Arjun Kapoor

Arjun Kapoor was born on 26 June 1985 in Mumbai , Maharashtra , to film producer Boney Kapoor and the entrepreneur Mona Shourie Kapoor . Kapoor is of Punjabi ancestry from both sides. He is the grandson of filmmaker Surinder Kapoor . He is the nephew of actors Anil Kapoor , Sanjay Kapoor and producer Sandeep Marwah, and the first-cousin of former actress Sonam Kapoor , actors Mohit Marwah, Harshvardhan Kapoor and producer Rhea Kapoor . He has a younger sister, Anshula Kapoor.

Actress Sridevi was his stepmother, and he also has two half-sisters, Khushi Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor . He was 11 when his father separated from his mother. When asked in an interview about his father's second marriage, Kapoor said: "When we were kids, it was difficult. But what can you do? How long will you complain? You have to accept what is, take it on your chin, and move on." He added, "We don't really meet and spend time together so it doesn't really exist". His mother died in 2012.

However, after Sridevi died in 2018, his relationship with his half-sisters Khushi and Jahnvi improved. Kapoor also opened up on the bullying he faced post Boney's marriage with Sridevi. Kapoor was educated at the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Mumbai, which he attended until his 11th grade. After failing his eleventh grade examinations, he quit his studies and did not complete grade 12.