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Kareena Kapoor (Devanagari:करीना कपूर), nicknamed "Bebo" is a Filmfare Award-winning Indian popular actress who appears in Bollywood movies.[1] She was born on September 21, 1980 [2] in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Since making her debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, she has acted in nearly 30 films in a span of six years. Today she is emerged as one of the top and most versatile actresses from the industry.[3]

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 Bollywood Awards
7.8 Sansui Awards
7.9 Anandalok Awards
7.10 BBC Film Café Awards
7.11 Sports World Awards
7.12 National Honors
7.13 Other Awards
8 Trivia
9 Filmography
9.1 Films
9.2 Playback singing
9.3 Television appearances
10 See also
11 References [edit] 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.

[edit] 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.[4]
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,[5] where she attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.[6]

[edit] Career
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
Kapoor was in great demand after these successes and signed many new movies but none became the wild success of which producers dreamt of. 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.[10] 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.[11] Her other films in 2004 included the moderately successful Aitraaz and the semi-hit Hulchul.[12]
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.[13] Her performance as Desdemona in the Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, Omkara was praised from audiences as well as the critics[14] 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.[15] She won favorable reviews both for her acting and her dancing in her item number.[16]
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 success overseas.[17]

[edit] Personal life
Kareena is currently dating Shahid Kapoor, the son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor.[18] Gossip columnists have linked her to a number of her co-stars, but she has strongly denied all these rumors.[19]
Kapoor is also known to be extremely fond of her niece Samaira.[20]
She also recently declared that she would turn vegetarian to keep her weight in check.[21]

[edit] 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.[22]
She also performed at the "Marco Ricci Each One Reach One Benefit Concert", a fundraiser for the World Youth Peace Summit.[23]

[edit] 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.[24]

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Filmfare Awards
Winner
2001: Filmfare Best Debut Award, Refugee
2004: Filmfare Special Performance Award, Chameli
2005: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Dev
2007: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Omkara [25]
Nominated
2002: Filmfare Best Actress Award, Asoka
2002: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2007: Filmfare Best Actress Award, Omkara [26]
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.

[edit] Star Screen Awards
Winner
2007: Star Screen Award Best Actress, Omkara [27]
Nominated
2001: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Refugee
2002: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2002: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham [28]
2005: Star Screen Award Best Actress, Dev
2005: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress, Yuva
2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor, Fida

[edit] Zee Cine Awards
Winner
2001: Lux Face of the Year, Refugee
2002: Zee Cine Award Queen of Hearts
Nominated
2001: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Refugee
2005: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Dev
2007: Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Omkara [29]

[edit] International Indian Film Academy Awards
Winner
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2004: IIFA Style Diva of the Year Award
Nominated
2002: IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2003: IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
2005: IIFA Best Actress Award, Aitraaz

[edit] Stardust Awards
Winner
2004: Special Jury Award, Chameli
2007: Editor's Choice Best Performance of the Year, Omkara [30]
Nominated
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]

[edit] Global Indian Film Awards
Nominated
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2006: Best Actress, Omkara [32]

[edit] Bollywood Awards
Winner
2001: Best Female Debut, Refugee
2004: Best Actress Critics, Chameli
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Nominated
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara

[edit] Sansui Awards
Winner
2001: Best Debutante - Female, Refugee
2004: Best Actress (Jury), Chameli
Nominated
2004: Best Actress, Chameli

[edit] Anandalok Awards
Winner
2004: Best Actress, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Best Actress Critics, Omkara
Nominated
2005: Best Actress, Dev

[edit] BBC Film Café Awards
Nominated
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara [33]

[edit] Sports World Awards
Nominated
2005: Best Actress, Dev
2007: Best Actress, Omkara
2007: Sports World "Jodi of the Year" along with Ajay Devgan, Omkara

[edit] National Honors
2005: Society Interior Awards: Achievement in Cinema
2005: Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award[34]
2005: Indian Diva 2005[35]
2006: Smita Patil Memorial Award (For outstanding contribution to Indian film industry)[36]

[edit] Other Awards
2004: Bollywood Fashion Awards: Celebrity Style (Female)
2006: Tuscan Verve Zoom Glam Awards: Most Glamorous Actor (Female) of the Year[37]

[edit] Trivia
Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina.[38]
Despite not having that many hits to her credit, 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]
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.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films
Year
Film
Role
Other notes
2008
Yash Raj Production's Animated Film
Voice over for first animated film[47]
2008
Lajjo
Lajjo
Starts shooting in October 2007[48]
2008
Tashan
Starts shooting in April 2007[49]
2007
Kismat Talkies
Starts shooting in March 2007[50]
2007
Imtiaz Ali's Next Project
Starts shooting in March 2007[51]
2007
Milenge Milenge
Post-production
2007
Kya Love Story Hai
Special Appearance "Item Number"[52]
2006
Don - The Chase Begins Again
Kamini
Cameo, also screened at the Berlin Film Festival [53]
2006
Omkara
Dolly Mishra
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance & Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award. Screened at Cairo International Film Festival & Pakistan's prestigious Kara Film Festival. A 10 minute preview of the film was showcased during Cannes Film Festival
2006
Chup Chup Ke
Shruti
2006
36 China Town
Priya
2005
Dosti: Friends Forever
Anjali
2005
Kyon Ki
Dr. Tanvi Khurana
2005
Bewafaa
Anjali
2004
Hulchul
Anjali
2004
Aitraaz
Priya Malhotra
2004
Fida
Neha Mehra
First negative role
2004
Dev
Aaliya
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance
2004
Yuva
Mira
2004
Chameli
Chameli
Winner, Filmfare Special Performance Award
2003
LOC Kargil
Simran
2003
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Sanjana
2003
Khushi
Khushi Singh (Lali)
2003
Talaash: The Hunt Begins...
Tina
2002
Jeena Sirf Merre Liye
Pooja/Pinky
2002
Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
Tina Kapoor
2001
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Pooja "Poo" Sharma Raichand
Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. 1st Bollywood feature to see a theatrical release in Germany
2001
Asoka
Kaurwaki
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2001
Ajnabee
Priya Malhotra
2001
Yaadein
Isha Singh Puri
2001
Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai
Pooja Saxena
2000
Refugee
Naaz
Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award

[edit] Playback singing
Year
Film
Song
Other notes
2004
Fida
Aaja Ve Mahi
Voice Over
2004
Dev
Jab Nahin Aaye The Tum
Singer
2003
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Papa Ki Pari
Voice over
2001
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Deewana Hai Dekho
Voice over
2001
Ajnabee
Haan Tumhe
Voice over
2000
Refugee
Raat Ki Hatheli Par
Voice over
2000
Refugee
Panchi Nadiya Pawan
Voice over

[edit] Television appearances

kareena beauty queen