Name	Ranbir Kapoor
Height
Naionality	Indian
Date of Birth	28-September-1982
Place of Birth	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Famous for	Acting

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. Born to actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, Kapoor began his career by assisting director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and later made his acting debut with the director's 2007 film Saawariya for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Kapoor later earned critical praise for his performances in Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year in 2009.

These performances earned him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, and he was later recognized for his role as an aspiring politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010). In 2011, Kapoor received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the Imtiaz Ali-directed drama Rockstar, and was also acclaimied for his portrayal of a deaf-mute man in Barfi! (2012), his biggest commercial success till date. Before starting off his career as an actor, Kapoor appeared in two short films: Passion to Love (2002), which was also directed by him, and India 1964 (2004). He later began working as an assistant with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, where he was involved in the making of the film Black (2005). Kapoor who initially had plans of becoming an actor was later cast by Bhansali in his next directional venture, Saawariya opposite newcomer Sonam Kapoor. The film failed to do well at the box office, though his performance was largely appreciated and he earned his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and all other Best Male Debut on all Indian Film Awards that year. In 2008, Kapoor starred on his only release of the year Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) alongside Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone. The film was a semi-hit at the box-office. Among the cast members Kapoor was highly praised. This went on to win him critical praise.

2011 saw Kapoor feature opposite newcomer Nargis Fakhri in Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar, The film was produced by Eros International Ltd. along with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. It follows Janardhan Jakhar a.k.a. JJ and Jordan, who dreams of becoming a big Rockstar. He undergoes an emotional change to do so and during the process, a love story follows with a girl named Heer, which takes him from India to Prague, The shooting for Rockstar began in May 2010, and was released on 11 November 2011, Upon release, Rockstar had a very good opening. The film opened to a good response, On the day of release, Tibetans in Chennai and Dharmasala protested against the Central Board of Film Certification for asking the film-makers to censor scenes featuring the Tibetan flag. Upon release, the film received positive to mixed reviews and grossed over Rs.1 billion worldwide In a review published by CNN-IBN, Rajeev Masand wrote: "Rockstar belongs to Ranbir Kapoor over everyone else. It is a riveting performance and Ranbir roots it in the real. Watch how he seizes the stage in the "Sadda Haq" number and virtually makes the track his own, He also gave an excellent performance on the song "Naadan Parindey". For Ranbir alone, this film deserves a watch." The film earned Kapoor a Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics) award at the 57th Filmfare Awards.

In 2012, Kapoor appeared in Anurag Basu's Romantic comedy Barfi! Alongside Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz which got him rave reviews for his performance as a deaf-mute boy from critics and as well as the audience, the film got released on 14 September 2012. The film did very well at Box Office being declared Super Hit at Box Office India becoming 6th Highest Grossing film of the year The film is sent as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film nomination for the 85th Academy Awards in February 2013. Barfi! has become one of the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in India after it crossed the 100 crore mark in the domestic box office. As of September 2012 Kapoor is scheduled to appear in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani alongside Deepika Padukone, Abhinav Kashyap's Besharam alongside Pallavi Sharda, and Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet opposite Anushka Sharma.