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{{Infobox person
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| name = Karan Kapoor
| image = Karan Kapoor portrait.jpg
| caption =
| birthname =
| parents = [[Shashi Kapoor]]<br>[[Jennifer Kapoor|Jennifer Kendal]]
| relatives = See [[Kapoor Family]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|01|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| yearsactive = 1978{{endash}}1993
| children = 2
| height =
| spouse = Lorna Kapoor
| occupation = Actor, photographer, model, businessman
}}
[[File:Karan Kapoor at a private gallery exhibition, Chelsea 28.02.2016.jpg|thumb|Karan Kapoor at a private gallery exhibition in Chelsea.]]
'''Karan Kapoor''' (born 18 January 1962)<ref name="bhaskar.com">{{cite web|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CEL-meet-ranbir-kapoors-52-year-old-half-british-uncle-who-can-still-give-the-actor--4528588-PHO.html?seq=2|title=Meet Ranbir Kapoor's 52-year-old half British uncle who can still give the actors a run for their money|work=daily.bhaskar.com|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022642/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CEL-meet-ranbir-kapoors-52-year-old-half-british-uncle-who-can-still-give-the-actor--4528588-PHO.html?seq=2|url-status=live}}</ref> is an award-winning Indian photographer, actor and model. He is the son of [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Jennifer Kendal]]. His paternal grandfather was [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and his paternal uncles are [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Shammi Kapoor]]. His elder brother [[Kunal Kapoor (Kapoor family)|Kunal Kapoor]] and younger sister [[Sanjana Kapoor]] have also acted in some films. His maternal grandparents, [[Geoffrey Kendal]] and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespearana, performing Shakespeare and [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]]. The Merchant Ivory film, ''[[Shakespeare Wallah]]'', was loosely based on the family, which starred his father and his aunt, actress [[Felicity Kendal]].

After a gap of nearly 25 years, Karan has now come back into the public and returned to India with a series of his photography exhibitions, ''Time & Tide''. Karan's ''Time & Tide'' photography exhibition started in his home town Mumbai in November 2016 then taking place in Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi, Ahmedabad & Jaipur throughout 2017. Karan has done much research in the [[Anglo-Indian]] communities and travelled through various parts of India in the 1980s to meet these communities and has taken photographs. His articles were published in the BBC, Indian Express, Hindustan Times and other newspapers in November 2016. In his recent interview, Karan said that he is quite keen to do more photography projects in India, because his children have now grown up so he could spend more time in India. Karan also said that he was always interested in photography since his childhood even though being a part of very famous Bollywood family of Kapoors. Karan's elder brother [[Kunal Kapoor (Kapoor family)|Kunal Kapoor]] is now a leading ad-maker of India and younger sister [[Sanjana Kapoor]] runs the Junoon foundation to promote arts, culture and drama.

==Personal life==
Karan Kapoor was born on 18 January 1962 to actor [[Shashi Kapoor]] and British theatre actress [[Jennifer Kendal]]. Early in his career he was a popular model made famous by the [[Bombay Dyeing]] advertisement campaign and he also acted in ''[[Sultanat]]'' (1986), opposite [[Juhi Chawla]] as well as later in ''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]'' with [[Dharmendra]]. Karan now runs a photography company in the [[UK]]. He was married to English model Lorna Tarling Kapoor; the couple are now separated. They have a daughter, Aliya Kapoor and son Zak Kapoor.

Kapoor has two siblings. His brother [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959)|Kunal Kapoor]] formerly acted in Bollywood movies and now runs ad company ''Adfilms Valas''. Kunal was married to filmmaker [[Ramesh Sippy]]'s daughter Sheena, who is a well known photographer. They also have two children, Shaira and Zahan. Kunal and Sheena are now divorced.<ref name=n18>[http://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/in-pics-meet-shashi-kapoors-family-992937-10.html Meet the Kapoors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013053743/https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/in-pics-meet-shashi-kapoors-family-992937-10.html |date=13 October 2018 }}, [[Network 18]].</ref>

His sister [[Sanjana Kapoor]] runs the [[Prithvi Theatre]].

Jennifer Kapoor was [[diagnose]]d with terminal [[colon cancer]] in 1982 and died of the disease in 1984.<ref>''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]'', 19 October 2012</ref>

==Career==
He made his debut in Shyam Benegal's critically acclaimed 1978 film ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'', which also featured his parents and both siblings.<ref name="bhaskar.com"/> He had a minor part in his father's production ''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]'' (1981).<ref name="bhaskar.com"/> He appeared in the British television series ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' in 1984.

He made his debut in mainstream Bollywood films with ''[[Sultanat]]'' (1986), alongside [[Dharmendra]], [[Sunny Deol]] and [[Juhi Chawla]]. He later acted in ''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]'' (1987) and ''Afsar'' in 1988, but did not have many offers as an actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paklinks.com/gs/bollywood/420572-kapoor-kids-who-stayed-away-from-bollywood.html|title=klikhierniet.net|work=paklinks.com|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100354/http://www.paklinks.com/gs/bollywood/420572-kapoor-kids-who-stayed-away-from-bollywood.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also modeled major Indian brands, including [[Bombay Dyeing]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/5698-24/photostory.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 January 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102202605/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/5698-24/photostory.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He has since become a photographer and lives in [[Chelsea, London]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110109/jsp/7days/story_13410997.jsp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 7days - Eye on England|work=telegraphindia.com|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022640/https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/eye-on-england-09-01-2011/cid/434408|url-status=live}}</ref> with his wife Lorna, his daughter Aliya,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dream-lover-karan-kapoor-blessed-with-a-baby-girl/1/265260.html|title='Dream Lover' Karan Kapoor blessed with a baby girl : EYECATCHERS - India Today|work=intoday.in|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022638/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19981116-dream-lover-karan-kapoor-blessed-with-a-baby-girl-827366-1998-11-16|url-status=live}}</ref> and Zach, his son.<ref name="bhaskar.com"/>

==Filmography==

===Actor===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|[[Bollywood films of 1978|1978]]
|''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]''
|
|-
|[[Bollywood films of 1981|1981]]
|''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''
|Davie
|-
|[[Bollywood films of 1986|1986]]
|''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]''
|Samir
|-
|[[Bollywood films of 1987|1987]]
|''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]''
|Karan
|-
|[[Bollywood films of 1988|1988]]
|''Afsar''
|
|}

===TV Series===
*''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' (1984 British TV Series on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]) as Colin Lindsey
*''[[South of the Border (TV series)|South of the Border]]'' (1990 British TV Series) as Max Wilding
*''[[The Tooting Lions (TV movie)|The Tooting Lions]]'' (1993 British TV movie) as Kool

===Still photographer===
* ''[[The Bostonians#Film|The Bostonians]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Utsav#Film|Utsav]]'' (1984)

===Miscellaneous Crew===
* ''[[Vijeta (1982 film)|Vijeta]]'' (1982)

==Awards==
His photograph "Old Couple" won the International Photography Awards 2009 in the People/Lifestyle category. It was one of five nominations he received that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/pages.php?fid=0,359,600|title=LPA - Karan Kapoor Awarded At The International Photography Awards|work=london-photographic-association.com|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203223239/http://london-photographic-association.com/site/pages.php?fid=0,359,600|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://karankapoor.com/}}

* {{IMDb name|id=0004430|name=Karan Kapoor}}
* [http://www.junglee.org.in/karan.html Karan Kapoor]
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150526110113/http://www.photographybangbang.com/50karankapoor/ - Karan Kapoor interview
* http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/Small-talk-He-makes-a-pretty-picture/articleshow/50515670.cms - Karan Kapoor Interview
* http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/sunday-read/excellent-subjects/articleshow/56542878.cms
* http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/karan-kapoor-i-was-too-foreign-looking-for-bollywood/20160913.htm
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