Kareena Kapoor, nicknamed "Bebo" is a Four Time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She was born on September 21, 1980[1] in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and is currently one of the top and most popular actresses in the industry.[2] Since making her debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, she has acted in nearly 30 films in a span of six years. Despite not having that many hits to her credits, Kareena is regarded as one of the most versatile actresses from her generation[3] and is currently one of the biggest names in Bollywood.[4]Contents[hide]
1 Family background
2 Early life
3 Career
4 Personal life
5 Contributions
6 Controversies
7 Awards and nominations
7.1 Filmfare Awards
7.2 Star Screen Awards
7.3 Zee Cine Awards
7.4 International Indian Film Academy Awards
7.5 Stardust Awards
7.6 Global Indian Film Awards
7.7 Sansui Awards
7.8 Bollywood Awards
7.9 Anandalok Awards
7.10 Sports World Awards
7.11 Other Awards
7.12 National Honors
8 Facts
9 Trivia
10 Filmography
10.1 Films
10.2 Playback singing
10.3 Television appearances
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
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Family background
Main article: Kapoor Family
Kareena Kapoor comes from an old and influential film family. Her grandfather was Raj Kapoor; her great grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor. She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, who had divorced when she was still young. Rishi Kapoor is one of her uncles. Her sister, Karisma Kapoor, is also an actress. Other living relatives include maternal aunt Sadhana, and cousins Shivani Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda.Kareena Kapoor je please contict me by this ID khalid.isz@gmail.com
Early life
Kareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then went to Welham Girl's Boarding School in Dehradun. She then went to Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and information technology for three months.[5]
Set on pursuing an acting career, she then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate to become a lawyer. After completing one year there, she went back to her initial plan of joining the film industry,[6] where she attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.[7]
Career
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming.[8]
She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s Refugee in 2000 with Abhishek Bachchan and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl.[9] The role earned her an award for Filmfare Award for Best Debut (Female). In 2001, films like Ajnabee and Asoka followed for her which did indifferent business at the box office. Her breakthrough performance of a princess in the latter was acclaimed and earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. However, the success of her films Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham established her as one of the industry's most bankable stars and put her on Bollywood's A-list.[10]
Kapoor was in great demand after these successes and signed many new movies but none became the wild success of which producers dreamt off. Then the critical success of the 2004 film Chameli, where she played the role of a prostitute made critics take notice of her once again.[11] Her performance in the film earned her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. In the same year, she also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her work in the film Dev.[12] Her other films in 2004 included the moderately successful Aitraaz and the semi-hit Hulchul.[13]
36 China Town was Kareena's first release in 2006 followed by Chup Chup Ke. Both films managed to do moderately well at the box office.[14] Her performance as Desdemona in the Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, Omkara was praised from audiences as well as the critics[15] earning her a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance and a Star Screen Award for Best Actress. Her performance in the film also landed her various nominations in the best actress category including the Filmfare Awards. Her latest release, Don - The Chase Begins Again has done extremely well at the box office.[16] She won favorable reviews both for her acting and her dancing in her item number.[17]
Kapoor has joined several touring stage shows throughout the years. Her latest tour, the Rockstars Concert of May 2006, in which she performed alongside Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor, Esha Deol and Mallika Sherawat turned out to be a huge succcess overseas
Personal life
Kareena is currently dating Shahid Kapoor, the son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor.[19] Gossip columnists have linked her to a number of her co-stars, but she has strongly denied all these rumors.[20]
Kapoor is also known to be extremely fond of her niece Samaira.[21]
She also recently declared that she would turn vegetarian to keep her weight in check.[22]
Contributions
In 2005, along with Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee, Kareena performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of Tsunami.[23]
She also performed at the "Marco Ricci Each One Reach One Benefit Concert", a fundraiser for the World Youth Peace Summit.[24]
Controversies
In 2005, Kareena was in the news when onlookers with mobile phone cameras filmed her kissing her boyfriend Shahid Kapoor and released it to the news.[25]
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
2001: Filmfare Best Debut Award, Refugee
2002: Best Actress, Asoka
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2004: Special Performance, Chameli
2005: Critics Award Best Performance, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara[26]
2007: Critics Award Best Performance, Omkara[27]
She has received two nominations for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards. The actress has also won the Critics Award for Best Actress two times respectively.
Star Screen Awards
2001: Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Refugee
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2002: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham[28]
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2005: Best Supporting Actress, Yuva
2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor, Fida
2007: Best Actress, Omkara[29]
Zee Cine Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2001: Lux Face of the Year, Refugee
2002: Queen of Hearts
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Dev
2007: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Omkara[30]
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2003: Best Supporting Actress, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
2004: Style Diva of the Year
2005: Best Actress, Aitraaz
Stardust Awards
2004: Special Jury Award, Chameli
2005: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Dev
2006: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Kyon Ki
2007: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Omkara[31]
2007: Editor's Choice Best Performance of the Year, Omkara[32]
Global Indian Film Awards
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2006: Best Actress, Omkara[33]
Sansui Awards
2001: Best Debutante - Female, Refugee
2004: Best Actress (Jury), Chameli
2004: Best Actress, Chameli
Bollywood Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2004: Best Actress Critics, Chameli
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Anandalok Awards
2004: Best Actress, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Sports World Awards
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Sports World "Jodi of the Year" along with Ajay Devgan, Omkara
Other Awards
2004: Bollywood Fashion Awards: Celebrity Style (Female)
2006: Tuscan Verve Zoom Glam Awards: Most Glamorous Actor (Female) of the Year[34]
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming.[8]
She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s Refugee in 2000 with Abhishek Bachchan and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl.[9] The role earned her an award for Filmfare Award for Best Debut (Female). In 2001, films like Ajnabee and Asoka followed for her which did indifferent business at the box office. Her breakthrough performance of a princess in the latter was acclaimed and earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. However, the success of her films Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham established her as one of the industry's most bankable stars and put her on Bollywood's A-list.[10]
Kapoor was in great demand after these successes and signed many new movies but none became the wild success of which producers dreamt off. Then the critical success of the 2004 film Chameli, where she played the role of a prostitute made critics take notice of her once again.[11] Her performance in the film earned her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. In the same year, she also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her work in the film Dev.[12] Her other films in 2004 included the moderately successful Aitraaz and the semi-hit Hulchul.[13]
36 China Town was Kareena's first release in 2006 followed by Chup Chup Ke. Both films managed to do moderately well at the box office.[14] Her performance as Desdemona in the Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, Omkara was praised from audiences as well as the critics[15] earning her a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance and a Star Screen Award for Best Actress. Her performance in the film also landed her various nominations in the best actress category including the Filmfare Awards. Her latest release, Don - The Chase Begins Again has done extremely well at the box office.[16] She won favorable reviews both for her acting and her dancing in her item number.[17]
Kapoor has joined several touring stage shows throughout the years. Her latest tour, the Rockstars Concert of May 2006, in which she performed alongside Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor, Esha Deol and Mallika Sherawat turned out to be a huge succcess overseas
Personal life
Kareena is currently dating Shahid Kapoor, the son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor.[19] Gossip columnists have linked her to a number of her co-stars, but she has strongly denied all these rumors.[20]
Kapoor is also known to be extremely fond of her niece Samaira.[21]
She also recently declared that she would turn vegetarian to keep her weight in check.[22]
Contributions
In 2005, along with Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee, Kareena performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of Tsunami.[23]
She also performed at the "Marco Ricci Each One Reach One Benefit Concert", a fundraiser for the World Youth Peace Summit.[24]
ControversiesIn 2005, Kareena was in the news when onlookers with mobile phone cameras filmed her kissing her boyfriend Shahid Kapoor and released it to the news.[25]
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
2001: Filmfare Best Debut Award, Refugee
2002: Best Actress, Asoka
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2004: Special Performance, Chameli
2005: Critics Award Best Performance, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara[26]
2007: Critics Award Best Performance, Omkara[27]
She has received two nominations for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards. The actress has also won the Critics Award for Best Actress two times respectively.
Star Screen Awards
2001: Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Refugee
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2002: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham[28]
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2005: Best Supporting Actress, Yuva
2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor, Fida
2007: Best Actress, Omkara[29]
Zee Cine Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2001: Lux Face of the Year, Refugee
2002: Queen of Hearts
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Dev
2007: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Omkara[30]
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2002: Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2003: Best Supporting Actress, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
2004: Style Diva of the Year
2005: Best Actress, Aitraaz
Stardust Awards
2004: Special Jury Award, Chameli
2005: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Dev
2006: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Kyon Ki
2007: Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Omkara[31]
2007: Editor's Choice Best Performance of the Year, Omkara[32]
Global Indian Film Awards
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2006: Best Actress, Omkara[33]
Sansui Awards
2001: Best Debutante - Female, Refugee
2004: Best Actress (Jury), Chameli
2004: Best Actress, Chameli
Bollywood Awards
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2004: Best Actress Critics, Chameli
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Anandalok Awards
2004: Best Actress, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Sports World Awards
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Sports World "Jodi of the Year" along with Ajay Devgan, Omkara
Other Awards
2004: Bollywood Fashion Awards: Celebrity Style (Female)
2006: Tuscan Verve Zoom Glam Awards: Most Glamorous Actor (Female) of the Year[34]
National Honors
2005: Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award[35]
2005: Indian Diva 2005[36]
2005: Society Interior Awards: Achievement in Cinema
2006: Smita Patil Memorial Award (For outstanding contribution to Indian film industry)[37]
Facts
Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina.[38]
She remains to be one of the top and highest paid actresses.[39]
From 2003-2005, Kareena was ranked #4 on the list of Filmfare's Top Actresses. The 2006 Filmfare issue had her ranked #6.
Kapoor turned into a vegetarian with the influence of Shahid Kapoor.
Many of her films have done better at the overseas box office (the U.K., Canada, and the U.S.)[40] than they did in the Indian domestic market.[41]
Kareena was invited to Pakistan's prestigious Kara Film Festival[42] and the Cannes Film Festival to promote her film, Omkara as a Bollywood entry. Due to her being busy with the Rockstars world tour, she opted not to go to the latter.[43]
She 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.[44]
Trivia
Kapoor sang solo in the song "Jab Nahin Aye The Tum", for the movie Dev. This is unusual; most songs are sung by playback singers.
Her good friends in the industry include actresses Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra and Amrita Arora and director/producer Karan Johar.
A recent cricket tournament was named after her by one of her ardent fans.[45]
A special collection of Citizen watches were named after her.[46]
The actress has worked five times with Akshay Kumar, four times with Hrithik Roshan, and three times with Shahid Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, and Priyanka Chopra.
2005: Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award[35]
2005: Indian Diva 2005[36]
2005: Society Interior Awards: Achievement in Cinema
2006: Smita Patil Memorial Award (For outstanding contribution to Indian film industry)[37]
Facts
Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina.[38]
She remains to be one of the top and highest paid actresses.[39]
From 2003-2005, Kareena was ranked #4 on the list of Filmfare's Top Actresses. The 2006 Filmfare issue had her ranked #6.
Kapoor turned into a vegetarian with the influence of Shahid Kapoor.
Many of her films have done better at the overseas box office (the U.K., Canada, and the U.S.)[40] than they did in the Indian domestic market.[41]
Kareena was invited to Pakistan's prestigious Kara Film Festival[42] and the Cannes Film Festival to promote her film, Omkara as a Bollywood entry. Due to her being busy with the Rockstars world tour, she opted not to go to the latter.[43]
She 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.[44]
Trivia
Kapoor sang solo in the song "Jab Nahin Aye The Tum", for the movie Dev. This is unusual; most songs are sung by playback singers.
Her good friends in the industry include actresses Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra and Amrita Arora and director/producer Karan Johar.
A recent cricket tournament was named after her by one of her ardent fans.[45]
A special collection of Citizen watches were named after her.[46]
The actress has worked five times with Akshay Kumar, four times with Hrithik Roshan, and three times with Shahid Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, and Priyanka Chopra.
