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| - Ranbir Kapoor (born 1982) is an Indian actor who works in the Hindi film industry. He has received six Filmfare Awards, six International Indian Film Academy Awards, five Screen Awards, ten Stardust Awards and seven Zee Cine Awards. In addition to film awards, Kapoor has topped lists like People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in India and Filmfare's poll of the "Most Stylish Young Actor". He is also one of the recipients of the "People of the Year" award by the Limca Book of Records. Born to actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, Kapoor began his career by assisting director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Black (2005), and later made his acting debut with the director's 2007 tragic romance 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 Award for Best Actor (Critics). He was later recognized for his role as an active member of a political family in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010), which also earned him Best Actor nominations at various award ceremonies. In 2012, Kapoor received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) for his performance in the musical romantic drama Rockstar, and his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a deaf-mute man in Barfi! (2012), which also emerged as a commercial success. The romantic comedy-drama Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) established him as one of the leading contemporary actors of Hindi cinema and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Kapoor's next set of films received mixed critical and commercial response, but his performances in the romantic dramas Tamasha (2015) and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) which was the only commercial success during this phase, fetched him critical acclaim and Best Actor nominations at several award ceremonies. In 2018, Kapoor portrayed Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's biopic Sanju, which is his biggest commercial success till date and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, for which he won another Filmfare Award for Best Actor. (en)
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