Īfter completing his pre-university education from the H.R. After completing his tenth standard examinations, he worked as an assistant director to his father on the film Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999), during which he developed a closer bond with him. In his early years, Kapoor was close to his mother, but had a dysfunctional relationship with his father. These experiences led to a "reservoir of emotions building up inside ", which he said compelled him to develop an interest in film. I would be sitting on the steps, my head between my knees, till five or six in the morning, waiting for them to stop". Kapoor has been vocal about how his parents' troubled marriage affected him as a child: "Sometimes the fights would get really bad. Kapoor with his parents Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh Kapoor at the reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2012 He is also a co-owner of the Indian Super League football team Mumbai City FC. In addition to his acting career, Kapoor supports charities and causes. This changed in 2018 when Kapoor portrayed Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's biopic Sanju, one of the highest-grossing Indian films, for which he won another Best Actor award at Filmfare.
This was followed by a series of commercial failures, with the exception of the romance Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016). A leading role opposite Deepika Padukone in the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) further established him as a star. Kapoor's performances as a troubled musician in Rockstar (2011) and a cheerful deaf-and-mute man in Barfi! (2012) earned him two consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Actor. His most widely seen film in this period came with the political drama Raajneeti (2010). Kapoor rose to prominence in 2009 with his performances in the coming-of-age film Wake Up Sid and the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. He subsequently assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Black (2005) and made his acting debut with Bhansali's tragic romance Saawariya (2007), a critical and commercial failure. The son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and the grandson of actor-director Raj Kapoor, Kapoor pursued filmmaking and method acting at the School of Visual Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, respectively. Kapoor is the recipient of several awards, including six Filmfare Awards. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in Forbes India 's Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Ranbir Kapoor ( pronounced born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films.