This Aries born actor is a Bollywood sweetheart! Known for his cool histrionics and superb dancing skills, Shahid has come a long way from being an extra in ads and being in a dancing troupe to being one of Bollywood’s most wanted actors.
Born to actor extraordinaire Pankaj Kapoor and TV star Neelima Azim, the actor grew up in a very “filmy” household. He started his career with music videos and advertisements.
Shahid shot to fame with ‘Ishq Vishq’. That year he also won the Filmfare for Best Debut Male. After that, he went into a slump period for a while, with box office duds like Fiza.
But real commercial success came for him, with Vivah in 2006, Jab We Met in 2007 and Kaminey in 2009.
The actor has been romantically involved with many a co-star through his career. But his big love story was with Kareena Kapoor (who incidentally turned vegetarian for him). But the love story didn’t last long. The relationship soured and Kareena went on to date Saif Ali Khan.
Later, Shahid was rumoured to be dating Vidya Balan, whom he met during the shoot of ‘Kismet Konnection’. But both of them denied such reports. Most recently, Shahid has been reportedly dating Priyanka Chopra. The buzz is that they hit it off during the shoot of ‘Kaminey’.
His two recent releases, ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ and ‘Chance Pe Dance’ have not done well at the box office. But here’s hoping Shahid shines in 2010.
