Shahid Kapoor Birthday: Divorce of parents at the age of 3, mother’s second marriage at 10, Shahid Kapoor’s childhood was like this

Shahid’s mother Neelima Azim married Rajesh Khattar in Mumbai. Shahid lived with his mother and stepfather until they separated in 2001. Shahid’s passport still bears the last name ‘Khattar’. Neelima and Rajesh have a son, Ishaan Khattar, who is also a Bollywood actor. On the other hand, Pankaj and Supriya have two children – Sana and Ruhaan.

Shahid did his schooling from Delhi and Mumbai and later studied at Mithibai College for three years. He was interested in dance since childhood, so at the age of just 15, he entered Shiamak Davar’s dance institute. As a student there, he worked as a background dancer in the films ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ and ‘Taal’, which were choreographed by Shiamak. Shahid performed on some songs during the stage show at his institute and got positive response from the audience. Then for the first time he felt like a star. After this he became an instructor there. Meanwhile, he along with his friend auditioned for an advertisement, which featured Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee. He also appeared in many other aids. After this the band appeared in music videos of many stars including Aryan and singer Kumar Sanu. He has been the assistant director of his father in the TV series ‘Mohandas BALLB’.

Producer Ramesh Taurani caught the eye of Shahid Kapoor in Aryan’s music video ‘Aankhon Mein’ and he was desperate to cast Shahid. However, after meeting him, Ramesh thought that Shahid was just 20 years old and too young and underweight to be an actor, so he thought it appropriate to wait for a few more years. Meanwhile, Shahid got an opportunity to work in Style, but he turned down the offer as he had already spoken to Ramesh. After this, in the year 2003, Ramesh cast Shahid in ‘Ishq Vishk’. The film was average when it released, but later became a success. Shahid also worked hard on himself for his debut, he built his body and also attended acting workshops of Naseeruddin Shah and Satyadev Dubey. After doing many flop films, Shahid finally got tremendous success in the year 2006 with the film ‘Vivah’ and then got his acting iron in 2007 with ‘Jab We Met’.