Rhea Kapoor (born 5 March 1987) is an Indian film producer. She is also the owner of the fashion line Rheson alongside her sister

Sonam Kapoor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja (; born 9 June 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Sonam Kapoor, several awards, including a National Film Awards, National Film Award and a Filmf ...

Early and personal life

Kapoor is the daughter of actor

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, in addition to Indian television and international films. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a ...

and his wife Sunita, she is the sister of actors

and Harshvardhan Kapoor, granddaughter of filmmaker

Surinder Kapoor Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. Life and career He was born i ...

, niece of filmmaker

Boney Kapoor Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian film producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema, in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor in 1955, the son of Surinder ...

and his wives, the late producer Mona Shourie Kapoor and the late actress

Sridevi Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...

, and actor

Sanjay Kapoor Sanjay Surinder Kapoor (17 October 1965) is an Indian actor and film producer. He works in Hindi cinema, Television in India, Indian television and web series. He is a member of the List of Hindi film families#Kapoor family (of Surinder Kapoo ...

. Her cousins are actors

Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor (born 26 June 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to the Surinder Kapoor family, he is the son of film producers Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie. Kapoor made his acting debut in 2012 with the drama '' Ishaqzaade ...

Janhvi Kapoor Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu films. Born to film actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama ''Dhadak'', which w ...

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and Mohit Marwah as well as actor

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. Kapoor pursued her graduation in "Dramatic literature" from

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Kapoor married her partner of 12 years, Karan Boolani, in an intimate wedding at her family's residence on 14 August 2021.

Career

Kapoor started her career as a film producer with

Rajshree Ojha Rajshree Ojha (born 1976) is an Indian film maker who directed ''Aisha'' (2010) and '' Chaurahen'' (2007). Early life Born in 1976, Rajshree is from Kolkata. She grew up in Bangalore and left to New York City for her graduation in computer sc ...

's film ''

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'' in 2010, which starred her sister

and

Abhay Deol Abhay Deol (born 15 March 1976) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi films. Born in the Deol family, he made his on-screen debut in 2005 with Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy '' Socha Na Tha''. Deol was praised for his performance ...

in leading roles. She later produced the 2014 film '' Khoobsurat'', directed by

Shashanka Ghosh Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker and writer. As a director, his notable works include the commercially successful films like '' Khoobsurat'' and '' Veere Di Wedding''. As a writer, he penned the story for '' Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', h ...

, which is an official remake of

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directed film by the same name. In 2017, she launched the clothing line of Rheson with her sister

. Kapoor has co-produced ''

Veere Di Wedding ''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. The film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shik ...

'', which released on 1 June 2018.

Filmography

As producer

References

External links

* Living people Indian women film producers Hindi film producers Indian Sindhi people Film producers from Mumbai Businesswomen from Maharashtra 21st-century Indian businesswomen 21st-century Indian businesspeople 1987 births Kapoor family {{India-film-bio-stub