Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor (born 21 September 1980) nicknamed "Bebo" is a four-time Filmfare Award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. After making her debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, Kapoor achieved her first commercial success with her second release, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001). Since then she has appeared in many films, majority of them bringing her critical success rather than commercial success. Despite this fact, she has emerged today as one of the top and most versatile actresses from the industry.
Early lifeKareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then went to Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun. She then went to Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and information technology for three months. 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, where she attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.
Kareena had planned to debut in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai but left the project a few days into the filming. She made her debut in J.P. Dutta’s moderately successful Refugee in 2000 with Abhishek Bachchan and won critical acclaim for portraying the role of a Pakistani girl. The role earned her an award for Filmfare Best Debut (Female) and the film went on to become the fifth highest grossing film of that year.
BreakthroughIn 2001, films like Yaadein and Asoka followed for her which did poorly at the box office. However her breakthrough performance of a princess in the latter was acclaimed and earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. Her next release, Ajnabee fared moderately well and became one of the highest grossing films of that year. Success followed for her with films like Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. The former became one of the biggest hits of that year and the latter became the second highest grossing film of 2001. These successes established her as one of the industry's most successful stars.
Kapoor was in great demand after these successes and signed many new movies, but most of them failed to do well. Even much-hyped films like Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003) that came from big banners like Yash Raj Films and Rajshri Productions failed to do well in India, but generated great business overseas. Many critics criticized her for doing the same kind of roles in her films, which resulted to be good, as she came up with different roles in the following years.
Turning Point2004 turned out to be a turning point in Kapoor's career in terms of qualitative performance. The critical success of the 2004 film Chameli, where she played the role of a prostitute made critics take notice of her once again[18] and earned her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. She also gained critical acclaim for her de-glamorized role in the critically acclaimed Dev, for which she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance and her first negative role in Fida. Her other films in 2004 included the moderately successful Aitraaz and the semi-hit Hulchul.
In 2005, she followed through with moderately successful films like Bewafaa and Dosti: Friends Forever. Her performance as a young woman who is forced to marry her sister's husband in the former was well received by critics.
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. Her performance as Desdemona in the Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, Omkara was praised from audiences as well as the critics, 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. In the same year, she also won favorable reviews for her item number in the hit movie Don - The Chase Begins Again,

Personal lifeBorn into an old and influential film family of Punjabi origin in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Kareena's name was inspired by the book, Anna Karenina. Kapoor is the grand-daughter of Raj Kapoor, who acted in and directed many successful movies and is also the great grand-daughter of Prithviraj Kapoor. Kareena was born to actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, who had divorced when she was still young. Her uncle is well-known and popular actor, Rishi Kapoor. Her sister, Karisma Kapoor, is also a popular actress. Other living relatives include maternal aunt Sadhana, and cousins Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda.
Kareena is currently dating actor Shahid Kapoor, the son of veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor. Gossip columnists have linked her to a number of her co-stars, but she has strongly denied all these rumors.
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.
Filmography
Films

2000 Refugee Naaz Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award

2001 Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai Pooja Saxena

Yaadein Isha Singh Puri

Ajnabee Priya Malhotra

Asoka Kaurwaki Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Pooja "Poo" Sharma Raichand Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award

2002 Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Tina Kapoor Jeena

Sirf Merre Liye Pooja/Pinky

2003 Talaash: The Hunt Begins... Tina Khushi Khushi Singh (Lali)

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon Sanjana

LOC Kargil Simran

2004 Chameli Chameli Winner, Filmfare Special Performance Award

Yuva Mira Screened at the Venice Film Festival

Dev Aaliya Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance

Fida Neha Mehra First villain role

Aitraaz Priya Malhotra

Hulchul Anjali

2005 Bewafaa Anjali

Kyon Ki Dr. Tanvi Khurana

Dosti: Friends Forever Anjali

2006 36 China Town Priya

Chup Chup Ke Shruti

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

Don - The Chase Begins Again Kamini Cameo. Also screened at the Berlin Film Festival

2007 Kya Love Story Hai Special Appearance Item number

Halla Bol Special Appearance Releasing on September 7, 2007