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PICS: Birthday girl Shraddha Kapoor

PHOTOS: Birthday girl Shraddha Kapoor

In 2013, Kapoor appeared in the romantic musical drama Aashiqui 2, the sequel to the 1991 classic Aashiqui. Her character, Aarohi Keshav Shirke, is a small-town bar singer who becomes a successful playback artist with the help of singing superstar Rahul Jaykar (Aditya Roy Kapur). The film was a major box office success with a global revenue of INR1.09 billion (US$17 million) and was credited as a "blockbuster" by Box Office India.