katrina kaif Full Biography

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Personal Details:

Birth Name: Katrina Kaif
Nickname : Kat
DOB: July 16, 1984
Age:27
Birth location : Hong Kong
Height : 5' 8.5"
Profession : Actress, Model
Years active : 2002 - present
Claim To Fame : Her role as 'Jasmeet Malhotra' (Jazz) in 'Namastey London' (2007)
Debut Movie: Boom (2003)
Marriages: None
Most Remembered For Jasmeet Singh- Namaste London
Litigations: None
Jail Term: None
Famous Pairing: Akshay Kumar
Favourite Designers: Vikram Phadnis, Gucci, Valentino, Versace
Causes associated with: None
Endorsements: Veet, Dyna

Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and a father who was formerly from Kashmir, India, but acquired British citizenship. Her mother is now re-settled in Chennai. Katrina Kaif spent some years in Hawaii, and after that in London, She started modeling when she was in Hawaii at the small age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelry campaign. Then she continued modeling in London.Continuing with the modeling career was the reason she got her first break in a Bollywood movie 'Boom' offered by the film-maker Kaizad Gustad.
She got lots of modeling assignments the minute she kept her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent and expressive face, and one of the very gorgeous looks she does already have. She started her career as a model with photographer Atul Kasbekar, she received advertisements from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet, but Katrina Kaif was noticed with the Lakme commercial. coming from different culture and country was not a shock for her, as she states that no matter where you come from, the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved, respected, and cared for.

Despite of her positive attitude, she had been stereotyped as "Indian" by extreme right-wingers in Britain who made it clear that she did not quite fit-in with their Caucasian culture; while on the other hand in India itself she had been treated as an 'outsider' for quite a long time.
Although being linguistically challenged, Katrina Kaif states that other Bollywood artistes like Sridevi, who did not know Hindi, did get offers from Bollywood film-makers, and she is not different. Katrina Kaif has taken Hindi and dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture.
Katrina Kaif is very emotional, sensitive, and concerned about her privacy, Almost an incurable romantic, she always prefers to wear comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, and above all dislikes make-up. Katrina Kaif admits that she was lonely in the beginning, but now has several friends.
Although her first movie 'Boom' was rejected by the critics and the audiences, but two other Telugu movies 'Malliswari' and 'Pidugu' did get her noticed. She had taken 70 Lakh Rupees for 'Malliswari' - which made her highest paid actresses during a South Indian movie debut. she has been signed in a Tamil movie 'Bheema' opposite National Award Winner Vikram.She has received many reviews for her part in "Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya", and for brief appearance in 'Sarkar'.
Katrina Kaif had made her base in Mumbai, she didn't mind singing and dancing around trees and as a result is now one of the biggest star in indian film industry, and one of the highest paid female-lead actresses in Bollywood. In totality, Katrina Kaif is a crowd-puller whenever she appears for a live song and dance number.

Early life:

Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte, both are British citizens. when she was very young her parents got divorsed. Katrina Kaif stated once, "my dad, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings." From Hong Kong, she and her family went to China, after that they moved to Japan. When she was 8 They moved to France from Japan (by boat), and also moved to Switzerland, Krakow, Berlin, Belgium, and many other East European countries where she and her family were stayed for a few months each. After moving from many other countries of East Europe they moved to Hawaii, and finally moved to her mother's home country, England. It is widely known that Katrina Kaif is from London, in fact, before moving to Mumbai she only lived there for three years.

Career:

Katrina Kaif started her career with modeling at the age fourteen. She continued modeling in London under a contract with the Models 1 Agency and did campaigns for houses such as La Senza and Arcadius, and even walked on the London Fashion Week. Katrina kaif got her first break from the movie Boom (2003) and she was discovered by the London based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). After that She moved to Mumbai and got a number of modeling assignments. filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi. Katrina Kaif achieved a great success in 2005 with the film Sarkar, where she played the role of Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend, and she was paired opposite Salman Khan in the movie Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005).Katrina Kaif gave a major hit movie, Namastey London In 2007, where she played the role of a British Indian girl with Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office letdown Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her career has got a high peak with the hit films like Apne, Partner, and Welcome.
Katrina Kaif played the character of villain for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race(2008), in this movie She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother (played by Akshay Khanna). Her second release of the year was "Singh Is Kinng" from Anees Bazmee's production, and her opposite was Akshay Kumar. The film has done very well at the box office. Katrina Kaif's final release of the year was Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, and it was a commercial failure.
Katrina Kaif first movie of 2009 was New York, with John Abraham, was a critical and commercial success. In this movie Kaif's role was highly regarded. In the multi-starrer action film Blue,She played the role of a biker girl, popularly known as India's first underwater thriller, which did'nt performe well at the box office. At the end of year 2009 she made appearance in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, with Ranbir Kapoor, and with Akshay Kumar in De Dana Dan. Both films were successes at the box-office.
In 2010, Kaif first film was Raajneeti, where she was opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film was a great success, receiving a blockbuster status. She was also paired in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. Although the film was not successful, but the item song Sheila Ki Jawani was a hit which was picturised on Katrina Kaif.

Popularity:

From past 2-3 years Katrina Kaif has been the most sought out Indian celebrity. Her charm, innocence, dancing style and body language has won hearts of millions of supporters worldwide.

Voice:

Katrina Kaif is basically from London due to that her knowledge of Hindi language is very poor. Thus, her voice has often been dubbed over by another actress for many of her early films.There are some films like Singh Is Kinng, Namastey London and Boom in which her real voice is also heard. However most of the films that feature her real voice are English spoken films and not much Hindi spoken.

Katrina Kaif Boyfriend:

Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan may have called it quits (possibly due to Ranbir Kapoor rumours) but the katrina has moved on and she has found herself a new Boyfriend. All of you must be surprised that even this time there is an age gap of over 20 years (as in case of Salman-Katrina). This time, it's Katrina who is the older than her new Boyfriend. The Boy who attracted Katrina this time is handsome and dashing Czar Khan who met her on the sets of 'Tees Maar Khan'. Czar is 2 and a half year old son of director Farah Khan and he has been bonding well with Katrina . Katrina is pretty fond of Czar and both are often seen playing and kissing and most of the time making fun on the set of 'Tees Maar Khan'.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Boom	Rina Kaif/Popdi Chinchpokli
2004	Malliswari	Princess Malliswari	Telugu film
2005	Sarkar	Pooja
2005	Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya	Sonia
2005	Allari Pidugu	Shwetha	Telugu film
2006	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Jia A. Yashvardhan
2006	Balram vs. Taradas	Supriya	Malayalam film
2007	Namastey London	Jasmeet "Jazz" Malhotra
2007	Apne	Nandini Sarabhai
2007	Partner	Priya Jaisingh
2007	Welcome	Sanjana Shetty
2008	Race	Sophia
2008	Singh Is Kinng	Sonia Singh
2008	Hello	Story-teller	Cameo
2008	Yuvvraaj	Anushka Banton
2009	New York	Maya Shaikh	Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2009	Blue	Nikki	Cameo
2009	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Jennifer "Jenny" Pinto
2009	De Dana Dan	Anjali Kakkad
2010	Raajneeti	Indu Sakseria/Pratap
2010	Tees Maar Khan	Anya Khan	Also an item number in the song "Sheila Ki Jawani"
2011	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Laila
2011	Bodyguard	Herself	Special appearance in song "Bodyguard"
2011	Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Dimple Dixit	Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2012	Agneepath	Chikni Chameli	Special appearance in song "Chikni Chameli"
2012	Ek Tha Tiger	Zoya
2012	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Meera Thapar
2013	Main Krishna Hoon	Radha	Cameo
2013	Bombay Talkies		Filming
2013	Dhoom 3: Back in Action		Filming
2014	Bang Bang		Pre-production