Kareena Kapoor
Date of
Birth: 21 September 1980 , Mumbai, Maharahstra , India
Birth Name:
Kareena Randhir Kapoor
Nickname: Bebo
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Kareena was
born to Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir
Kapoor in Bombay ’ India . She has an elder sister, Karisma.
She is born
in a family that have been 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,
the wives of Rishi and Shashi respectively. On her maternal side, her
grandfather, Hari Shivdasani, and aunt, Sadhana, have been actors in their own
rights.
As a child
she studied in Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu, Bombay , and thereafter was enrolled in Dehra Dun 's important Welham Girls' Boarding
School. Then she re-located to Harvard for just about 3 months to take a course
in Information Technology and Microcomputers. Upon her return to India , she joined the Government Law College in Churchgate, Bombay , but left it after one year, to
enroll in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School .
Her dad,
Randhir is very protective towards his daughters and wanted both of them to
keep away from acting, get married, and settle down, as per the Kapoor family
tradition. This led to irreconcilable differences between her parents,
eventually leading to a separation, with both sisters living with their mother
who managed their careers.
Her film
debut was in the year 2000 with 'Refugee' along with the debut of Amitabh
Bachchan's son, Abhishek. She went on to appear in 31 other Hindi movies, and
has thus far won four awards for her performances in 'Refugee', 'Chameli',
'Dev', and 'Omkara'.
She is one
of the mainly sought-after actresses in Bollywood, considered bankable, with an
enviable A-listing and as of June 2007 is to appear in 'Tashan', 'Lajjo',
'Kismat Talkies' amongst others.