Sanjana Kapoor
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Sanjana Kapoor | |
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 Kapoor in 2010 | |
| Born | 27 November 1967 |
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| Spouse(s) | Aditya Bhattacharya(divorced) Valmik Thapar |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal |
| Relatives | SeeKapoor family |
Sanjana Kapoor(born 27 November 1967[1]) is anIndian theatrepersonality and former film actress. She is the daughter of actorsShashi KapoorandJennifer Kapoor.She ran thePrithvi TheatreinMumbaifrom 1993[2]to February 2012.[3]
Biography
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Sanjna Kapoor was born in theKapoor family.Her paternal grandfather wasPrithviraj Kapoorand her paternal uncles wereRaj KapoorandShammi Kapoor.Her brothersKunal KapoorandKaran Kapoorhave also acted in some films. Her maternal grandparents,Geoffrey Kendaland Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare andShaw.TheMerchant Ivoryfilm,Shakespeare Wallah,was loosely based on the family, which starred her father and her aunt, actressFelicity Kendal.Sanjana attended the Bombay International School in Mumbai.
She made her acting debut in the 1981 film36 Chowringhee Lanewhich was produced by her father and starred her mother Jennifer Kendal in the lead. She played the younger version of the character her mother played. She later appeared inUtsav(1984), also produced by her father, and played her first leading role in aBollywoodfilm titledHero Hiralal(1989), which was successful at the box office.
She then appeared inMira Nair's critically acclaimed filmSalaam Bombayin 1988 but has since quit acting in films, shifting her focus to theatre in the 1990s. In 1991, she played the role of the Japanese wife in the theatre Production ofAkira Kurosawa's immortalised filmRashomonbased on the Broadway play by Fay and Michael Kanin. She has also acted in A.K. Bir'sAranyaka(1994).
She hosted theAmul India Showon television for three and a half years.
She managed thePrithvi TheatreinJuhu,Mumbaiand ran theatre workshops for children till 2011.[4]
In 2011, she announced her decision to leave Prithvi Theatre, and launchedJunoon Theatrein 2012, an arts based organization which would work with traveling groups; staging plays at smaller venues across India.[3]
Sanjna Kapoor was awarded the French honour of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) for her outstanding contribution to theatre in 2020.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Sanjana Kapoor has been married twice. Her first husband was actor and directorAditya Bhattacharya[6](famous forMandiandRaakh), son of filmmakerBasu BhattacharyaandRinki Bhattacharya(daughter of noted filmmakerBimal Roy).
Kapoor then married the tiger conservationist,Valmik Thapar,son of the journalistRomesh Thapar.Valmik is a nephew of JNU historianRomila Thapar(sister of Romesh Thapar). Sanjana and Valmik have a son together, Hamir Thapar born in 2002.[7]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Role |
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| 1981 | 36 Chowringhee Lane | young Violet |
| 1984 | Utsav | A courtesan slave in Vasantsena's house |
| 1988 | Salaam Bombay! | Foreign Reporter |
| 1989 | Hero Hiralal | Rupa |
| 1994 | Aranyaka | Elina |
References
[edit]- ^"Sanjana Kapoor".The Times of India.11 December 2002.Retrieved2 February2021.
- ^"High drama in Prithvi Theatre".The Hindu.18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ab"Theatre: A second act of passion".Mint.17 November 2011.
- ^"Sanjna's passion".The Tribune.6 August 2000.Retrieved2 February2021.
- ^PTI (29 January 2020)."Theatre artist Sanjna Kapoor receives French honour".The Hindu.Retrieved18 March2022.
- ^"Sanjana Kapoor".The Times of India.11 December 2002.Retrieved1 August2015.
- ^Sawhney, Anubha (18 July 2002)."Hamir spells sonrise for Sanjana".The Times of India.Retrieved1 August2015.
External links
[edit]- Sanjana KapooratIMDb
- Carrying On With Family Tradition,An Interview[permanent dead link]
- The Moving Stage
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Indian film actresses
- Actresses from Mumbai
- Indian theatre managers and producers
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Actresses of European descent in Indian films
- Indian people of English descent
- Kapoor family
- Indian women theatre directors
- Businesspeople from Mumbai
- 20th-century Indian businesswomen
- 20th-century Indian businesspeople
- 21st-century Indian businesswomen
- 21st-century Indian businesspeople