Annu Kapoor

20 Feb, 1956 |

Actor/Singer

Biography

Annu Kapoor made his debut in the film Kaala Patthar in 1979. His career has spanned many years including a distinctive presence in Bollywood cinema, television serials, and reality game shows. He is best remembered for hosting the singing show Antakshari produced by silver screen veteran Gajendra Singh. He won critical acclaim for his character of a neighbour and debt collector in Raincoat (film) in 2004. In 2007, the mega hit programme Antakshari came back from the dead on Star One. It was widely publicized in 2006 that it was going to end for ever and a grand finale was held for the same. During its initial course of running, Antakshari ran from 1993 to 2006 on Zee TV. Annu Kapoor then hosted Antakshari: The Great Challenge with Juhi Parmar, on Star Plus. Annu Kapoor is a great follower of numerology. When Antakshari - The Great Challenge on Star One started again, he changed the spelling of his last name from Kapoor to Kapur (along with Gajendra Singh who spells his name with an extra 'R' in the first name, and an extra 'I' in the last name.) In the October 3, 2007 episode of the DD National show Music, Masti aur Dhoom, Anu Kapoor stated that he wanted to become a surgeon, but he could not afford to study as his family was poor. In an episode of the DD National show Wheel Smart Shrimati, he mentioned that he was born in Indore.