Kareena Kapoor

Name : Kareena Kapoor
Pet Name : Bebo
Date of Birth : 21 September, 1980
Place of Birth : Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height : 5’ 5
Education : Studying Law
Nationality : Indian
Profession : actor
Star Sign: Virgo
Favorite Films: Awaara, Sangam,Bobby, Kal Aaj Aur Kal.
Favorite Car: Mitsubishi Lancer
Favorite Hobby: Horse-riding and cooking
Favourite Designer: Gianni Versace and Manish Malhotra
Leisure Activities: Reading, swimming, eating and making friends
Hate: Liars and Hypocrites
Love: Frankness and Honesty
Address:
2-B/110 Excellency, 4th Cross Road, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 061, INDIA

Karishma Kapoor born on 25th June 1974 into Bombay filmdom’s legendary Kapoor family. Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor’s clan to have green eyes.She made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and 1997 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No.1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). In Fiza (2000), she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996). Karishma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category. She was offered Rani Mukherjee’s role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002). Four months after her engagement news of their split came. Then she finally married with Sanjay kapur, a famous industrialist.Making her acting debut with Refugee (2000), for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, Kapoor had her first commercial success with her second release, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001).Her performance as a cosmetic beauty in Karan Johar’s drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, which also released that year, was praised and the film turned out to be her biggest commercial success to date. Following this, Kapoor went on to star in several films which were unsuccessful at the box office, and encountered several negative reviews and criticisms for becoming typecast. Trying to reinvent her image, she took on more serious characters and diverse roles, and was soon recognized for her versatility as an actress.Her portrayal of a sex-worker in Chameli (2004) proved to be the turning point in her career and won her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. She was noted for her performances in critically acclaimed films like Dev (2004) and Omkara (2006), and earned two Critics Award for Best Actress at the Filmfare. Despite not having that many hits to her credit, Kapoor has established herself as one of the leading actresses of Bollywood.Yet another Kapoor girl to have made a splash in the Hindi films industry, Kareena Kapoor had the privilege of debuting with Amitabh Bachchan’s son, Abhishekh Bachchan.Although J P Dutta failed to create Border’s magic in Refugee, Kareena shimmered as a talented actress. She was a natural, without heavy make-up, without too many takes. In fact, Refugee doesn’t look like her debut film at all.

Fact
* Younger sister of Karisma Kapoor.
* Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor and her great grandfather is Prithviraj Kapoor.
* She is the second daughter of actress Babita, and actor Randhir Kapoor.
* They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in movies.
* She is a very good cook and she can cook everything, Indian, Chinese, cakes, pastries, everything.
* She loves eating and she is out every single day for dinner.
* She likes Thai food and her favourite place to have it is at Thai Pavilion at the President
* Her debut film was Refugee.
* She was the recipient of the Award for Best Debutant for her role in Refugee.
* Loves horseback riding and cooking.
* Currently studying law.
* Turned down a role in Bride and Prejudice (2004) based on Jane AAusten’s classic - Pride and Prejudice, co-starring ex-Miss-World and popular actor Aishwarya Rai.
* Trade marks : Her lips.
* Very recently filed a legal case against a reputed film journal for publishing pics of some close kissing-moments with actor Shahid Kapoor at a Mumbai night club, which she claims was false and got-up.

Filmography (2004-now)
Tashan (April 2008) (Under Production)
Halla Bol (January 11, 2008) (Post-Production) ...... As Part Of Screen Footage From The Film Omkara
Lajjo (2008)
Soham - Karan Johar’S Next Project (2008)
Golmaal Returns (2008) (Under Production)
Kambakth Ishq (2008) (Announced)
Kismat Talkies (2008) (Under Production)
Roadside Romeo (2008) (Under Production) ...... Voiceover Of A Dog
Jab We Met (October 26, 2007) (Released) ...... Geeta
Kya Love Story Hai (April 20, 2007) (Released) ...... In An Item Song
Don - The Chase Begins Again (October 20, 2006) (Released) ...... Kamini
Omkara (July 28, 2006) (Released) ...... Dolly (Desdemona)
Chup Chup Ke (June 9, 2006) (Released) ...... Shruti
36 China Town (May 5, 2006) (Released) ...... Priya
Dosti - Friends Forever (December 23, 2005) (Released) ...... Anjali
Kyon Ki (November 2, 2005) (Released) ...... Dr. Tanvi Khurana
Bewafaa (February 25, 2005) (Released) ...... Anjali Sahai
Hulchul (November 26, 2004) (Released) ...... Anjali
Aitraaz (November 12, 2004) (Released) ...... Priya Saxena/Malhotra
Fida (August 20, 2004) (Released) ...... Neha Verma
Dev (June 11, 2004) (Released) ...... Aaliya
Yuva (May 21, 2004) (Released) ...... Mira
Chameli (January 9, 2004) (Released) ...... Chameli
Milenge Milenge (2004)

Awards
2005: Special Performance Award for film "Chameli"
2005: Critics Award Best Performance Award for film "Dev"
2000: Best Debut Award or film "Refugee"
Zee Cine Awards for Kareena Kapoor
2005: Winner, Best Actress for film "Dev"
2001: Winner, Queen of Hearts
2004: Style Award for Diva of the Year
2000: Best Female Debut Awaed for film "Refugee"
2005: Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award and Indian Diva Award
2003: Anandlok "Best Actress" Award for film "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon", Sansui Award, Best Actress(Jury), film Chameli, Stardust Award, Special Jury Award, film Chameli, Bollywood Award, Best Actress Critics, film Chameli.
2000: Bollywood Awards, Best Female Debut for film Refugee and Sansui Awards Best Debutante for film Refugee.