Boney Kapoor

Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1953) is an Indian film producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema, in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema.

Early life and education Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor His younger brothers Anil and Sanjay are both actors and producers.

Kapoor was educated at the Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School and St Xavier's College, Mumbai. He started his career working under legends like Shakti Samanta, whose The Great Gambler (1979) helped him learn editing and where he also had a small and uncredited acting role as a body double for Amitabh Bachchan.

Laxmikant–Pyarelal's music performed well too, especially the song "Hawa Hawaii" which is very popular till today. Mr India has often been featured in lists of top Bollywood films. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. This was the last film that the duo Salim-Javed wrote together. They had split up earlier in 1982, but came back for one last film. It was remade in Tamil as En Rathathin Rathame, starring K. Bhagyaraj. in Kannada as Jai Karnataka, starring Ambareesh. On the centenary of Indian cinema, Mr. India was declared one of the 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time. Described by Rediff as "one of the most iconic films of its time", it became one of the highest grossing hits of 1987. and also found a place in Hindustan Times list of 'Top 10 Patriotic Films of Hindi Cinema'.

Other productions in the 1980s and the 1990s His other early productions include Hum Paanch which played a key role in establishing actors like Mithun Chakraborty and Amrish Puri in Bollywood. Kapoor also launched many big stars of the Hindi film industry. His production Woh Saat Din launched brother Anil Kapoor, Prem launched younger brother Sanjay Kapoor and Tabu, and Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe launched actress Esha Deol. He produced one of the most expensive films in the history of Hindi cinema: Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja in 1993. In 1997, he produced the box office hit Judaai starring Sridevi and Anil together yet again with Urmila Matondkar.

Kapoor was managing brother Anil's career well until 1999 and in 2000 he produced Pukar starring Anil, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa and Om Puri. The film was critically acclaimed and a moderate success at the box office. It won two National Film Awards, including the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and the National Film Award for Best Actor for Anil Kapoor's performance.

Company (2002) In 2002, he produced Company directed by Ram Gopal Varma starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi, and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organisation D-Company, known to be run by Dawood Ibrahim. The film received positive reviews from critics as well as audience and won six out of the eleven awards it was nominated for at the Filmfare Awards. The film received critical acclaim at the 2004 Austin Film Festival and New York Asian Film Festival.

It is the second film in the Gangster series and a sequel to the film Satya. It was followed by a sequel, D. Film critic Rajeev Masand has labelled it (along with its prequel Satya) one of the "most influential movies of the past ten years." Company marked the introduction of a new genre of film making, a variation of film noir that has been called Mumbai noir.

Later 2000s hits His 2004 film Run starring Abhishek Bachchan was a box office failure but has since achieved a cult status for its comedy scenes, especially the "Kauwa Biryani" scene starring Vijay Raaz. Following this, he produced the comedy film No Entry that became Bollywood's biggest hit of 2005. It gained a lot of popularity grossing .

In 2009, Kapoor produced Wanted starring Salman Khan. The film broke many records at the box office upon release, due to Khan's comeback. Wanted was the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2009. It had an excellent opening, grossing in the first week. It shattered records in Pakistan, grossing over in its first weekend, which was a record for any Indian film. It grossed in India and overseas.

South Indian productions He acquired the Tamil and Telugu remake rights of 2016 Hindi film Pink. He produced the Tamil version of the film in 2019 as Nerkonda Paarvai, which became a critical and commercial success. Later in 2021, he produced the Telugu version of the film along with Dil Raju of Sri Venkateswara Creations as Vakeel Saab Both the films are his debut into Tamil and Telugu cinema respectively (although he had previously worked in Telugu films both of his previous films were bilinguals).

Other work

Acting In 2023, he made his acting film debut in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, playing the supporting role of Ranbir Kapoor's father.

Cricket Boney Kapoor also has an interest in cricket. He is the owner of the Bengal Tigers in the Celebrity Cricket League.

Personal life Kapoor was married to Mona Shourie from 1983 to 1996 and the couple has two children, Arjun Kapoor (born 1985) and Anshula (born in 1990). Arjun made his acting debut in the 2012 movie Ishaqzaade while Anshula graduated from Barnard College.

Kapoor married Indian actress Sridevi on 2 June 1996. The couple had two daughters, Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) and Khushi Kapoor (born 5 November 2000). On 24 February 2018, Sridevi died in Dubai after drowning in her hotel bathtub. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his distant relatives as Prithviraj was Surinder's cousin.

Filmography

Acting

YearFilmRoleRef. 2020 AK vs AK Himself 2022 Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal Himself documentary 2023 Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Ramesh Arora

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.1988Star & Style AwardsBest FilmMr. India 200651st Filmfare AwardsBest FilmNo Entry 7th IIFA AwardsBest Film 201011th IIFA AwardsWanted Stardust AwardsBest Film – Thriller or Action