Kareena Kapoor

Name: Kareena Kapoor

Birth name: Kareena Randhir Kapoor
Gender: Female
Date of birth: 21 September 1980
Place of birth: Mumbai
Nick Name: Bebo
Height: 5’5”
Sign: Virgo

Kareena was born to Sindhi-speaking Babita and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on 21st September 1980 in Bombay,India. She has an older sister, Karisma.

She born into a family which have several generations of actors, including paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor, her grandfather, Raj Kapoor, her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi and Rajiv ;and aunt, Neetu Singh, & Jennifer Kendall, the wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively. On the side of her mother, her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt are, Sadhana support of their rights.

As a child she studied at Jamnabai Narsee School Juhu, Mumbai, then went to prestigious Welham Boarding School Dehra Dun. Then she located at Harvard for about 3 months to get a course in information technology and microcomputers. After her return to India, she joined the Government Law College, Churchgate, Mumbai, but one year later she had left it to enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.

Her father Randhir is very protective of his daughters and wanted to keep away from acting to get married, and sattle down, according to Kapoor family tradition. This led to irreconcilable differences between her parents, which eventually led to divorce, with both sisters leaving their father to live with her mother.

Her debut film was in 2000 with "Refugee" with the debut of Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishek. She went on to appear in 31 other Hindi movies, and so far won four awards for her performance in "Refuges", "Chameli", "Dev" and "Omkara".



Filmography :

2011 - Body Guard (Hindi)
2011 – Short Term Shaadi (Hindi)
2011 - Ra 1 (Hindi)
2010 - Agent Vinod (Hindi)
2010 - Milenge Milenge (Hindi)
2010 - Heroine (Hindi)
2010-Golmaal 3(Hindi)
2010 - Kismat Talkies (Hindi)
2010 - We Are Family (Hindi)
2010 - Bajirao Mastani (Hindi)
2010 - Dhruv (Hindi)
2010 - Lajjo (Hindi)
2009 - Main Aurr Khanna (Hindi) Aurr
2009 - Kurbaan (Hindi)
2009 - Kambakkht Ishq (Hindi)
2009-3 idiots (Hindi)
2009 - Billu (Hindi)
2008 - Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
2008 - Halla Bol (Hindi)
2008 - Tashan (Hindi)
2008 - Jab We Met (Hindi)
2008 - Golmaal Returns (Hindi)
2007 - Kya Love Story Hai (Hindi)
2006 - Omkara (Hindi)
2006 - Chup Chup Ke (Hindi)
2006 - Don - The Chase begins again (Hindi)
2006-36 China Town (Hindi)
2005 - Bewafaa (Hindi)
2005 - Dosti - Friends Forever (Hindi)
2005 - Kyon Ki (Hindi)
2004 - Dev (Hindi)
2004 - Fida (Hindi)
2004 - Hulchul (Hindi)
2004 - Chameli (Hindi)
2004 - Yuva (Hindi)
2004 - Aitraaz (Hindi)
2003 – Khushi (HIndi)
2003 - LOC Kargil (Hindi)
2003 - Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (Hindi)
2003 - Talaash: The Hunt begins (Hindi)
2002 - Jeena Sirf Merre Liye (Hindi)
2002 - Mujhse Dosti Karoge (Hindi)
2001 - Ajnabee (Hindi)
2001 - Asoka (Hindi)
2001 - Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Hindi)
2001 - Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (Hindi)
2001 - Yaadein (Hindi)
2000 - Refugee (Hindi)