Aditya Roy Kapur was born in Mumbai on 16 November 1985, to a Punjabi Hindu father, Kumud Roy Kapur and an Indian Jewish mother, Salome Aaron. His grandfather, Raghupat Roy Kapur was a film Producer Kapur is the youngest of the three siblings, his eldest brother Siddharth Roy Kapur is the Chief Executive Officer of UTV Motion Pictures, who had married Actress Vidya Balan and his second elder brother Kunaal Roy Kapur is also an actor.
Kapur started his career as a VJ on music channel Channel V India, where his comic timing and "unique style of hosting" made him a hit. He did a show "Pakao" for Channel V. Later he made his film debut in 2009 playing a minor role in Vipul Shah's musical drama London Dreams starring alongside Salman Khan, Asin, Ajay Devgan. The film was not well received by critics, and was unsuccessful at the box office.
Kapur was next seen in the science fiction romantic comedy Action Replayy (2010) starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai, also directed by Vipul Shah, which was Indian remake of Back to the Future was unsuccessful both critically and commercially. He next appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's bittersweet drama Guzaarish (2010) starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. The film was not commercially successful, but it earned mixed to positive reviews from critics.
His next role was in Ayan Mukerji's coming-of-age romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Kalki Koechlin. Kapur's performance earned him positive reviews and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film itself received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and became the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2013.
Kapur was next seen opposite Parineeti Chopra in Habib Faisal's romantic dramedy Daawat-e-Ishq (2014). He then starred opposite Katrina Kaif in Abhishek Kapoor's romantic drama Fitoor, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Neither of these films fared well at the box office.
n 2016, he did a music tour named "Dream Team Bollywood" and performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, New York alongside Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, & Varun Dhawan.
