Welcome to Katrina kaif's Biography
Personal Details:
Birth Name: Katrina Kaif
Nickname : Kat
DOB: July 16, 1984
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
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Katrina Kaif's biography:
Katrina Kaif was born on 16 July 1984. she is an actress and former
model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi film industry.
Apart from that She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She
was voted the "Hottest Woman in the World" by Eastern Eye in the years
2008, 2009 and 2010.
in Katrina Kaif's family, Her mother is of British origin and a
father of Kashmiri Indian origin and from one of 8 siblings, Katrina
Kaif was born in Hong Kong. Katrina Kaif has changed herself from a non
hindi speaking model to one of the busiest actoresses today. She's
definitley worked hard, dubbing for Namaste London herself, learning
Kathak and practicing the dance everyday for 7 hours nonstop. In her
comparatively short career in the hindi film industry, Katrina Kaif is
already working with some of the biggest banners and filmmakers in the
industry. Although controversy has occasionally encircled her, with
Salman Khan's trial cases and her having worn a skirt at a place of
worship are some of the controversial things of her life.
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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.
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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.
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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's 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's 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's 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'.
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