'''Kareena Kapoor''', nicknamed "Bebo" (born September 21, 1980 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actress. She is part of the Kapoor family.

Family background

''Main article: Kapoor Family''

Kareena Kapoor is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, who divorced when she was still young. Rishi Kapoor is one of her uncles. Her sister, Karisma Kapoor, is also an actress. Her other relatives include maternal aunt Sadhana, and cousins Shivani Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda who is currently married to Shweta Bachchan-Nanda who is the daughter of Amitabh Bachchan.

Biography

Early life

When she was younger she would frequently accompany her sister to film shoots. Though born into a film family, Kareena at first wanted to become a lawyer. She attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and then went to Welham Girl's Boarding School in Dehradun. She returned to Mumbai to attend Mithibai College where she did her commerce.

She went to Harvard for summer school and while she was there she took a course in microcomputers and information technology. Set on pursuing an acting career, she completed her twelth standard and joined the film industry http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/18kar.htm. She also attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school.

Career

Her first movie was J. P. Dutta's 2000 film ''Refugee'' opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Though the film did not do well her performance was praised. She also received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Debut category. Her first major success in a starring role was in the 2001 film ''Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai''.

Her other notable roles include "Pooja" in the inter-generational melodrama ''Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham'' (2001), "Kaurwaki" in ''Asoka'' (2001), the title role in ''Chameli'' (2003), in which she plays a prostitute, a manipulative villain in ''Fida'' (2004) and a riot victim in ''Dev'' (2004), for which she won the Filmfare Critics Award Best Performance.

Controversies

* It is said that a passerby with a camera phone filmed Kareena kissing her boyfriend Shahid Kapoor at a restaurant named '''''Rain''''', located in the Juhu area of Mumbai and released the video. However, the source of this video is not yet confirmed. A Mumbai newspaper (''Midday'') published stills from the video. Kareena and Shahid at first denied that they were in the pictures and the video, but later reversed their statements and complained of an invasion of privacy.

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

2000: '''Winner''', Best Debut for ''Refugee''

2002: '''Nomination''', Best Actress for ''Asoka'' & '''Nomination''', Best Supporting Actress for ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''

2005: '''Winner''', Special Performance for ''Chameli''

2005: '''Winner''', Critics Award Best Performance for ''Dev''

IIFA Awards

2000: '''Winner''', Best Female Debut for ''Refugee''

2002: '''Nomination''', Best Supporting Actress for ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''

2003: '''Nomination''', Best Supporting Actress for ''Mujhse Dosti Karoge!''

2004: '''Winner''', Style Diva of the Year

2005: '''Nomination''', Best Actress for ''Aitraaz

Star Screen Awards

2000: '''Nomination''', Most Promising Newcomer - Female for ''Refugee''

2002: '''Nomination''', Best Supporting Actress for ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''

2005: '''Nomination''', Best Actress for ''Dev''; '''Nomination''', Best Supporting Actress for ''Yuva'' and Special Award '''nomination''' under the category Jodi No. 1 along with Shahid Kapoor for ''Fida''

Zee Cine Awards

2001: '''Winner''', Queen of Hearts

2005: '''Winner''', Best Actress for ''Dev''

Other Awards

* 2000, Bollywood Awards, Best Female Debut, ''Refugee''
* 2000, Sansui Awards Best Debutante, ''Refugee''.
* 2003, Sansui Award, Best Actress(Jury), ''Chameli''.
* 2003, Stardust Award, Special Jury Award, ''Chameli''.
* 2003, Bollywood Award, Best Actress Critics, ''Chameli''
* 2003, Anandlok "Best Actress", ''Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon''.
* 2005, Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award.
* 2005, Indian Diva 2005

Filmography

Films

| 2003 || ''Mujhse Dosti Karoge 

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2007	''Love Story''		Pre-production
2007	''Untitled Soham Shah Project''		Starts shooting in November 2006
2007	''Lajjo''		Starts shooting in January 2007
2006	''Milenge Milenge''		Post-production
2006	''Don''	Kamini	Post-production
2006	''Omkara''	Dolly Mishra
2006	''Chup Chup Ke''	Shruti
2006	''36 China Town''	Priya
2005	''Dosti: Friends Forever''	Anjali
2005	''Kyon Ki''	Dr. Tanvi Khurana
2005	''Bewafaa''	Anjali
2004	''Hulchul''	Anjali
2004	''Aitraaz''	Priya Malhotra
2004	''Fida''	Neha Mehra
2004	''Dev''	Aaliya	Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance
2004	''Yuva''	Mira
2004	''Chameli''	Chameli	Winner, Filmfare Special Performance Award
2003	''LOC Kargil''	Simran
2003	''Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon''	Sanjana
2003	''Khushi''	Khushi Singh (Lali)
2003	''Talaash: The Hunt Begins...''	Tina
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2002	''Jeena Sirf Mere Liye''	Pooja/Pinky
2001	''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''	Pooja "Poo" Sharma Raichand	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001	''Ajnabee''	Priya Malhotra
2001	''Asoka''	Kaurwaki	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2001	''Yaadein''	Isha Singh Puri
2001	''Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai''	Pooja Saxena
2000	''Refugee''	Naaz	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award

Playback singing

 

Year	Film	Song	Other notes
2004	''Fida''	Fida	Voice Over
2004	''Dev''	Jab Nahin Aye The Thum	Singer
2003	''Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon''	Papa ki Pari	Voice over
2001	''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''	Deewana Hain Dekho	Voice over
2001	''Ajnabee''	Haan Tumhe	Voice over

Trivia

* Though she debuted in ''Refugee'', it was the third movie she signed. She first started work on ''Ajnabee''. She shot for ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' for six days, then walked out of the project. Due to technical diffuculties ''Refugee'' was released before ''Ajnabee''.
* Kapoor sang for herself on the song "Jab Nahin Ayete Tum", for the movie ''Dev''. This is unusual; most songs are sung by playback singers. The song was a pop hit.

See also

*List of Indian movie actresses

External links

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