Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor, nicknamed "Bebo" (born
September 21,
1980 in
Mumbai, India) is a
Bollywood actress. She is part of the Kapoor family.
Main article: Kapoor Family
Kareena Kapoor is the daughter of
Randhir Kapoor and
Babita, who divorced when she was still young.
Rishi Kapoor is one of her uncles. Her sister,
Karisma Kapoor, is also an actress. Her other relatives include maternal aunt
Sadhana, and cousins
Shivani Kapoor,
Ranbir Kapoor and
Nikhil Nanda who is currently married to
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda who is the daughter of
Amitabh Bachchan.
Early life
When she was younger she would frequently accompany her sister to film shoots. Though born into a film family, Kareena at first wanted to become a
lawyer. She attended
Jamnabai Narsee School in
Mumbai and then went to Welham Girl's Boarding School in
Dehradun. She returned to Mumbai to attend
Mithibai College where she did her commerce.
She went to
Harvard for summer school and while she was there she took a course in microcomputers and
information technology. Set on pursuing an acting career, she completed her twelth standard and joined the film industry [
1]. She also attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Career
Her first movie was
J. P. Dutta's 2000 film
Refugee opposite
Abhishek Bachchan. Though the film did not do well her performance was praised. She also received her first
Filmfare Award in the Best Debut category. Her first major success in a starring role was in the 2001 film
Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai.
Her other notable roles include "Pooja" in the inter-generational melodrama
Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham (2001), "Kaurwaki" in
Asoka (2001), the title role in
Chameli (2003), in which she plays a prostitute, a manipulative villain in
Fida (2004) and a riot victim in
Dev (2004), for which she won the
Filmfare Critics Award Best Performance.
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Shahid Kapoor (left) with Kareena Kapoor (right) at a movie release press conference for 36 China Town |
* It is said that a passerby with a camera phone filmed
Kareena kissing her boyfriend
Shahid Kapoor at a restaurant named
Rain, located in the
Juhu area of
Mumbai and released the video. However, the source of this video is not yet confirmed. A Mumbai newspaper (
Midday) published stills from the video.
Kareena and
Shahid at first denied that they were in the pictures and the video, but later reversed their statements and complained of an invasion of privacy.
2000:
Winner,
Best Debut for
Refugee2002:
Nomination,
Best Actress for
Asoka &
Nomination,
Best Supporting Actress for
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham2005:
Winner,
Special Performance for
Chameli2005:
Winner,
Critics Award Best Performance for
Dev2000:
Winner, Best Female Debut for
Refugee2002:
Nomination,
Best Supporting Actress for
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham2003:
Nomination,
Best Supporting Actress for
Mujhse Dosti Karoge!2004:
Winner,
Style Diva of the Year2005:
Nomination,
Best Actress for ''
Aitraaz2000:
Nomination,
Most Promising Newcomer - Female for
Refugee2002:
Nomination,
Best Supporting Actress for
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham2005:
Nomination,
Best Actress for
Dev;
Nomination,
Best Supporting Actress for
Yuva and Special Award
nomination under the category
Jodi No. 1 along with
Shahid Kapoor for
Fida2001:
Winner,
Queen of Hearts2005:
Winner,
Best Actress for
DevOther Awards
* 2000, Bollywood Awards, Best Female Debut,
Refugee* 2000, Sansui Awards Best Debutante,
Refugee.
* 2003, Sansui Award, Best Actress(Jury),
Chameli.
* 2003, Stardust Award, Special Jury Award,
Chameli.
* 2003, Bollywood Award, Best Actress Critics,
Chameli* 2003, Anandlok "Best Actress",
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon.
* 2005, Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award.
* 2005, Indian Diva 2005
Films
Playback singing
* Though she debuted in
Refugee, it was the third movie she signed. She first started work on
Ajnabee. She shot for
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai for six days, then walked out of the project. Due to technical diffuculties
Refugee was released before
Ajnabee.
* Kapoor sang for herself on the song "Jab Nahin Ayete Tum", for the movie
Dev. This is unusual; most songs are sung by
playback singers. The song was a pop hit.
*
List of Indian movie actresses*
