Younger sister
of Karisma Kapoor
Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor, great-granddaughter of Prithviraj
Kapoor and great-great-granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath
Kapoor
She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor
Randhir Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family
girls acting in movies.
Loves horseback riding and cooking
Turned down a role in "Bride and Prejudice (2004)" .
Did not attend her cousin's (Riddhima Kapoor) wedding with
Bharat Sawhney that took place in Bombay on Wednesday January
25, 2006. Also absent was her sister, Karisma, and mom, Babita.
Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj
Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi & Shashi), her mother (Babita),
her father (Randhir) and his two brothers (Rishi & Rajiv) have
all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Karisma)
have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the
family.
Listed as number 6 of 'Top Bollywood Actresses' of 2006. (rediff.com,
8-25- 2006)
She befriended Konkona Sen Sharma on the sets of 2006 movie
Omkara.
Good friends with actress Esha Deol.
Kapoor sang solo in the song "Jab Nahin Aye The Tum", for the
movie Dev.
Kareena remains to be one of the top and highest paid actresses.
She recently starred in a video with the likes of Shahrukh Khan,
Priyanka Chopra, and John Abraham as a kick start for the BLUE
BILLION campaign that invited cricket fans all over the world to
cheer for India.
A recent cricket tournament was named after her by one of her
ardent fans.
She was recently invited to Pakistan's prestigious Kara Film
Festival alongside actors like Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, and
Konkona Sen Sharma to represent her film Omkara as a Bollywood
entry.
Many of her films have done better at the overseas box office
(the UK, Canada, and the US) than they did in the Indian
domestic market
.
She maintains close friendships with actresses Priyanka Chopra
and Amrita Arora.
Kareena will be seen lending her voice in Yash Raj Production's
next animated film directed by Jugal Hansraj.
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.