Early Life
Shakti Kapoor was born as Sunil Kapoor (real name) in Delhi, India to a Punjabi family. He grew up in New Delhi and he did his graduation from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. His father ran a tailor shop in Connaught Place, New Delhi. When leading actor-director Sunil Dutt offered him the role of the main villain in the movie Rocky, he thought Sunil Kapoor was too weak for a villain, so he renamed him Shakti Kapoor
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