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
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 ...
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 ...
,
Khushi Kapoor
Khushi Kapoor (born 5 November 2000) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Born to actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her feature film debut with the role of Betty Cooper in ''The Archies'' (2023). She has since starre ...
and
Mohit Marwah as well as actor
Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh Bhavnani (; born 6 July 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Ranveer Singh, several awards, including five Filmfare Awards. He is among the highest- ...
. Kapoor pursued her graduation in "Dramatic literature" from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
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 ''
Aisha
Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...
'' in 2010, which starred 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 ...
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
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...
directed
film by the same name. In 2017, she launched the clothing line of Rheson with 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 ...
.
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
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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
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