Shakti Kapoor

Sunil Sikanderlal Kapoor (born 4 July 1958) is an Indian Bollywood actor. He is known as one of the leading villains in Bollywood movies for more than three decades. He has also been applauded for playing comic roles in several movies. Through the eighties and nineties, Kapoor teamed up with another senior actor Kader Khan as the comical or evil duo in over 100 films. Kapoor is one of the few Bollywood actors who played the stereotype Bollywood negative roles and negative characters with a comic touch with equal finesse.

Shakti Kapoor was born Sunil Kapoor in Delhi, India to a Punjabi family. He grew up in New Delhi and he did his graduation from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. His father ran a tailor shop in Connaught Place, New Delhi. When leading actor / director Sunil Dutt offered him the role of a villain in the movie Rocky, he thought the name 'Sunil Kapoor' was too weak for a villain, so he renamed him as 'Shakti Kapoor'. Once his car collided with Actor Feroz Khan's car and there was a big dent. He followed up vigorously with Mr.Khan for compensation. Eventually impressed by him, he gave him the role of villain in his film Qurbani, which was a super hit movie.