Biography - Kareena Kapoor

Introduction

Besides the fact that she belongs to the first film family of the Indian film industry she is one that has carved a niche for herself and how! With a blood line like the Kapoors how could one possibly go wrong? Kareena also popularly known as Bebo amongst her close ones has beyond a doubt proven her metal as an actor. Predecessor and elder sister Karisma was one of the most popular actors of the 90s and now Kareena seems to be ruling the roost.

 
Family Tree

Her great grand father Prithvi Raj Kapoor started this legacy which was later followed by Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor’s cinema was such that it could put life into a stone and touch hearts in a way that very few could. Her parents Randhir Kapoor and Babita were both actors just like her grandfather’s brothers Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor and her uncles Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor.

 
Learning The Ropes

Kareena studied at Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and went to Welham’s girls boarding school Dehradun which was later followed by Harvard Summer School. She also later enrolled herself into the government law college in Mumbai but she later decided to become an actor for which she left law after a year. She learnt acting from Kishore Namit’s acting school.

 
USP

Kareena has always been known to be a spontaneous actor. It is believed that she could be fooling around on the sets just before her shot but once the camera starts rolling she gets into character immediately. Kareena had a reputation of speaking her mind regardless if it was offensive to anyone due to which some actors used to make digs at her to gain publicity as she would retort to them. But with experience Kareena has now smartened up.

 
Launchpad

Kareena Kapoor was supposed to star opposite Hrithik Roshan in his debut film Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, but due to some issues she opted out of the film and was launched in J.P.Dutta’s Refugee opposite Abhishek Bachchan in the year 2000. Like a lot of other actors she too went through a phase where her films were flopping in a row with films like ‘Asoka’ and ‘Yaadein’ but that was just a phase as she bounced back and how as today she is the highest paid female lead actor in the film industry.
 

With Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ Kareena had another hit to her credit. Even though she wasn’t the lead heroine her character as Poo was widely appreciated. ‘Chameli’ later followed in which she played a prostitute. After that film there was no looking back for her. ‘Aitraaz’ and ‘Hulchul’ only established her foothold further in the industry as both films were big hits. Then came the icing on the cake ‘Omkara’, where the audiences were bowled over by her performance and most recently one of the biggest hits of the year ‘Jab We Met’ opposite Shahid Kapoor got her awards too. She has yet another film to be released with Shahid Kapoor but its been on hold for over 2 years now titled ‘Milenge Milenge’. Kareena is currently dating Saif Ali Khan.