Flag bearer of the most reputed and ancient families in Bollywood, Kareena Kapoor made her mark in the film industry, not through her enviable lineage, but because of oodles of talent that she posses and her hard work.
Prithviraj Kapoor, a pioneer of Indian theater and Hindi film industry, is her great grand father. Her grandfather Raj Kapoor is widely considered as Bollywood's original showman. Her parents Babita and Randhir Kapoor were both actors so was her grand father's brothers Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor and her uncles Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. Her sister Karisma Kapoor was one of the most successful actresses of the 90's.
Beboo, as she is fondly called, has a reputation of being a spontaneous actress. Just before the shots, she would be seen fooling around but once the camera is switched on, she transforms to the mood of the character so fast that she has surprising and won accolades from all of her co-stars and directors she has worked with.
Kareena is known for speaking her mind without thinking about its consequences and was misconceived as being arrogant, during her initial stages. For cheap publicity, some actresses would make some crude remarks about her, knowing that she would retort, but with age, she has wised-up.
Kareena's schooling was at Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai and then she went to Welham Girl's Boarding School, Dehradun and later Harvard summer school, for a short-term course in microcomputers and information technology. She then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate, after completing one year there, she realized that acting is what she want as a career and attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Kareena made an unconventional and rather bold debut along with Abishek Bachachan in J.P Dutta's Refugee (2000). Her performance got her rave reviews and filmmakers started queuing up at her door for her dates. But she then had to put up with a bad phase, when some of her much awaited films like 'Ashoka' and 'Yaadein' didn't do well but still she had more offers coming her way and producers were ready to give double her market price, realizing her potential. Such reaction from producer's part was unheard of in Bollywood, where usually actress of a flop film is sidelined.
Even though she was not the heroine in 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham', her performance as 'poo' was widely appreciated and the film also did well in box office. Then came 'Chameli', in which she played a prostitute. It fetched her lot of critical acclaim and she didn't had to look back after that. 'Aitraaz' and 'Hulchul' followed which were also successful. Critics as well as the audiences were taken aback by her acting prowess in 'Omkara', and her special dance appearance in 'Don' was also appreciated. She has a lot of prestigious projects coming up like Milenge Milenge with Shahid Kapoor, Bajirao Mastani with Salman Khan, Kismat Talkies with Hrithik Roshan, Lajjo with Aamir Khan directed by Mani Ratnam and Yash Raj's next film.
Kareena is currently dating Shahid Kapoor. A huge controversy erupted when a news channel released a video clipping of her kissing her boyfriend Shahid.
Kareena Kapoor has been an ardent fan of Mani Ratnam and she claims to have seen all of Mani Ratnams films and have watched "Roja" and "Bombay" many times. Couple of years ago she got a chance to work with him in "Yuva". B..
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Kareena Kapoor has one of the best bodies in Bollywood. Besides exercising to keep her body firm and fit, she is experimenting with Yoga as well. She is all set to shoot for Yash Chopra's film 'Tashan', alongside Saif Ali Khan this month. Since the fi..
Apart from a couple of emergencies, Kareena Kapoor has always worked with costume designer Manish Malhotra. But now she has decided to switch to new designer. Not that they have any differences, Manish even did the designs for her costumes in recent i..
Kareena Kapoor's last film with Yashraj was 'Mujhse Dosti Karoge', almost 5 years back. Then there where some rumours that they had a fallout and Yashraj would never work with her again. But all that is history now, Kareena, who hasn't signed any film..
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Kareena Kapoor has done an item number in the new film 'Kya Love Story Hai'. The track is being edited and will go on air next week. Meanwhile, Tusshar Kapoor the hero of the film watched it and was bowled over by her performance in the track 'It's Ro..
There was a speculation going round that Kareena Kapoor is not doing Zoya Akhtar's 'Kismet Talkies' with Hrithik Roshan. But we can be rest assured now—she has denied the rumor. "I'm definitely doing Kismet Talkies," said Kareena in a recent ..
After receiving rave reviews for her performance in Omkara and getting awards for her role in the film more performance oriented roles seems to coming her way. ..