Kishore Namit Kapoor

July 2, 1949

Delhi, India

He has trained some of the most prominent film and television actors of the Hindi industry including Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. His books on acting, ‘You Are The Instrument, You Are The Player’ and ‘Acting in Everyday Life’ were published in 2003 and 2012 respectively. In 1958, he joined All India Radio (Associated Independent Recording) as a child artist. When Doordarshan, India’s first public service broadcaster, began telecasting live plays in 1962, Kapoor was one of the first child actors to feature in their weekly plays. He joined K.M. College in 1964, which was prominent in Delhi as the alumni institute of Amitabh Bachchan, Kulbushan Kharbanda and Dinesh Thakur. At Abhyaan, a Delhi theatre group of the time, Kapoor acted in various plays with director Rajendra Nath. After completing the course, he moved to Mumbai. Kapoor acted in several films between 1972 to 1991. Aakrant and Sweekar released in 1973. He acted with Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar in Farar (1975) and with Manoj Kumar in Kranti (1981). He also acted in the first full-length television feature film made in India – P. Kumar Vasudev’s Guru (1975). In television, he was the lead in Pratham Pratishruti, telecast on Doordarashan in 1990 and based on the book by Ashapurna Devi. With Sharukh Khan, he acted in Umeed (1989). He briefly returned to acting in a short film ‘A Trip to Egypt’ (2014). In 1983, he founded his own training academy for film and television actors. Over the last three decades, he has trained some of the most prominent actors of this industry. Hrithik Roshan Kareena Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Saif Ali Khan Ranveer Singh Sajid Khan Varun Dhawan Akshaye Khanna Vivek Oberoi Shriya Saran Sonu Sood Mahima Chaudhary Allu Arjun Anushka Shetty Isha Talwar Isha Koppikar Sonali Bendre Yukta Mookhey Arjum Ramphal Arya Babbar Aditi Gowitrikar Naveen Prabhakar Parizaad Zorabian Vicky Kaushal Uday Chopra Priyanshu Chatterjee Sikhander Kher Harman Baweja Upen Patel Nitu Chandra Imran Khan Neil Nitin Mukesh Prateek Babbar Ramcharan Teja Divya Dutta Madalsa Sharma Amrinder Gill Satinder Sartaj Gurmeet Chaudhary Vicky Kaushal Tina Ahuja.

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Background

Kishore Namit Kapoor was born in Delhi in post independent India.

Career

He has trained some of the most prominent film and television actors of the Hindi industry including Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. His books on acting, ‘You Are The Instrument, You Are The Player’ and ‘Acting in Everyday Life’ were published in 2003 and 2012 respectively. In 1958, he joined All India Radio (Associated Independent Recording) as a child artist.

When Doordarshan, India’s first public service broadcaster, began telecasting live plays in 1962, Kapoor was one of the first child actors to feature in their weekly plays.

He joined K.M. College in 1964, which was prominent in Delhi as the alumni institute of Amitabh Bachchan, Kulbushan Kharbanda and Dinesh Thakur. At Abhyaan, a Delhi theatre group of the time, Kapoor acted in various plays with director Rajendra Nath.

After completing the course, he moved to Mumbai. Kapoor acted in several films between 1972 to 1991.

Aakrant and Sweekar released in 1973.

He acted with Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar in Farar (1975) and with Manoj Kumar in Kranti (1981). He also acted in the first full-length television feature film made in India – P. Kumar Vasudev’s Guru (1975). In television, he was the lead in Pratham Pratishruti, telecast on Doordarashan in 1990 and based on the book by Ashapurna Devi.

With Sharukh Khan, he acted in Umeed (1989).

He briefly returned to acting in a short film ‘A Trip to Egypt’ (2014). In 1983, he founded his own training academy for film and television actors.

Over the last three decades, he has trained some of the most prominent actors of this industry. Hrithik Roshan

Kareena Kapoor

Priyanka Chopra

Saif Ali Khan

Ranveer Singh

Sajid Khan

Varun Dhawan

Akshaye Khanna

Vivek Oberoi

Shriya Saran

Sonu Sood

Mahima Chaudhary

Allu Arjun

Anushka Shetty

Isha Talwar

Isha Koppikar

Sonali Bendre

Yukta Mookhey

Arjum Ramphal

Arya Babbar

Aditi Gowitrikar

Naveen Prabhakar

Parizaad Zorabian

Vicky Kaushal

Uday Chopra

Priyanshu Chatterjee

Sikhander Kher

Harman Baweja

Upen Patel

Nitu Chandra

Imran Khan

Neil Nitin Mukesh

Prateek Babbar

Ramcharan Teja

Divya Dutta

Madalsa Sharma

Amrinder Gill

Satinder Sartaj

Gurmeet Chaudhary

Vicky Kaushal

Tina Ahuja.

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