Mini Biography
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 prestigious Welham
Girls' Boarding School. Then she re-located to
Harvard for approximately 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, ultimately leading to a divorce, with
both sisters leaving their dad to live with their
mom.
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 most 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.
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