Rohan Kapoor
Rohan Kapoor/Ruhan Kapoor | |
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Ruhan Kapoor | |
Born |
1965 Mumbai |
Other names | Ruhan Kapoor |
Occupation | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1981-today |
Website | www.ruhankapoor.com |
Rohan Kapoor (or Ruhan, born 1965) is a Hindi actor and singer, son of Mahendra Kapoor. He started his film career at the age of 16 as an assistant director with Manoj Kumar for the film Kranti. After that, he became active on the stage with Shafi Inamdar and even acted for two of his most popular plays - Neela Kamra and Adaa. Also, Yash Chopra gave him a role in his film Faasle in 1985 It was then that Shri Yash Chopra gave a break to Rohan as a Hero in his Film FAASLE with Farha in the year 1985, then he got a role in Love 86, which took the youth of the country by storm in which Govinda co-starred with Rohan. After that, Prakash Mehra got Rohan to play in Imaandaar in deference to his earlier role with Shafi Inamdar and Sanjay Dutt, which got Rohan lots of critical acclaim from the media as well as moviegoers. Then, many other roles came, in Masti, Mera Naseeb, Maha Kali, Sur Asur and many other films.
He also started his singing career at the age of 9; he toured the world with his father singing on stage. Now, Rohan has come out with pop albums called Oh My Darling, Dil Tera Diwana and Ishq Rab Ki Dua.
Ruhan Kapoor - The Singer
Ruhan Kapoor was born in a musical family in India, the son of prominent singer Mahendra Kapoor.
He started learning classical music at the age of nine from Pandit Tulsidaas Sharma, Ustad Chote Iqbal, Ustad Anwar Hussain and Pandit Murli Manohar Shukla, all belonging to different Gharanas of Indian classical music .
Ruhan came out with pop albums called Ishq Rab Ki Dua, Oh My Darling, Dil Tera Diwana and various others. Ruhan has sung for several Bhajan albums with his father for companies in the Netherlands and the USA. He has toured the world singing on the stage with his father and has been a stage performer. He performed several times in the USA, UK, Canada, Paris, South Africa, Mauritius, Suriname, Trinidad, Kuwait, Dubai and Australia, in venues such as The Royal Albert Hall( UK), Wembley hall (UK), The Centre (Vancouver), Shrine Auditorium (LA, USA), Sun City Auditorium (South Africa), Emirates Auditorium (Dubai) and Palais Garnier (Paris).
He is also composing songs with his son. Presently, they are working on a ghazal album in India with a leading music company.
External links
- Rohan Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database
- Ruhan Kapoor's performance-Times Content
- Ruhan Kapoor pays tribute to legendary father
- www.ruhankapoor.com
- Ruhan Kapoor BBC Artists page
- Interview of Ruhan Kapoor - Rediff
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