Shahid Kapoor

Place of Birth: New Delhi, India

Date of Birth: February 25, 1981

Ethnicity: Punjabi Indian

Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor. His films include Ishq Vishk, Vivah, Jab We Met, Kaminey, R… Rajkumar, Haider, Udta Punjab, Padmaavat, and Kabir Singh. He is also known as Shahid Kapur and Shahid Khattar.

He is the son of actors Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur. His mother is also a classical dancer and writer. His father was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, to a Khatri family. His mother was born in Patna, Bihar. His maternal half-brother is actor Ishaan Khatter. His step-mother is actress Supriya Pathak.

Shahid is married to Mira Rajput, with whom he has two children.

Shahid’s maternal grandfather was Anwar Azeem (the son of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Mujtabai Khatoon). Anwar was born in Bihar, and was a Marxist journalist and Urdu author. Khwaja and Mujtabai were cousins. Khwaja was a film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist. He was born in Panipat, Punjab, British India, now Panipat, Haryana, India, the son of Khwaja Ghulam-us Sibtain, a scholar and social reformer, and of Masroor Khatoon. His grandfather was Urdu poet Altaf Hussain Hali.

Shahid’s maternal grandmother was named Khadija. Khadija was a relative of Shahid’s great-grandfather Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.

Shahid’s mother belongs to to the Ansari family of Panipat. Her patrilineal line can be traced back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (died c. 674 CE). Ayyub was a close companion of the prophet Muhammad. The Ansaris of Panipat are known for their contributions to Urdu poetry.

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