Kareena Kapoor

Date of Birth : 21 Sep 1980

Place of Birth : Bombay, India

Biography :

Kareena Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Her career commenced with J.P. Dutta's moderately successful Refugee (2000) opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Starting off her year successfully in 2001, Kapoor's first film, Satish Kaushik's Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai opposite Tusshar Kapoor, surfaced as one of the biggest hits of the year. Though her subsequent films did indifferent business at the box office, her performance of a princess in Santosh Sivan's period-epic Asoka was well received, earning the actress her first nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare. Kapoor's last release of the year was Karan Johar's drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Consisting of a multi-starrer cast that included Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Hrithik Roshan, the film became the second highest grossing film of the year and the year's biggest hit overseas. Her performance as a cosmetic beauty was applauded and earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Filmfare ceremony. During 2002-2003, Kapoor went through a negative period in her career. Featuring in six films, all of which proved unsuccessful, she appeared in two high profile films: Kunal Kohli's directorial debut Mujhse Dosti Karoge(2002), which was produced by Yash Raj Films, and Sooraj R. Barjatya's Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon(2003), which was produced by Rajshri Productions. Though both films generated great business overseas, they were critical and commercial failures in India. While her performance in the former was described as "inconsistent", her performance in the latter was criticized, "Kapoor was annoying in her role as Sanjana - a role we have seen her act many times before in movies such as Johar's K3G (2001), Ghai's Yaadein (2001) and more recently Suryah's Khushi (2003)." These films marked the time when critics expressed their displeasure of her repetitious kind of roles, and criticized that she was indeed in danger of becoming typecast, which was fundamental in her attempting a diversity of more adventurous roles in the years following. In 2004, Kapoor began working with independent directors and doing more serious roles that brought her critical acclaim rather than commercial success. Her role of a prostitute in Sudhir Mishra's Chameli (2004) made critics take notice of her once again, earning her the Filmfare Special Performance Award. In 2005 by Dharmesh Darshan's drama, Bewafaa, alongside Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Sushmita Sen. Kapoor played the female lead of Anjali, a girl who marries her sister's husband after her death. Unsatisfied with her married life, she sets on a relationship with her previous lover. The film received mixed reviews by critics and so did Kapoor's performance. 36 China Town was Kapoor's first release in 2006 followed by Chup Chup Ke. Both films managed to do moderately well at the box office. She next portrayed the role of Desdemona in the Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, Omkara. The film, directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, co-starred Kapoor alongside Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Konkona Sen Sharma. Her performance was praised, earning Kapoor her fourth Filmfare Award and first Star Screen Award under the Best Actress category. Later that year, she appeared in an item number in Farhan Akhtar's Don - The Chase Begins Again, a remake of the 1978 film Don. Although Kapoor's performance was generally well received, comparisons with the original version tended critics to conclude that she did not perform as well as the original performer, Helen did. Kapoor's only release in 2007 was Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy hit Jab We Met opposite Shahid Kapoor. The film tells the story of two people with contrasting personalities meeting each other on a train and how they fall in love eventually. Kapoor played the female protagonist Geet Dhillon, a bubbly talkative Sikhni girl who lives life to the fullest. The film was well received by critics and Kapoor's performance was praised in particular. As of November 2007, Kapoor is working on Vijay Krishna Acharya's forthcoming film Tashan, which is expected to release on April 25, 2008. Other confirmed future projects include the sequel to the 2006 comedy Golmaal, Golmaal Returns; the animated Roadside Romeo; and the upcoming romantic drama Kambakth Ishq, opposite Akshay Kumar.