Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor Biography

Kareena Kapoor nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning prominent Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Born on September 21, 1980 IN Mumbai, Maharashtra. Making her acting debut with Refugee (2000), for which she won a Filmfare Best 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 melodramatic Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) was praised and the film turned out to be her biggest commercial success so far. After that, Kareena starred in many films without much box office success. She was criticized for doing the same kind of roles in her films. As a result of this, she began taking on more serious and different roles.

Her portrayal of a sex-worker in Sudhir Mishra's Chameli (2004) proved to be the turning point in her career. Her performances in critically acclaimed films like Dev (2004) and Omkara (2006) were praised and fetched her two Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.During her career years, she has appeared in many films, majority of them bringing her critical acclaim rather than commercial success. Despite this, she retains popularity and is regarded as one of the most versatile actresses of the industry.

Born into an old and influential film family of Punjabi origin in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina.Kapoor is the grand-daughter of Raj Kapoor, who acted in and directed many successful movies and is also the great grand-daughter of Prithviraj Kapoor. Kareena was born to actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, who had divorced when she was still young.Her uncle is well-known and popular actor, Rishi Kapoor. Her sister, Karisma Kapoor, is also a popular actress. Other living relatives include maternal aunt Sadhana, and cousins Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda.

Kareena Kapoor Filmography

Untitled Zoya Akhtar Project (2008) (in production)
Kismat Talkies (2007) (in production)
Mr. Mehta & Mrs. Singh (2007) (in production) .... Mrs. Singh
Golmaal Returns (2008) (announced)
Lajjo (2008) (announced) .... Lajjo
Roadside Romeo (2008) (filming) (voice)
Tashan (2008) (filming)
Milenge Milenge (2007) (post-production)
Halla Bol (2007)
Jab We Met (2007)
Don (2006/I) .... Kamini
Omkara (2006) .... Dolly R. Mishra
Chup Chup Ke (2006) .... Shruti
36 China Town (2006) .... Priya

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Zee Cine Awards 2008 left many stars discontented

Zee Cine Awards 2008 left many stars discontented The Zee Cine Awards 2008 function turned out to be a horrific experience for many bollywood stars. Shatrughan Sinha was asked to join the show to give away the award of the Best Actor to Shah Rukh Khan but later he was informed that he was to give [...]

Amrita Arora gets helped by friend Kareena

Amrita Arora gets helped by friend Kareena Kareena Kapoor helped her friend Amrita Arora to get the movie “Kambakht Isque “, the two actress will come onscreen together for the second time in a movie after apeearing together in the comedy “Golmaal Returns�.

Saif’s daughter ridicules Kareena’s heavy make up

Saif’s daughter ridicules Kareena’s heavy make up Kareena said that she will not be getting married for another five years though she has been trying to get friendly to the kids of Saif Ali Khan Recently in an award function the daughter of Saif Ali Khan , Sara Ali Khan ridiculed the actress Kareena Kapoor [...]

Zee Cine Awards 2008

Zee Cine Awards 2008 The Zee Cine Awards function was held on Saturday in ExCel, Docklands, in east London and Shilpa Shetty got the Best Actress Award (in a Supporting Role) whereas Shah Rukh Khan bagged the best actor award in the function in which Rekha performed on stage on songs like “Dil Cheez Kyaa [...]

“Milenge Milenge� ready to be released

“Milenge Milenge� ready to be released The Boney Kapoor movie “Milenge Milenge� will be the second movie after Jab We Met that stars Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor together after their break up. The movie will also be showing romance between the couple. The dubbing part of the movie is left and the making of the [...]

Movie Review: Tashan

Movie Review: Tashan Banner: Yash Raj Films Producer: Aditya Chopra Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya Star Cast :Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Manoj Pahwa,Yashpal Sharma Music Director: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani Background Music: Ranjit Barot Cinematography: Ayananka Bose Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant Action: Peter Hain Art: Sukant Panigrahy Editor: Rameshwar S Bhagat Sound: Rishi Oberoi, Ali Merchant Costume: Aki Narula Story Writer: Vijay Krishna Acharya Spontaneous [...]

Kareena stresses that she is playing actor in “Tashan�

Kareena stresses that she is playing actor in “Tashan� Kareena Kapoor is too hopeful of the Yash Raj Banner movie “Tashan� in which she stressed that she is playing the role of an actor instead of actress because she will be doing action, drama, songs and others acts like the lead actors in the movie. She [...]

Shahid to work opposite Sushmita Sen

Shahid to work opposite Sushmita Sen Not only Kareena but the actor Shahid Kapoor too got praised for his solo movie Jab We Met and he has been signed by many top movie makers with some of the best actresses of bollywood. The tall and dominating actress Sushmita Sen has agreed to work in a movie opposite [...]

Kareena goes Mauja hi Mauja in Femina Miss India

Kareena goes Mauja hi Mauja in Femina Miss India Kareena Kapoor performed in the front of the guest and audiences in the Femina Miss India show on her popular number from the movie Jab We Met, Mauja Hi Mauja . The show was also marked by the performance of Bipasha Basu who danced on the [...]

Movie Preview: Tashan

Movie Preview: Tashan Banner: Yash Raj Films Producer: Aditya Chopra Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya Star Cast: Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Yashpal Sharma Music Director: Vishal Dadlani , Shekhar Ravjiani Cinematography: Ayananka Bose Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant Action: Peter Hain Art: Sukant Panigrahy Editor: Rameshwar S Bhagat Costumes: Aki Narula Story Writer: Vijay Krishna Acharya Tashan is an action movie made [...]

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