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KAREENA KAPOOR BIOGRAPHY:
Date of birth
September 21, 1977, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Birth Name
Kareena Kapoor Randhir
Nickname
Bebo
Height
5 '5' (1.65m)
Mini Biography
Kareena was born Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on 21 September 1977 in Bombay, India. She has an older sister, Karisma.
She was born into a family of actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor, her grandfather, Raj Kapoor, her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi and Rajiv, as well as aunt, Neetu Singh, & Jennifer Kendall , wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively. On her maternal side, took her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana, are actors in their own rights.
As a child, she studied at Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Bombay, and then was enrolled in Dehra Dun's prestigious Welham Girls' Boarding School. When she posted about 3 months to Harvard for a course in information technology and microcomputers take. Upon his return to India, she joined the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay, but left after one year, to enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.
Her dad, Randhir is very protective of his daughters and wanted them both to stay away from acting, get married and settle down, according to the Kapoor family tradition. This led to irreconcilable differences between her parents, which led to a divorce, with both sisters leaving their father to live with their mother.
Her film debut 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 has so far won four awards for her performances in 'Refugee', 'Chameli', 'Dev' and 'Omkara'.
She is one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood, considered bankable, with an enviable A-list and as of June 2007, to appear in 'Tashan', 'Lajjo', 'Kismat Talkies' amongst others.
September 21, 1977, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Birth Name
Kareena Kapoor Randhir
Nickname
Bebo
Height
5 '5' (1.65m)
Mini Biography
Kareena was born Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on 21 September 1977 in Bombay, India. She has an older sister, Karisma.
She was born into a family of actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor, her grandfather, Raj Kapoor, her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi and Rajiv, as well as aunt, Neetu Singh, & Jennifer Kendall , wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively. On her maternal side, took her grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana, are actors in their own rights.
As a child, she studied at Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Bombay, and then was enrolled in Dehra Dun's prestigious Welham Girls' Boarding School. When she posted about 3 months to Harvard for a course in information technology and microcomputers take. Upon his return to India, she joined the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay, but left after one year, to enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.
Her dad, Randhir is very protective of his daughters and wanted them both to stay away from acting, get married and settle down, according to the Kapoor family tradition. This led to irreconcilable differences between her parents, which led to a divorce, with both sisters leaving their father to live with their mother.
Her film debut 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 has so far won four awards for her performances in 'Refugee', 'Chameli', 'Dev' and 'Omkara'.
She is one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood, considered bankable, with an enviable A-list and as of June 2007, to appear in 'Tashan', 'Lajjo', 'Kismat Talkies' amongst others.