Vaani Kapoor

 ( 1988 Births ) 

Kapoor's next release was the Tamil Cinema romantic comedy Aaha Kalyanam, an official remake of the 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat. She was cast opposite Nani and learned the Tamil language language for the film. Upon release, the film was panned by critics and her performance was poorly received. In 2016, Kapoor appeared in Aditya Chopra's romantic comedy Befikre opposite Ranveer Singh, which was set in Paris. She played Shyra Gill, a French tourist guide of Indian descent whose romantic liaisons with Singh's character leads to conflict between them. The film received negative reviews from critics and was considered to be a box-office failure. In 2017, she appeared in a music video titled "Main Yaar Manana Ni" by Yashita Sharma under the label of YRF.

In 2021, she teamed up with Akshay Kumar in Bell Bottom, which marked her first film not to be produced by Yash Raj Films. The film was a commercial failure, and she was criticised for choosing another androcentric film after War featuring her in a brief role. Hindustan Times noted, "Kapoor is charming as Akshay's onscreen wife, and for a change, she isn't there just as a trophy wife but complements his character well." Later that year, Kapoor starred in the romantic drama Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui opposite Ayushmann Khurrana. She was praised for her portrayal of a transgender woman in the film. Writing for Times of India, Hiren Kotwani opined that "Kapoor sinks her teeth into her character from the word go and gives a no-holds-barred performance" while also praising her chemistry with Khurrana.

In 2022, Kapoor appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Yash Raj Films' period actioner Shamshera whose release was delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It opened to highly negative reviews and poor box-office returns. Writing for Bollywood Hungama opined, "Kapoor's character is not well fleshed out. Audiences may be bewildered to see her leave a fine dancing career and turn into a rebel". Her next release was two years later in the ensemble comedy film Khel Khel Mein, which served as a remake of the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers. Titas Chowdhury of News18 bemoaned that Kapoor did not get adequate scope to perform unlike some of the other actors in the ensemble.

In her first film of 2025, Kapoor played an IRS officer's wife opposite Ajay Devgn in Raid 2, replacing Ileana D'Cruz from the prequel. Saibal Chatterjee dismissed her role and found her to be "strictly superficial" compared to D'Cruz. The film emerged as Kapoor's first commercial success since War. Kapoor made her foray into streaming with Netflix's Mandala Murders, a thriller series which starred her as a detective investigating a series of murders linked to a cult. In a negative review for India Today, Anisha Rao commended Kapoor for selecting an against-Typecasting role but found her performance lacking in emotional depth, particularly in scenes "that require vulnerability or raw intensity".