# Tusshar Kapoor (तुषार रवि कपूर)
**Tusshar Kapoor** (तुषार रवि कपूर; born 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in [Hindi cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindi-cinema). He is the son of the veteran actor [Jeetendra](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeetendra) and the producer Shobha Kapoor, and the brother of television and film producer [Ekta Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/ekta-kapoor). He made his screen debut in 2001 with *Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai* opposite Kareena Kapoor, won Filmfare and Zee Cine awards for best male debut, and became best known for comic roles, above all the mute character Lucky in the *Golmaal* franchise.[1](https://indianexpress.com/about/tusshar-kapoor/) • [2](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor) • [3](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_Annual_Report_2014_15.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976, Mumbai; son of actor Jeetendra and producer Shobha Kapoor; brother of producer Ekta Kapoor[1](https://indianexpress.com/about/tusshar-kapoor/) |
| Education | University of Michigan, Ross School of Business[1](https://indianexpress.com/about/tusshar-kapoor/) |
| Debut | *Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai* (25 May 2001), opposite Kareena Kapoor, directed by Satish Kaushik[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/tusshar-kapoor/filmography/star-cast/) • [2](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor) |
| Debut honors | Filmfare Award and Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debutant of the Year, 2002[3](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_Annual_Report_2014_15.pdf) |
| Signature role | Lucky, a largely silent comic character, in the *Golmaal* films (2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, and the upcoming *Golmaal 5*)[2](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor) • [4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/tusshar-kapoor/filmography/star-cast/) |
| Production | Founded Tusshar Entertainment; first production was the horror comedy *Laxmii* (2020), with Fox Star Studios and Cape Of Good Hope Films[5](https://femina.wwmindia.com/magazines/2021/june/Filmfare_June_2021.pdf) |
| Family life | Single parent to son Laksshya Kapoor, born through surrogacy in 2017[6](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-mother-s-day-laksshya-kapoor-5175357/lite/) |
## Early life and entry into films
Kapoor studied business abroad and had not planned a film career. He returned to India when his visa expired, worked as an assistant director, and was cast by chance: writer Rumi Jaffery recommended him to producer Vashu Bhagnani, and director [Satish Kaushik](https://www.edgepedia.org/satish-kaushik) cast him as the male lead in the romantic drama *Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai* opposite Kareena Kapoor in 2001.[7](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-okay-wrong-film-never-leave-good-film-tusshar-kapoor-reminisces-bollywood-journey-completes-20-years/) • [2](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor) The film's success brought him a run of romantic roles, and the Balaji annual report credits it with shooting him to immediate stardom and the Filmfare and Zee Cine best-debut awards.[3](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_Annual_Report_2014_15.pdf)
He has said that several of those early films failed and that he learned to say no to projects he did not believe in. In his own account, *Khakee* (2004), in which he played an upright cop, was the turning point of his career, and roughly half the films he made after it worked well.[7](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-okay-wrong-film-never-leave-good-film-tusshar-kapoor-reminisces-bollywood-journey-completes-20-years/)
## Comedy and the Golmaal franchise
**Golmaal as a landmark.** Kapoor's career revival came with [Rohit Shetty](https://www.edgepedia.org/rohit-shetty)'s *Golmaal: Fun Unlimited* (2006), in which he played a mute young man among a group of friends who take refuge in a blind couple's home.[2](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor) He has described the film as what established him: whatever else he did, he could always return to a *Golmaal* film. He reprised the role in *Golmaal Returns* (2008), *Golmaal 3* (2010), and *Golmaal Again* (2017), and *Golmaal 5* is listed as under production for 2027.[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/tusshar-kapoor/filmography/star-cast/) • [7](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-okay-wrong-film-never-leave-good-film-tusshar-kapoor-reminisces-bollywood-journey-completes-20-years/) The comic association brought him several honors, including an IIFA Best Comic Actor award for *Golmaal: Fun Unlimited* (2007) and a Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for *Golmaal Again* (2018).[1](https://indianexpress.com/about/tusshar-kapoor/)
The typecasting has a cost he acknowledges. He has said that because of *Golmaal*, comedy became a brand for him, and that producers and directors mostly offer him comedic roles, including on streaming platforms, where he feels he has been typecast.[8](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/tusshar-kapoor-i-have-been-typecast-on-ott-101732856158215.html) At the same time he calls the comedies his bread and butter and has said he will never stop doing them.[9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/tusshar-kapoor-on-25-years-in-bollywood-ill-never-stop-doing-the-welcomes-and-golmaals-theyre-my-bread-and-butter/articleshow/131422782.cms)
## Serious and offbeat roles
Kapoor has repeatedly sought roles outside comedy. He counts *Khakee* (2004), *[Shootout at Lokhandwala](https://www.edgepedia.org/shootout-at-lokhandwala)* (2007), *Shor in the City* (2011), and *The Dirty Picture* (2011) among his serious and dark roles.[10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-i-feel-i-could-have-avoided-some-films-in-my-career/story-EnpJY1hi6I4cENB3B0RPeM_amp.html) In *The Dirty Picture* he played Ramakant, a writer who is the one suitor of the [Silk Smitha](https://www.edgepedia.org/silk-smitha) character who understands her humanely.[11](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/Dec/04/tusshar-kapoor-actor-316884.html) He has said that *Shor in the City* and the *Golmaal* series together gave him a new-found confidence after years of harsh judgment tied to being Jeetendra's son.[11](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/Dec/04/tusshar-kapoor-actor-316884.html)
## Producing and streaming work
Following his sister Ekta Kapoor, who built the family's production business, Kapoor launched his own banner, Tusshar Entertainment. Its first film was the horror comedy *[Laxmii](https://www.edgepedia.org/laxmii)* (2020), starring [Akshay Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/akshay-kumar), made in partnership with Fox Star Studios and Cape Of Good Hope Films.[5](https://femina.wwmindia.com/magazines/2021/june/Filmfare_June_2021.pdf) He has also acted in streaming projects, including the horror comedy series *Booo: Sabki Phategi* (2019) and the comedy-thriller *Dus June Ki Raat*, produced by his sister, in which he plays Panauti, a man trying to reopen his late father's theater; both seasons were shot together on 12-hour days.[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-says-its-tough-for-bollywood-insiders-there-is-an-effort-to-pull-you-down-and-highlight-what-you-havent-done-9658069/lite/) • [8](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/tusshar-kapoor-i-have-been-typecast-on-ott-101732856158215.html) He views streaming as a medium that allows genre experimentation without box-office pressure, though he notes its viewership measurement is vague.[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-says-its-tough-for-bollywood-insiders-there-is-an-effort-to-pull-you-down-and-highlight-what-you-havent-done-9658069/lite/)
## Recent work
Kapoor marked 25 years in Hindi cinema in 2026. His recent releases include *[Kapkapiii](https://www.edgepedia.org/kapkapiii)* (23 May 2025), *Mastiii 4* (21 November 2025), and *Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2* (19 April 2024), with *[Welcome to the Jungle](https://www.edgepedia.org/welcome-to-the-jungle-2026-film)*, a large multi-starrer with Akshay Kumar, Disha Patani, and others, released on 26 June 2026.[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/tusshar-kapoor/filmography/star-cast/) On *Welcome to the Jungle* he worked 9-to-6 shifts in Mumbai so he could be home with his son by 6:30 in the evening, and director [Ahmed Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahmed-khan-choreographer) accommodated his absences when his son's school events or an injury required it.[13](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/exclusive-welcome-to-the-jungle-actor-tusshar-kapoor-one-day-we-were-shooting-and-my-son-got-injured-101783682010870.html/) He has also spoken about the pressures of being an industry insider: getting a first break is easier with connections, he argues, but afterward insiders face harsher scrutiny than outsiders.[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-says-its-tough-for-bollywood-insiders-there-is-an-effort-to-pull-you-down-and-highlight-what-you-havent-done-9658069/lite/)
## Fatherhood
Kapoor became a single parent through surrogacy in June 2017, when his son Laksshya was born; he has said his father Jeetendra had long wanted to become a grandfather.[6](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-mother-s-day-laksshya-kapoor-5175357/lite/) He describes fatherhood as the most fulfilling experience of his life and a rebirth, and has continued working through it, filming *Golmaal Again* after Laksshya's birth while selecting films more carefully.[14](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/tusshar-kapoor-diet-fitness-skincare-ageing-single-parenting-ekta-jeetendra-laksshay-9339929/lite/) • [6](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-mother-s-day-laksshya-kapoor-5175357/lite/)
## References
1. [Tusshar Kapoor: News, Movies, Photos, Videos & Updates, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/about/tusshar-kapoor/)
2. [Tusshar Kapoor Movies List, Indian Film History](https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/actor/tusshar-kapoor)
3. [Balaji Telefilms Annual Report 2014-15](https://www.balajitelefilms.com/pdf/annualreports/balajiannualreports/Balaji_Annual_Report_2014_15.pdf)
4. [Tusshar Kapoor Filmography, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/tusshar-kapoor/filmography/star-cast/)
5. [Filmfare, June 2021 issue](https://femina.wwmindia.com/magazines/2021/june/Filmfare_June_2021.pdf)
6. [Tusshar Kapoor: Parenthood nourishes my soul, The Indian Express (2018)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-mother-s-day-laksshya-kapoor-5175357/lite/)
7. [Tusshar Kapoor reminiscences his Bollywood journey as he completes 20 years, Bollywood Hungama (2021)](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-okay-wrong-film-never-leave-good-film-tusshar-kapoor-reminisces-bollywood-journey-completes-20-years/)
8. [Tusshar Kapoor: I have been typecast on OTT, Hindustan Times (2024)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/tusshar-kapoor-i-have-been-typecast-on-ott-101732856158215.html)
9. [Tusshar Kapoor on 25 years in Bollywood, The Times of India (2026)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/tusshar-kapoor-on-25-years-in-bollywood-ill-never-stop-doing-the-welcomes-and-golmaals-theyre-my-bread-and-butter/articleshow/131422782.cms)
10. [Tusshar Kapoor: I feel I could have avoided some films in my career, Hindustan Times (2021)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-i-feel-i-could-have-avoided-some-films-in-my-career/story-EnpJY1hi6I4cENB3B0RPeM_amp.html)
11. [Tusshar Kapoor, actor, The New Indian Express (2011)](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/Dec/04/tusshar-kapoor-actor-316884.html)
12. [Tusshar Kapoor says it's tough for Bollywood insiders, The Indian Express (2024)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tusshar-kapoor-says-its-tough-for-bollywood-insiders-there-is-an-effort-to-pull-you-down-and-highlight-what-you-havent-done-9658069/lite/)
13. [Welcome to the Jungle actor Tusshar Kapoor interview, Hindustan Times (2026)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/exclusive-welcome-to-the-jungle-actor-tusshar-kapoor-one-day-we-were-shooting-and-my-son-got-injured-101783682010870.html/)
14. [Tusshar Kapoor on diet, fitness and single parenting, The Indian Express (2024)](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/tusshar-kapoor-diet-fitness-skincare-ageing-single-parenting-ekta-jeetendra-laksshay-9339929/lite/)
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