Aditya Roy Kapur (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian film actor who works in Hindi films. After a brief career as a VJ on Channel V, he made his film debut playing a minor role in London Dreams (2009) and followed it with minor roles in Action Replayy (2010) and Guzaarish (2010). He then rose to prominence in 2013 playing the male lead in the romantic drama Aashiqui 2, which was a major critical and commercial success. Later that year, he earned praise for his supporting role in the coming-of-age romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (which currently ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all-time more.