One of the multitalented and versatile actors of Bollywood, Shahid Kapoor turns 39 today. Born on 25th February 1981, this particular actor of Bollywood has unbeatable charisma and charm in the industry. Known as one of the good-looking Indian celebrities in the media; Shahid upholds his popularity despite a fluctuating career and is the recipient of numerous awards, including three Filmfare Awards. In the 1990s, Shahid appeared in few films as a background dancer and was later featured in music videos and small screen commercials. He has won Best Male Debut Filmfare Award for his first film Ishq Vishk, which is a romantic comedy film.

Suffered lots of ups and downs in his filmy career the actor started off with a hit film ‘Ishq Visq’ followed by some flops like ‘Fida’, ‘Dil Maange More’, ‘Fool N Final’, ‘Deewane Huye Paagal’ and ‘Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!’. He again made his return through the film Jab We Met and Kaminey where he played a double role marvellously. Shahid received awards and appreciation for his role in Haider and surprised everyone with his brilliant performance.

With some of the excellent films like Jab We Met (2007), Kaminey (2009), R… Rajkumar (2013), Haider (2014), the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016), Rangoon (2017), the period drama Padmaavat (2018), and the romantic drama Kabir Singh (2019) he is still considered as one of the most underrated actors of Bollywood.

Here’s a glimpse of #ShahidKapoor’s birthday celebrations in Chandigarh. #HappyBirthdayShahidKapoor pic.twitter.com/KuHAvpiW0W

— Filmfare (@filmfare) February 25, 2020

On his 39th birthday, we will tell you some unknown facts about your favourite star that most people don’t know about:


1. In a few films like Dil To Paagal Hai and Taal,  he had performed as a background dancer.

2. Shahid is the first Indian Bollywood actor to fly the American F-16 aircraft.

3. He was a student of  Shiamak Davar’s dance academy and initially wanted to become a professional dancer.

4. Very few people know that Shahid Kapoor is step-nephew to Naseeruddin Shah.

5. He is an automotive enthusiast and owns Jaguar XKR-S, Range Rover, Harley Davidson Fat Boy and Yamaha MT 01.

6. He is a dedicated and enthusiastic actor. It took him 1 full year to get an ideal body for his movie- ‘Kaminey’. He also got bald for his role in film ‘Haider’.

7. After reading the book “Life is Fair” by Brian Hines, he completely gave up eating meat.

8. He is also known as the ‘Chocolate boy of Bollywood’.

At present, the actor is shooting in Chandigarh and has no birthday plans as he does not wish to take a break from the schedule of the film. His gorgeous wife shared a loved-up selfie picture of the two from Chandigarh and it is simply too sweet for words. Mira quoted the picture as ‘Happy Birthday to the love of my life’.