Shahid Kapoor also known as Shahid Khattar; born on 25 February 1981) is an Indian film actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema. He started his career by working in music videos and advertisements, and made his Bollywood debut with the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk (2003) and won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance. He followed it with films like Fida (2004) and Shikhar (2005), and had his first major commercial success with Sooraj R. Barjatya's family drama Vivah (2006). He earned nominations for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performances in the romantic comedy Jab We Met (2007) and the neo-noir Kaminey (2009).. He followed this initial success with roles in a series of box office flops before starring in the moderately successful action drama R... Rajkumar (2013).