Sometimes in the garage, sometimes on the run: Anil Kapoor steals Jackie Shroff's clothes and wears them; A journey from spotboy to superstar

Anil Kapoor was born on December 24, 1956 in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the son of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal Kapoor. Surinder Kapoor was Prithviraj Kapoor's cousin. As such, when he came to Mumbai, he lived in Prithviraj Kapoor's garage for a few years, later renting a room in an area where he spent a lot of time. Surinder Kapoor took good care of his family despite his poor financial condition. He was working in Prithvi Theatre.

'I dreamed of becoming an actor since childhood, I gave my first audition at the age of 15' Anil Kapoor considers acting as his first love and to achieve this love, he started dreaming from his childhood. He always wanted to be an actor. Anil Kapoor's father did not want him to pursue a career in acting. But still, at the age of just 15, Anil auditioned for the film 'Tu Payal Mein Geet' without informing his family and got selected. When the shooting of the film started, he felt that his dream had come true. He was so happy that he didn't take off his makeup after the shoot and went to sleep.

Not only this, the next day he also went to school with the same make-up, so that people think he has become an actor. He played the childhood role of Shashi Kapoor in the film 'Tu Payal Mein Geet', but due to some reasons the film could not be released.

Anil Kapoor lived in Raj Kapoor's garage Raj Kapoor's father Prithviraj Kapoor and Surinder Kapoor were cousins. Despite belonging to such a big family, Anil Kapoor had to struggle a lot to make a career in acting. Besides, the economic condition of his family was so bad that he did not even have a house to live in.

In such a situation, when Surinder Kapoor came to Mumbai, Raj Kapoor gave him a place to stay. Anil Kapoor's family started living in Raj Kapoor's garage. However, after some time, he took a small rented room in a chawl in Mumbai, where he stayed for a long time.

When his father's illness came to light, he started working as a spotboy When Anil Kapoor completed his studies, he came to know that his father Surinder Kapoor was suffering from heart disease. During this time, the financial condition of the household was also not good, due to which he started looking for work for his livelihood. He was about 17-18 years old at that time.

Anil Kapoor and father Surinder Kapoor

Initially, Anil Kapoor found work on film sets not as an actor but as a spotboy. In this, he had to do tasks like waking up the actors from their sleep, picking and dropping them at the airport and then dropping them on location.

Anil Kapoor did the same job for a while, then he got a job as a casting director. He did the casting of the film 'Hum Panch'. During this time, the desire to act arose in his mind. After this he started looking for projects that would give him an opportunity to work as an actor.

Anil Kapoor cried a lot after not getting admission in acting school Anil Kapoor did his entire education from Mumbai and never failed, but when he appeared for the entrance exam of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he failed. For him, failing the acting test was no less than a deep shock. He cried day and night.

At that time, the director of FTII was the famous writer and actor Girish Karnad. Anil Kapoor first fought with her a lot to get admission and then begged her with folded hands. However, he was not admitted.

Talking about this in an interview, Anil Kapoor said, I also asked the in-charge of the institute, Girish Karnad, what is the relationship between acting and exams? He simply said that rules are rules. Although he is happy when he sees himself today, he can never forget those who passed that exam.

Anil Kapoor used to sell tickets in black Anil Kapoor revealed in 'Comedy Nights with Kapil' how he plays the role of Tapori so well in films. According to Anil, during his childhood he and his friends used to behave like thieves and sell movie tickets in black.

Anil Kapoor was rejected for 'Rocky' When Anil Kapoor was struggling to get work in films, he also approached Sunil Dutt for the film 'Rocky', but Sunil Dutt rejected him and launched his son Sanjay Dutt.

Anil Kapoor stole Jackie Shroff's clothes and wore them Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff's bonding is very famous not only onscreen but also offscreen. Both often stole each other's clothes. Anil Kapoor said in an interview that the trousers he wore in the film Virasat were actually Jackie Shroff's. One day when Anil liked Jackie's trouser, he took it from her to wear and then did not return the trouser, even though Jackie asked him several times to return it.

Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff did 12 films together.

Apart from this, the film maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra also said that Parinda was made on a very low budget and all the actors cooperated fully keeping the budget in mind. The car seen in the film was Jackie Shroff's own car. Not only that, all the shirts that Anil Kapoor wore in the film were Jackie's.

When Jackie Shroff slapped Anil Kapoor 17 times In 1988, Jackie Shroff played the role of Anil's elder brother in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's film Parinda. In fact, Anil himself wanted the director to cast Jackie as his elder brother in the film. In fact, Jackie Shroff is one year younger than Anil Kapoor. Anil was born in 1956 while Jackie was born in 1957. While Jackie and Anil were shooting for the film 'Parinda'. Jackie Shroff slapped Anil Kapoor 17 times while shooting a scene in the film.

Jackie himself said this in an interview a few years ago. In fact, in one scene of the film, Jackie had to slap Anil. When Jackie did this, the director was satisfied with the scene and gave the OK. But Anil Kapoor found something missing in this scene. He asked Jackie to continue slapping him and asked the cameraman to shoot the scene. Jackie slapped Anil 17 times during this round, after which he felt that the scene was perfect.

Awards received by Anil Kapoor

Best Actor Filmfare Award

Anil Kapoor will do anything for a role, once his mustache is trimmed Anil Kapoor is always looking for good films and best roles. He can do anything for his work. There were many occasions when he did things that no one could have imagined.

Anil Kapoor has sported a mustache in many films in his acting career, which was his distinguishing feature, but in 1991, he sacrificed his mustache for director Yash Chopra's Lamhe.

Anil Kapoor in 'Lamhe'. Sridevi was seen in a double role in this film.

Yash Chopra had already rejected Anil Kapoor for the film Lamhe and said that his look did not fit the film. Anil then got his mustache trimmed and sent some photographs of his clean shaven look to Yash, who was impressed and his casting was finalized for the film Lamhe. Anil Kapoor and Sridevi were seen in the lead roles in this film.

Anil Kapoor wanted to take a break from films There came a time when Anil Kapoor wanted to take a break from films. He took advice from Amitabh Bachchan regarding this and Big B advised him not to take a break from films. He said not to do it by mistake, because after taking a break it becomes very difficult to come back. Anil Kapoor followed Amitabh Bachchan's advice and has not taken a break from films till date.

On Sanjay Dutt 'Trimurti' Accused of stealing the film Although the 1995 Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Trimurti flopped at the box office, Anil Kapoor was rumored to have taken the film away from Sanjay Dutt. In an interview, Anil Kapoor denied the allegations and said that Sanjay Dutt was in jail at the time, due to which he could not do the film. When Subhash Ghai offered him to act in the film, he could not refuse because he considers Subhash Ghai as his father. However, before doing this role, he wrote to Sanjay Dutt and took his permission.

Anil has also worked in TV shows In the year 2010, Anil Kapoor worked in the American series '24'. Anil was so impressed with the concept of the series that he bought the rights of the series from Fox Productions in 2011. For this he also paid an amount of approximately 120 crore rupees. He wanted to make a Hindi language series of '24' in his home production.

In 2013, Anil Kapoor made his debut on the small screen with the show '24'.

After receiving rejection from several channels, Anil Kapoor sold his rights to Colors Channel for Rs. Sold for 150 crores. At the same time, he decided to make them himself. After this, in 2013, Anil Kapoor made his TV debut with the limited series '24'. However, both the seasons of the series released in 2013 and 2016 failed to impress the fans. Apart from this, recently Anil Kapoor was also seen hosting the third season of Bigg Boss OTT.