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Annu Kapoor (Hindi: अनु कपूर, Urdu: ان کپُور, born 20 February 1956) is an Indian film actor and television presenter, best remembered for hosting the singing reality show Antakshari.
Annu Kapoor was born in Jhalawar Rajasthan India.
Annu Kapoor made his debut in the film Mandi directed by Shyam Benegal in 1983. His career has spanned nearly 30 years including a distinctive presence in Bollywood cinema, television serials, and reality game shows. He is best remembered for hosting the singing show Antakshari (later renamed to Titan Antakshari)– produced by ZEE T V. His performance as an obsessive-compulsive Sperm Clinic Doctor in the recently released Vicky Donor has met with a lot of praise from the critics as well as the audience.
In 2007 the mega hit programme Antakshari came back from the dead on Star One. It was widely publicized in 2006 that it was going to end for ever and a grand grand finale was held. During its initial course of running, Antakshari ran from 1993 to 2006 on Zee TV. Annu Kapoor hosted Antakshari: The Great Challenge, Juhi Parmar, on Star Plus.