Sanjay Kapoor made his debut with 1995 film Prem, however it didn’t mint well at the box office. He is the younger brother of Boney Kapoor and Anil Kapoor. When Sanjay worked in Raja, by the Anil had already become a star.
During a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, he mentioned about being compared with his brother who have more experience and accolades than him.
“There are pros and cons of the family being in the limelight, your expectations are 10 times higher. My first film was being compared to Anil’s last film. So when my career started, Anil was a super-duper star. He was the person who had given Mr India, Tezaab, Ram Lakhan… So, obviously the comparison was there. I knew it would happen, obviously they would compare me with him and not some other actor. We are brothers, and we will be compared,” added Sanjay.
Sanjay Kapoor with daughter Shanaya
The actor will be started in Bloody Daddy featuring Shahid Kapoor. The actor’s daughter Shanaya is also bracing up for her Bollywood debut.He added that despite facing box office failures he didn’t loose hope and continued working for years.
“At the end of the day, I knew the journey is going to be tougher. So, you have to work and fight for it even harder, because there are doing to be comparisons. He is extremely successful, you have started off with a blockbuster, and then you have given couple of failures and everything. Instead of getting depressed or frustrated, I kept on working harder towards the craft. You have to see if your glass is half full or half empty… Today, I am sitting here with my four films about to release… I must have done something right to last for 30 years,” added Sanjay.
Boney, Anil and Sanjay are sons of the well acclaimed late producer Surinder Kapoor.
“I knew I had given 100 percent, and being born in the industry, I had seen my father have ups and downs in his life but he had tremendous goodwill. So, I feel all of us today have reached a position in the industry, it started off thanks to my father. So his goodwill really helped. So, people ask ‘what advice you got’. You don’t have to ask things, you just have to observe. People ask me what advice do I give to Shanaya. they are living with me, I lived with my father, I knew the kind of a person that he was. This success that came and the failures that were coming, I had to take it in my stride. Some things didn’t work. Obviously, I was accepted and that is why Raja became a blockbuster, but when films don’t do well, you have to take the criticism,” the actor stated.