Harshvardhan Kapoor

Harsh was born in Mumbai on 9 November 1990, the only son of actor Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor.[2] The youngest of three children, he is the brother of actress Sonam Kapoor and producer Rhea Kapoor.[3] He is graduated from Chapman University.[4]

Before his acting debut, Kapoor worked as an assistant director on Anurag Kashyap's 2015 film Bombay Velvet.[5][6]

Harshvardhan made his acting debut with Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's film Mirzya opposite actress Saiyami Kher in 2016. It received mixed reviews and was a box office bomb. While reviewing Meena Iyer of Times of India gave the film a 3/5 rating, praised the performance of leads Harshvardhan and Saiyami, and called the film "A broad, brash Bollywood romance, juggling Punjabi folklore with more contemporary Shakespearean allusions in its two-tiered narrative".[7] The Economic Times gave the film 3.5/5 rating and stated, "Impressive performance by Harshvardhan Kapoor & Saiyami Kher, but a one-time watch."[8]

His second film, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero was directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and released in 2018.[9] In spite receiving positive reviews, the film was a box-office bomb grossing just ₹4.35 crore on a ₹21 crore budget. It has since gained a cult following.[10][11] Neil Soans of The Times of India praised the central theme of the film and the acting performances with a special mention for Priyanshu Painyuli and gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5.[12] Raja Sen of NDTV said that the film has good intentions and is filled with praiseworthy acting performances but the screenplay lacks originality and is not strong enough to make the film an interesting watch.[13] Rajeev Masand of News18 was impressed with the concept of the film, the acting performances and the music by Amit Trivedi but was critical of the poorly written script and gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5.[14]

In 2020, he worked with Vikramaditya Motwane again in the Netflix film AK vs AK, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself and shared the screen with his father and sister. His performances was well received.[15]

In 2021, he appeared in one of the episodes of Netflix show Ray.[16] While reviewing Hindustan Times's Rohan Naahar wrote "Manoj Bajpayee, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, Ali Fazal and Radhika Madan lead a handful of excellent performers in Netflix's irreverent but inconsistent anthology, based on Satyajit Ray's short stories."[17]

In 2022, he acted in and co-produced a film titled Thar which was released on Netflix on 6 May 2022.[18] The film also starred his father, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Satish Kaushik in key roles.[19] It was directed and co-written by Raj Singh Chaudhary.[20] The dialogues were written by Anurag Kashyap. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction, cinematography, performances, dialogues, background score, and its homages to the Western genre, though some criticized its predictable story, screenplay, and editing. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Thar is a surprise of the season and worth watching for its plot, direction, music score and the never before seen locales of Rajasthan".[21] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "There are hints of Sergio Leone and Cormac McCarthy in this Rajasthan-set mystery starring the actor and his son".[22] Bharathi Pradhan of Lehren gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and stated "Cruel & Compelling".[23] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times Of India gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "Anil Kapoor's film choices are only getting better and bolder with age. Be it Thar or AK vs AK, he's showing the millennials and OTT clan what a certified movie star is made of".[24] Reubyn Coutinho of Netflix Junkie wrote "Shots of the sprawling desert landscape give one that classic western feel that can transport them back in time to the classic westerns or even the spaghetti westerns."[25] Prateek Sur of Outlook India gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "While Chaudhary has made a great attempt at bringing forth a dark neo-noir thriller, but in his haste to keep it under two hours, he has just squandered a great plot at hand".[26]

• Harshvardhan Kapoor at IMDb