praised for his performance in the film. However, his very next film, Dil Bole Hadippa, in which he starred opposite Rani Mukherjee failed to do well at the box office. He played the role of a cricketer and coach in the film.