Rohan Kapoor
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Rohan Kapoor is a Hindi
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 actor and singer, son of Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz, and in various...

. He started his film career at the age of 16 as an assistant director with Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar is an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Mr Bharat"...

 for the film Kranti
Kranti
Kranti is a 1981 Indian Hindi film. Produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, starring Manoj Kumar along with a very large cast consisting of Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Paintlal. The story was written by Javed Akhtar...

. After that, he became active on the stage with Shafi Inammdar and even acted for two of his most popular plays - Neela Kamra and Adaa. Also, Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies...

 gave him a role in his film Faasle
Faasle
Faasle is a 1985 Bollywood film produced and directed by Yash Chopra.The film stars Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Raj Kiran, Rohan Kapoor, Farha, Sushma Seth and Alok Nath. The film is the debut film for Rohan Kapoor son of singer Mahinder Kapoor and actress Farha, niece of...

 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 role in Love 86
Love 86
Love 86 is a 1986 Bollywood film directed by Esmayeel Shroff and starring Tanuja, Govinda, Rohan Kapoor, Farha Naaz and Neelam.-Cast:*Tanuja as Laxmidevi*Rohan Kapoor as Omi*Farha Naaz as Leena*Neelam as Esha*Govinda as Vikram Doshi...

, which took the youth of the country by storm in which Govinda
Govinda (actor)
Govinda is a Filmfare award-winning Indian actor and politician. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films. At the start of his career, his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers. He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films...

 co-starred with Rohan. After that, Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra
-Career:Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. This was followed by the 1971 hit Mela starring the Khan brothers together. In 1973, he...

 got Rohan to play in Imaandaar with Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...

, which got Rohan lots of critical acclaim from the media as well as moviegoers. Then, many other roles came, in Masti
Masti
Masti may refer to:*Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, a Kannada writer*Masti , a 2004 Bollywood movie starring Ajay Devgan and Vivek Oberoi*Masti , a 2007 Kannada movie starring Upendra and Jennifer...

, Mera Naseeb, Maha Kali
Maha Kali
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, 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 and had the privilege to wake up to the melodious sounds of Indian Classical Music. Being the Son of The Singing Legend Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz, and in various...

, music was in his blood.
He started learning classical music at a young age of 9 from Pandit Tulsidaas Sharma, Ustad Chote Iqbal, Ustad Anwar Hussain & 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” etc. which were all very well received by the Audiences & Critics. Ruhan has sung for several Bhajan Albums with his father for companies in Holland & USA.He has toured the entire world singing on the stage with his father and has been an avid Stage Performer. He performed several times in countries like USA, UK, CANADA, PARIS, SOUTH AFRICA, MAURITIUS, SURINAME, TRINIDAD, KUWAIT, DUBAI, AUSTRALIA etc. in prestigious 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) Palais Garnier (Paris) etc & is currently planning to go on a tour soon to Singapore.
He is also composing songs with his young talented son Sidhant Kapoor (the Third Generation Musician in the Kapoor family). Presently ,they are working on a Ghazal Album in India with a leading Music Company.

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