Could Shahid Kapoor become a Bollywood legend to rival the Khans and Kumars? On his 40th birthday we look back at the actor’s remarkable rise from music videos to Kabir Singh

• Upstaged for years by the likes of Aishwarya Rai, Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor, his major films are now streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney
• Kapoor features in almost 100 music videos on YouTube and his new cricket-based film Jersey debuts over Diwali 2021 in November