Who is Zahan Kapoor? Read Full detail about grandson of bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor
Zahan Kapoor was born on 11 March 1992 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His full name is Zahan Prithviraj Kapoor. He is son of Kunal Kapoor and Sheena Sippy. He belongs to first family of hindi cinema ‘Kapoor Family’. His grandfather was Shashi Kapoor, who was the son of Prithviraj Kapoor and brother of the greatest showman Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. From last five generation his family members made career in cinema and gain fan following from worldwide. Zahan Kapoor is an Indian actor, he works in bollywood industry. He made his acting debut with movie Faraaz, which was released in 2022.
Zahan Kapoor father Kunal Kapoor is an Indian actor, director, producer and also a advertisement maker. Zahan Kapoor grandfather later Shashi Kapoor was one of the greatest actor of hindi cinema, he was one of the top actor of in 1970s and 1980s. His grandfather Shashi Kapoor, had did iconic movies like Deewar, Suhaag, and More. His grandfather won four National Film Awards and also two Filmfare Awards. In 2011 he was honoured with the Padma Bhusan and in 2014 by Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Government of India.
If we look at the histor Zahan Kapoor’s family then his family has contribute around 100 years in hindi cinema starting from his late great grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor and Now he himself started acting and taking legacy of his family forward. Apart from this Zahan Kapoor second cousins Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor daughter of his uncle Randhir Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor son of late actor and Zahan Kapoor’s uncle Rishi Kapoor. All these three cousin of him are well associated in the industry and have huge fan following, his cousin Karishma Kapoor came to industry in early 1990s then Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. He is the only grandchild of late actor Shashi Kapoor who choose acting profession.
Many few people knows that, he is also a polo player and he won in the ARC challenge Cup as a part of his team, Benaz Corp in 2018. His character name in the movie Faraaz which was released in 2022 was Faraaz Hossain and he played the role of Sunil Gupta in the 2025 released movie Black Warrant. He is also the grandson of film director, actor and producer Ramesh Sippy, as his mother Sheena Sippy is daughter of Ramesh Sippy. Zahan Prithviraj Kapoor uncles are Karan Kapoor and Rohan Sippy and his aunt is Sanjana Kapoor. His first cousin are Hamir Thapar, Aliya Kapoor and Zach Kapoor and the bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Jain and Adar Jain.. His father’s paternal cousins are Aditya Raj Kapoor, Randhir, Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor. Zahan Kapoor spent much of his time at the Prithvi Theater which was founded in year 1944 and was run for sixteen years after that his grandparents Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal Kapoor built Prithvi Theatre in the memory of Prithviraj Kapoor the father of Shashi Kapoor and the great grandfather of Zahan Kapoor’s.