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Kapoor with her father Shakti Kapoor, who appeared in a cameo in Teen Patti

Kapoor made her acting debut in the 2010 drama Teen Patti alongside Amitabh Bachchan,Ben Kingsley and R. Madhavan. She played the role of a college girl. The film received generally negative reviews though her performance was better received. Preeti Arora writing for Rediff.com stated that "[t]hough a bit raw, she has a lot of potential."^[5] Nikhat Kazmireviewed: "Shraddha Kapoor makes an interesting debut as the edgy youngster who sheds her specs for sleaze, with alacrity."^[6] Kapoor was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, however, the film failed to do well at the box-office.^[7][8][9]

After her debut, she signed a three-film deal with Yash Raj Films and featured in their 2011 teen comedy Luv Ka The End with Taaha Shah.^[10] Kapoor portrayed the lead role of a teenage student who plots against her boyfriend after he cheats on her.^[11] The film underperformed at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.^[12] However, Kapoor's performance received a positive critical reception. Taran Adarshwrote: Shraddha is a revelation, catching you unaware with a confident performance. She's electrifying in the sequence when she breaks down after getting to know the true intentions of her lover.^[13] Komal Nahta added: Shraddha Kapoor does well. She performs very confidently and impresses in her second film.^[14] For her performance, Kapoor received the Stardust Searchlight Award for Best Actress.^[15] Kapoor was subsequently offered the lead female role in Aurangzeb as a part of her deal with Yash Raj Films. However, she signed on to Vishesh Films' Aashiqui 2 instead, thereby cancelling the three-film contract with Yash Raj Films.^[10]

Kapoor performing at the promotional concert for Ek Villain, 2014

In 2013, Kapoor found her breakthrough role in Mohit Suri's romantic musical dramaAashiqui 2, the sequel to the 1990 film Aashiqui. She was cast as Aarohi Keshav Shirke, a small-town bar singer who becomes a successful playback artist with the help of a popular male singer (played by Aditya Roy Kapur). The film was a major box office success with a global revenue of 1.09 billion (US$18 million).^[16][17] Film critic Anupama Chopra called Kapoor a "real triumph" and added that her "porcelain face has a haunting vulnerability."^[18] However, Vinayak Chakravorty of India Today wrote that she "looks pretty [though] fails to add [...] spark."^[19] Kapoor received several nominations in the Best Actress category, including one at the Filmfare Awards.^[20] That year, she also appeared in a guest appearance for the romantic comedy Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, playing the fiance ofImran Khan's character.^[21]

Kapoor next reunited with Suri for the thriller Ek Villain (2014), for which she also sang the song "Galliyan".^[22] The film tells the story of a hardened criminal (played by Sidharth Malhotra) whose terminally ill wife (played by Kapoor) is brutally murdered by a serial killer. The film was generally perceived to be plagiarised from the Korean film I Saw the Devil, although Suri claimed that it was an original film.^[23] In her review, Raedita Tandon of Filmfare called the film a "gritty, engaging thriller", and stated that Kapoor was a revelation in it.^[24] The film eventually emerged as a major commercial success with domestic revenues of over 1 billion (US$16 million).^[25] Her second release that year was Vishal Bhardwaj's critically acclaimed drama Haider, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet set during the Kashmir conflict of 1995.^[26] She played the Ophelia character, a journalist named Arshia, opposite Shahid Kapoor and Tabu. Writing for Deccan Chronicle, critic Kusumita Das praised Kapoor's effort in capturing the varied nuances of her character and noted that her portrayal was "surprisingly composed".^[27]

As of October 2014, Kapoor is filming a sequel to the dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, entitled ABCD 2, oppositeVarun Dhawan, and has signed on to reunite with Aditya Roy Kapur in Tigmanshu Dhulia's romantic drama Milan Talkies.^[28][29][30]