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Great-grandson of legendary Bollywood actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Zahan Kapoor created quite a buzz with his acting skills in the series Black Warrant. In a recent interaction, the actor opened up about his relationship and bond with his cousins Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor.
In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Zahan Kapoor said “While growing up, we were slightly more distant. My dadaji also made a conscious decision to separate himself, he valued his privacy. As a nuclear family, we value our privacy.”
He further said, “I have developed a relationship with them nowhere as a young adult because they are my second cousins. So, there is a separation. They are first cousins to each other so their relationship with each other is still closer, But, I have childhood memories with them. The structure of the family is also just big. I did not really have an idea about Ranbir Kapoor before he was actually launched. Of course, I knew Chintu uncle. But, we were so separate. I was living in my world as a young kid. It was around this time when he made his splash with Saawariya in 2007”.
Zahan Kapoor is the grandson of the iconic Shashi Kapoor and the son of Kunal Kapoor and Sheena Sippy. His family background also connects him to cinema legends Prithvi Raj Kapoor and Geoffrey Kendal. His second cousins include renowned Bollywood stars Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor.
He began his career with by assisting theatre director Sunil Shanbag with workshops and gradually immersed himself in theatre. In 2022, he made his acting debut in Hansal Mehta’s Faraaz. He also appeared in the play Siachen, written by Aditya Rawal and directed by Makarand Deshpande, where he portrayed the hardships faced by Indian soldiers on the Siachen Glacier. In the show Black Warrant, Zahan Kapoor played the role of Sunil Gupta, a youthful jailer caught in the complex owner of Tihar Jail.
