Happy Birthday to Pankaj Kapur, acclaimed Indian actor working in theatre, television and film, father of Shahid Kapoor and husband of Supriya Pathak, born on May 29, 1954, in Ludhiana, Punjab. Pankaj’s break came in the form of a television series in the 1980s, ‘Karamchand, a comedic detective show. Pankaj has directed over 70 plus plays and serials, and in the 1980s appeared in several National Award-winning art films, such as: ‘Khandhar’ (1984) and ‘Khamosh’ (1985).   He has won National Film Awards in 1989 for ‘Raakh’ with Aamir Khan, for ‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut’ (1991), and for Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Maqbool’ (2004). During the 2000’s, he had two highly acclaimed television series: ‘Office Office’ and ‘Naya Office Office’. In 2011, he directed his son, Shahid Kapoor, in ’Mausam’, but the film was poorly received.  I personally thought he was wonderful in the 2007 movie ‘Dharm’, in which he played a Hindu priest who unknowingly adopts a Muslim baby.  I also enjoyed him in 2013’s ‘Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola’, where his personality changed completely whenever he got drunk. In 2015, Pankaj appeared with his son, Shahid, in the unsuccessful ‘Shaandaar’. He was last seen in a short film ‘Toba Tek Singh’ 2018). The story involves patients from a mental hospital in Lahore who are displaced during partition. He will appear with his son Shahid in the remake of ‘Jersey’ a popular Telugu film.