DOB: 21/09/1980
Recent News:
Following in the footsteps of Shah Rukh Khan and Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor and beau Saif Ali Khan will shoot a PepsiCo's snacks commercial with cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. (Dec 5, 2008) Kareena is the new face of PepsiCo Snack Foods' Kurkure. Juhi Chawala, who has been the brand ambassador for the last five years, will continue with her designation. (Dec 1) Boyfriend Saif gifted Kareena a light blue diamond ring in late January.
Known For:
Refugee (2000), Asoka (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Chameli (2004), Dev (2004), Omkara (2006), Jab We Met (2007)
Awards:
Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for Refugee (2000) Filmfare Special Performance Award for Chameli (2004) Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Dev (2004) Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Omkara (2006)
Notes:
Hailing from the famous Kapoor film family of Punjabi origin, Kareena is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, granddaughter of legendary actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor and the great granddaughter of Prithviraj Kapoor. She is the sister of popular actress Karisma Kapoor, the niece of well-known actor, Rishi Kapoor and cousin of actor Randhir Kapoor. Due to irreconcilable differences between her parents her mother separated from her father and moved out of the house with the two daughters and raised them single handidly. Fondly called Bebo, Kareena did her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai, and later Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun. After studying commerce at Mithibai College, Vile Parle for two years, she took a three-month summer course in microcomputers at Harvard. She developed an interest in law, thus enrolled at the Government's Law College in Churchgate. After completing one year there, she returned to her initial plan to become an actor, and began training under Kishor Namit Kapoor, the founder of Kapoor Acting Lab. Her debut film was JP Dutta's Refugee (2000) opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Kapoor was ranked fourth on Filmfare's "Top Actresses" list for three consecutive years (2003-2005) and sixth later on (2006). During 2006-2007, she was the only actress to be featured among The highest tax payers of the year. In October 2007, Kapoor featured in the list of Femina's 50 Most Beautiful Women The winner of PETA's 2007 Cutest Vegetarian Celebrities online poll with actor R. Madhavan She was ranked number 8 by the U.K. magazine, Eastern Eye, as one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" in November 2007. Kareena dated actor Shahid Kapoor, the son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor between 2004 and 2007. While dating, their relationship was widely reported in the media, and was once in the center of a scandal when onlookers with mobile phone cameras filmed them kissing and released it to the news. The couple separated during the filming of their hit film Jab We Met (2007). In September 2007 rumors about Saif and Kareena seeing each other started floating around. On October 18, 2007, during Manish Malhotra's grand finale show at the Lakme Fashion Week, Khan confirmed their relationship to the media saying, "Yes, we are not exactly shouting from the rooftops but yes, clearly we are together. And we are happy together!"
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