# Vijay Kapoor (विजय कपूर)
**Vijay Kapoor** (विजय कपूर; October 30, 1939 – April 10, 1990) was an Indian film director and actor who worked in [Hindi cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindi-cinema), chiefly as a maker of small independent films in the 1970s and 1980s, and a member of the Kapoor film family through his father, the actor [Trilok Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/trilok-kapoor).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born / died | October 30, 1939, Bombay, India; April 10, 1990, Bombay, Maharashtra, India[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) |
| Profession | Director and actor[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) |
| Best-known films | Call Girl (1974), Raadha Aur Seeta (1979), Parakh (1981), Akanksha (1989)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) • [2](https://auteurgraph.com/director/vijay-kapoor) |
| Family | Son of actor Trilok Kapoor; cousin of Raj, Shammi, and Shashi Kapoor[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) |
| Documentary work | Directed the 1983 documentary *Hema Malini*[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6574506/fullcredits/) |
## Career
Vijay Kapoor came to filmmaking as a vocation in the 1970s, directing several films in the 1970s and 1980s.[4](https://www.outlookindia.com/amp/story/art-entertainment/sands-of-time-part-22-the-kapoor-actors-you-hadn-t-heard-of-news-186554) His credited films include Call Girl (1974), Raadha Aur Seeta (1979), Parakh (1981), and Akanksha (1989).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) • [2](https://auteurgraph.com/director/vijay-kapoor) A 2022 profile of the [Kapoor family](https://www.edgepedia.org/kapoor-family) in *Outlook India* describes his output as that of a working director of the era and notes that among his projects was a documentary on the actor [Hema Malini](https://www.edgepedia.org/hema-malini); IMDb lists this documentary, simply titled *Hema Malini*, with a 1983 release and Vijay Kapoor credited as its director.[4](https://www.outlookindia.com/amp/story/art-entertainment/sands-of-time-part-22-the-kapoor-actors-you-hadn-t-heard-of-news-186554) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6574506/fullcredits/)
Filmography databases differ on the size of his body of work: the film-database site AuteurGraph lists only two features, Call Girl and Raadha Aur Seeta, while IMDb adds Parakh and Akanksha.[2](https://auteurgraph.com/director/vijay-kapoor) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) He also worked as an actor as well as a director.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/)
## Family
Kapoor was born into the Kapoor film dynasty. His father was Trilok Kapoor (1912–1988), a commercially successful leading man of the 1930s and 1940s who later became known for mythological films, and a younger brother of the actor [Prithviraj Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/prithviraj-kapoor).[5](https://cinemaazi.com/people/trilok-kapoor) This made Vijay Kapoor a first cousin of Raj, Shammi, and [Shashi Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/shashi-kapoor), and an uncle of Randhir, Rishi, and [Rajiv Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/rajiv-kapoor) as well as Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor, Aditya Raj Kapoor, and Kanchan Desai.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/) Trilok Kapoor had two sons: Vijay, the film director, and Vicky, who became a lawyer.[5](https://cinemaazi.com/people/trilok-kapoor)
His own family is recorded in his IMDb biography. His son [Sanjay Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/sanjay-kapoor) is the CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain; another son, Ajay Kapoor, has been Executive Director at Indra Media Pvt Ltd, head of programming at Zee Sports, creative director at Nimbus Television, and a producer for Ten Sports; a daughter, Anuradha, settled in India. His widow, Veena, settled in [Chandigarh](https://www.edgepedia.org/chandigarh).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/)
## Other people of the same name
The name Vijay Kapoor is shared by several unrelated people who appear in public records. India's [Ministry of Corporate Affairs](https://www.edgepedia.org/ministry-of-corporate-affairs) lists multiple directors named Vijay Kapoor with separate Director Identification Numbers, including one (DIN 00656757) associated with Skyline Apartments Private Limited and India International Golf and Tennis Private Limited.[6](https://www.zaubacorp.com/VIJAY-KAPOOR-00656757) A Kanpur businessman of the same name founded Derby Clothing Pvt Ltd in 1999 and has chaired The Ganges Club Ltd. and the Kanpur Industrial Development Co-Op Estate Ltd.[7](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/VIJAY-KAPOOR-A1C9IW/) None of these records concerns the film director.
## References
1. [Vijay Kapoor – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/bio/)
2. [Films directed by Vijay Kapoor, AuteurGraph](https://auteurgraph.com/director/vijay-kapoor)
3. [Hema Malini (Video 1983) – Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6574506/fullcredits/)
4. [Sands of Time – Part 22: The Kapoor Actors You Hadn't Heard Of, Outlook India](https://www.outlookindia.com/amp/story/art-entertainment/sands-of-time-part-22-the-kapoor-actors-you-hadn-t-heard-of-news-186554)
5. [Trilok Kapoor – Artists, Cinemaazi](https://cinemaazi.com/people/trilok-kapoor)
6. [VIJAY KAPOOR (DIN 00656757), ZaubaCorp](https://www.zaubacorp.com/VIJAY-KAPOOR-00656757)
7. [Vijay Kapoor – Positions, Relations and Network, MarketScreener](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/VIJAY-KAPOOR-A1C9IW/)
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