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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sanjana Kapoor<br />
| image = SanjnaKapoor.jpg<br />
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| caption = Kapoor in 2010<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|11|27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/sanjna.kapoor.7?__nodl|title=Facebook Profile of Sanjana Kapoor}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --><br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = <br />
| spouse = [[Aditya Bhattacharya]] (divorced)<br/>[[Valmik Thapar]]<br />
| children = 1<br />
| parents = [[Shashi Kapoor]]<br/>[[Jennifer Kendal]]<br />
| relatives = See [[Kapoor Family]]<br />
| occupation = Actor, theatre personality<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sanjana Kapoor''' (born 27 November 1967)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sanjana Kapoor |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sanjana-kapoor/articleshow/30978120.cms |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=11 December 2002 |language=en}}</ref> is an [[Theatre in India|Indian theatre]] personality and former film actress. She is the daughter of actors [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Jennifer Kendal|Jennifer Kapoor]]. She ran the [[Prithvi Theatre]] in [[Mumbai]] from 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/12/18/stories/2005121800240500.htm|title=High drama in Prithvi Theatre|work=The Hindu|date=18 December 2005}}</ref> to February 2012.<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Theatre: A second act of passion|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/11/17212419/Theatre--A-second-act-of-pass.html?h=A3 |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=17 November 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[Image:ShashiKapoor02.jpg|left|thumb|Sanjana Kapoor with father [[Shashi Kapoor]]]]<br />
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Sanjna Kapoor was born in the [[Kapoor family]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and her paternal uncles were [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Shammi Kapoor]]. Her brothers [[Kunal Kapoor (Kapoor family)|Kunal Kapoor]] and [[Karan Kapoor]] have also acted in some films. Her maternal grandparents, [[Geoffrey Kendal]] and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare and [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]]. The [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant Ivory]] film, ''[[Shakespeare Wallah]]'', was loosely based on the family, which starred her father and her aunt, actress [[Felicity Kendal]]. Sanjana attended the Bombay International School in Mumbai. <br />
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She made her acting debut in the 1981 film ''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]'' which was produced by her father and starred her mother Jennifer Kendal in the lead. She played the younger version of the character her mother played. She later appeared in ''[[Utsav]]'' (1984), also produced by her father, and played her first leading role in a [[Bollywood]] film titled ''[[Hero Hiralal]]'' (1989), which was successful at the box office.<br />
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She then appeared in [[Mira Nair]]'s critically acclaimed film ''[[Salaam Bombay]]'' in 1988 but has since quit acting in films, shifting her focus to theatre in the 1990s. In 1991, she played the role of the Japanese wife in the theatre Production of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s immortalised film ''[[Rashomon]]'' based on the Broadway play by Fay and Michael Kanin. She has also acted in A.K. Bir's ''[[Aranyaka (film)|Aranyaka]]'' (1994). <br />
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She hosted the ''Amul India Show'' on television for three and a half years. <br />
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She managed the [[Prithvi Theatre]] in [[Juhu]], [[Mumbai]] and ran theatre workshops for children till 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000806/spectrum/main4.htm|title=Sanjna's passion|work=The Tribune|date=6 August 2000 |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, she announced her decision to leave Prithvi Theatre, and launched ''Junoontheatre'' in 2012, an arts based organization which would work with traveling groups; staging plays at smaller venues across India.<ref name="mint" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sanjana Kapoor has been married twice. Her first husband was actor and director [[Aditya Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sanjana Kapoor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sanjana-Kapoor/articleshow/30978120.cms |work=The Times of India |date=11 December 2002|access-date=1 August 2015}}</ref> (famous for ''[[Mandi (film)|Mandi]]'' and ''[[Raakh]]''), son of filmmaker [[Basu Bhattacharya]] and [[Rinki Bhattacharya]] (daughter of noted filmmaker [[Bimal Roy]]).<br />
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Kapoor then married the tiger conservationist, [[Valmik Thapar]], son of the journalist [[Romesh Thapar]]. Valmik is a nephew of JNU historian [[Romila Thapar]] (sister of Romesh Thapar). Sanjana and Valmik have a son together, Hamir Thapar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Hamir-spells-sonrise-for-Sanjana/articleshow/16379130.cms|title=Hamir spells sonrise for Sanjana|date=18 July 2002|first=Anubha |last=Sawhney|access-date=1 August 2015|work=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year !! Film !!Role<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of 1981|1981]]<br />
|''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''<br />
|young Violet<br />
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|[[Bollywood films of 1984|1984]]<br />
|''[[Utsav]]''<br />
|A courtesan slave in Vasantsena's house<br />
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|[[Bollywood films of 1988|1988]]<br />
|''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''<br />
|Foreign Reporter<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bollywood films of 1989|1989]]<br />
|''[[Hero Hiralal]]''<br />
|Rupa<br />
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|[[Bollywood films of 1994|1994]]<br />
|''[[Aranyaka (film)|Aranyaka]]''<br />
|Elina<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0438504}}<br />
* [http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/03/06/interview-sanjna-kapoor-carrying-on-with-family-tradition/ ''Carrying On With Family Tradition'', An Interview]<br />
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-moving-stage/920725/0 The Moving Stage]<br />
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