Mona Shourie Kapoor


Mona Shourie Kapoor was the daughter of Sattee Shourie and the first wife of Bollywood film producer, Boney Kapoor. She has a son, Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor and daughter Anshula Kapoor.

Life

Mona Shourie Kapoor was born in Delhi, India on 3 February 1964.
She had two children from her marriage to Boney Kapoor, son Arjun Kapoor and daughter Anshula. Arjun is an actor who made his acting debut with the 2012 film, Ishaqzaade. Anshula, after graduating from École Mondiale World School went to the Barnard College of Columbia University in New York and was working with Google India.
After splitting from Boney Kapoor in 1996, Mona continued to live with her in-laws. She lived there with her two children until her death on 25 March 2012.

Career

Mona Kapoor was the CEO of Future Studios, the largest ready-to-shoot, fully furnished, indoor shooting studio in Mumbai. Mona had a multi-faceted career; she successfully handled the manpower for 'Business Aids' & 'Machine Exports', in which she was a partner. As a director of FCL, she was the production co-ordinator for the films Sheesha & Farishtey.
Mona also served as a Jury Member of the Indian Telly Awards in 2005.

Producer

She produced successful television shows like Hera Pheri, Yug, Wilayatee Babu and Kaise Kahoon. Yug was widely acclaimed by both viewers as well as the media and sponsors. This mega serial, with the backdrop of the independence struggle and boasting of an impressive star cast of the likes of Hema Malini, Dara Singh, Javed Khan, Neena Gupta, Mukesh Khanna, Shahbaz Khan, Pankaj Dheer has been receiving several re-telecast requests in various regional languages.

Death

Kapoor died due to multiple organ failure after battling with cancer and hypertension on 25 March 2012.