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Ranbir Kapoor

Actor · Born 28 September 1982

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor, the son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. Barfi! is the film of his on ShowBuzz’s all-time list. In 2026 he plays Rama in Ramayana: Part One, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, releasing worldwide on 5 November 2026. Published biographies also include him in the Time 100 of 2026.

Born 28 September 1982.

Ranbir Kapoor, born 28 September 1982, is the son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh and the grand-son of Raj Kapoor. Saawariya (2007) was the debut and a commercial failure. Wake Up Sid, Rocket Singh, Rajneeti, Rockstar, Barfi! and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani made the career. Sanju (2018), the biopic of Sanjay Dutt directed by Rajkumar Hirani, was the biggest box-office film of that run.

He is in the published cast of Ramayana: Part One, the Nitesh Tiwari film dated for November 2026, playing Rama. The makers have set a worldwide release for 5 November 2026.

Awards and honours

  • Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Rockstar and for Sanju.
  • A further Filmfare Best Actor critics citation is attached to Barfi! in published lists. The two Best Actor wins above are the ones repeated across his award record.

Films, dramas and shows

YearTitleRoleNote
2007SaawariyaRanbir RajSanjay Leela Bhansali. The debut.
2011RockstarJordanImtiaz Ali. A. R. Rahman.
2012Barfi!BarfiAnurag Basu. Priyanka Chopra.
2013Yeh Jawaani Hai DeewaniBunnyAyan Mukerji. Deepika Padukone.
2018SanjuSanjay DuttRajkumar Hirani.
2026Ramayana: Part OneRamaNitesh Tiwari. November 2026. Day reported as 5 or 6.

Known for

Barfi! · Ramayana: Part One

Now and next

Work on ShowBuzz

  • Ramayana: Part One

    Film · 2026. Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part screen Ramayana, produced by Namit Malhotra. Part One releases worldwide on 5 November 2026, including IMAX screens, with advance bookings opened on Dussehra. Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama, Sai Pallavi Sita, Yash Ravana and Sunny Deol Hanuman; Anupam Kher voices Jatayu.

  • Barfi!

    Film · 2012. A deaf young man in Darjeeling, and two women whose lives cross his. Anurag Basu directs. Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’Cruz lead.

  • Rockstar

    Film · 2011. A Delhi college musician is told he cannot be a real artist until he has suffered. Imtiaz Ali directs. A. R. Rahman wrote the songs, with lyrics by Irshad Kamil. Ranbir Kapoor plays Jordan. The album outlived the arguments about the film.

  • Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

    Film · 2013. Four friends, a trek, and a wedding years later. Ayan Mukerji directs. Dharma produced it. It is the travel romance a lot of viewers still put on, and it is the Ranbir–Deepika film people mean if they do not mean Tamasha.

  • Animal

    Film · 2023. Ranvijay Singh has spent his life craving the attention of his father, Balbir, a powerful industrialist who has little time for him. After years abroad, Ranvijay hears that someone has tried and failed to kill Balbir. He comes home and sets out on a ruthless hunt for the people behind it.

  • Sanju

    Film · 2018. A film about the actor Sanjay Dutt, focused on his drug addiction, his arrest over a suspected link to the 1993 Bombay bombings, his relationship with his father Sunil Dutt and his acting career. His wife persuades the London-based biographer Winnie Diaz to tell his true story, and the film moves between her interviews and the life itself.