Akhil Kapur

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Akhil Kapur
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Kapoor in 2014
Born (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 38)
Nationality Indian
OccupationActor

Akhil Kapur is an Indian actor.

Biography

Kapur was born on 26 August 1985 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] [2] He is Vinod Khanna's nephew. [3] [4] [5] He made his acting career debut with Desi Kattey in 2014. [2] [6] [7] In 2017, he acted in ALT Balaji's web series Dev DD . [8] [9] [10]

Contents

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNote
2014 Desi Kattey PaliDebut film

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2017 Dev DD Parth ALT Balaji

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