Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor

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Kareena Kapoor Profile

  • Name:
  • Kareena Kapoor
  • Born:
  • September 21, 1980
  • Father:
  • Randhir Kapoor
  • Mother:
  • Babita Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor Biography

Kareena Kapoor is an Indian Bollywood film actress who is referred to as Bebo. She belongs to the family of actors and received Filmfare Awards six times. Her works include romantic dramas to comedies. She was born on 21st September 1980. Her parents are Randhir Kapoor and Babita. She has one elder sister Karishma. All are actors and actresses. Her debut film was Refugee.

She is the granddaughter of actor Raj Kapoor and neice of actor Rishi Kapoor. As her father did not like ladies entering cinema industry, her mother left him with her children and lived alone. She was raised in Lokhandwala and attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then continued at Welham Girls Boarding School at Dehradun. She studied commerce at Mithibai College. After finishing summer course in microcomputers at Harvard University in the United States, she enrolled at the Government Law College in Churchgate.

Her performance in the film Refugee won her Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Then she acted in Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai in 2001. Some other films that she acted are Asoka, Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham, Mujse Dosti Karoge, Jeena Sirf Merre Liye, Khushi, Chameli, Yuva, Dev, Fida, Hulchul, Omkara, Jab We Met, Halla Bol, Golmaal Returns, 3 Idiots, Milenge Milenge, We Are Family, Kurbaan, Billu, Luck by Chance, etc.

She has traveled to many parts of the world and took part in several stage shows. She also involved in various humanitarian activities and raised money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. She won 25, 00,000 rupees from Kaun Banega Crorepati and donated this to St. Anthony’s Old age Home. She adopted the village of Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh to provide them with electricity.

She was dating with Shahid Kapoor and this broke off after sometime and then she started her relationship with Saif Ali Khan. She was one of the popular icons of India described as the India’s Most Beautiful Woman by People in 2010. 

 

In 2016, Kapoor took on a starring role opposite Arjun Kapoor in Ki & Ka, a romantic comedy about gender stereotypes from the writer-director R. Balki. In September 2017, Kapoor commenced filming for Shashanka Ghosh's Veere Di Wedding, a romantic comedy co-starring Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskarand Shikha Talsania.

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Updated: September 14, 2017

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