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
Zodiac: Cancer
Marital status: Single
Claim To Fame : Her role as 'Jasmeet Malhotra' (Jazz) in 'Namastey London' (2007)
Debut Movie: Boom (2003)
Most Remembered For Jasmeet Singh- Namaste London
Awards: Rajiv Gandhi Award
Famous Pairing: Akshay Kumar
Favourite Designers: Vikram Phadnis, Gucci, Valentino, Versace
Endorsements: Veet, Dyna
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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