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Kapoor or Kapur and sometimes but rarely Capoor (Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰ, Hindi: कपूर) is the name of a gotra of Punjabi descent belonging to the Khatri (Kshatriya or warrior) Varna.
They are part of the "Dhai Ghar", meaning two and a half houses[citation needed]. Kapurs, Malhotra (also called Mehras or Mehrotras), Khanna and Seth (also called Kakkar) marry their children with each other. Kapoor can not marry a Kapoor but can only marry Malhotra, Khanna or Seth[citation needed]. This leaves three "Ghars" to marry out of which they are not supposed to marry any of their mother's side relatives with mother's paternal last name (it could be Khanna, Malhotra or Seth). Which makes it "Dhai Ghar Marriage that is why the word "Dhai Ghar".
The Zamindars of Burdwan in Bengal belong to the Kapoor clan, and held the title of Maharajah. Maharajah Bahadur Tedj Chand Ray adopted Chinilal Kapur. His descendants continued as the Maharajas of Burdwan. The family continued as rulers of Burdwan until zamindari was abolished by the government of India in 1955/56. The area remaining however under direct administration of the British via the Indian Civil Service officers on the Bengal State. They also were never members of the Chamber or Council of Princes such as the Maharaja of Patiala or Kapurtala. Thus the title Maharaja was only honorific as was the case in much of India. During the three centuries that they held the estate of Burdwan, the Kapoor family extended their patronage to various scholars and artists, including:
Shakti Kapoor (born 3 September 1952) is an Indian Bollywood actor. He is known for playing comic and villainous roles and for acting alongside comedian Kader Khan as his sidekick along with Asrani in over 100 films.
Shakti Kapoor was born 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 tailoring business in Connaught Place, New Delhi.
Shakti Kapoor, since the start of his career in 1976 has often been nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Comedian category and won once, for his performance in David Dhawan's film, Raja Babu. He is also known for playing the character Crime master Gogo in the film Andaz Apna Apna . During his career, he has enacted roles in Hindi Softcore movies and was a part of many successful films such as Aasha, Khiladi, Aankhen, Judwaa and many more. Nowadays, Shakti is a regular fixture in Priyadarshan films like Hungama, Hulchul, Chup Chup Ke and Malamaal Weekly and most recently Malayalam remake Bhagam Bhag. He also acted in some Bengali film of Kolkata. In 2011, he has featured in the reality television show Bigg Boss (season 5) as two of the mismatched contestant.
Actors: Birbal (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Iftekhar (actor), Jagdeep (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Keshto Mukherjee (actor), Kalpana Iyer (actress), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Kaajal Kiran (actress), Ravikant Nagaich (producer), Ravikant Nagaich (director),
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