

Kapoor's entire family is associated with art. The show comes with the tagline "Filmy Duniya Ki Kahi Ankahi Kahaniya". He recreates the magic of the Golden era with unforgettable melodies of that era and untold stories of the stars and films of the Hindi Cinema. It's a daily show that features nationally on the radio networks covering all Hindi speaking radio stations across the country. Ĭurrently, he does a radio programme on 92.7 Big FM called "Suhaana Safar with Annu Kapoor on 92.7 Big FM".
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The Golden Era – With Annu Kapoor on the Mastiii channel is a nostalgia TV show about Indian cinema, adorned with classical era's Hindi film songs and commentary by Annu Kapoor on unheard tales of Bollywood Cinema's Legends.
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His range of roles varies from portrayal as Saint Kabir in DD National TV serial of the same name, as Mahatma Gandhi in Sardar and Veer Savarkar in Kaala Pani, to police inspector in 7 Khoon Maaf, a petty thief in Utsav to comedic villain in Hum. The previous year, its "final" episode was telecast the programme's initial run was from 1993 to 2006. In 2007, Antakshari – The National Challenge was relaunched on Star One. Kapoor has also appeared in Yamla Pagla Deewana 2. He worked in the horror TV serial Kile ka Rahasya (1989) as a cop who fond of singing. His performance as an obsessive-compulsive sperm-bank physician in 2012's Vicky Donor met with critical and popular acclaim. Kapoor is best remembered for hosting the singing show Close-Up Antakshari, produced by Zee TV. His career has spanned over 30 years, including Bollywood cinema, television serials and game shows.

Annu made his film debut in Mandi, (directed by Shyam Benegal) in 1983. Kapoor began his career as a stage actor in 1979 and was noticed in 1984's Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, directed by Basu Chatterjee and written by elder brother Ranjeet. Film director Shyam Benegal who saw Kapoor perform, sent him a letter of appreciation and signed him for his 1983 film, Mandi. After graduating from the National School of Drama and a brief stint with its repertory company, in 1981, he played a 70-year-old man in the play Ek Ruka Hua Faisla in Bombay (now Mumbai). Following a stint there, he joined National School of Drama in 1976, after his brother Ranjit Kapoor, who was already a student there insisted. On his father's insistence, he joined his theatre company. With a salary of ₹ 40, his mother worked as a teacher. His grandfather Dr Kripa Ram Kapoor was a doctor in the British Army and his great grandfather Lala Ganga Ram Kapoor, a revolutionary who was executed during the Indian freedom struggle.ĭue to poor financial circumstances, he had to quit school following secondary education. His father owned a travelling Parsi theatre company which performed in cities and towns, and his mother was a poet and a trained classical singer. Annu Kapoor was born in Itwara, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on 20 February 1956, to Madanlal, a Punjabi father and Kamal, a Bengali mother.
