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Happy Birthday Kareena Kapoor Khan: From her philanthropy to personal life, check out lesser-known facts about the actor
Kareena Kapoor Khan was last seen in the movie, Laal Singh Chaddha alongside Aamir Khan.
Kareena Kapoor Khan: The epitome of grace, talent and style
Kareena Kapoor turns 42 today. The actress, throughout the course of her two-decade-long career, has kept us in awe, performing some challenging roles on screens in movies like Chameli, Talash, Kurbaan and Refugee. She has become a style icon as well for her impeccable sense of style. It seems that the fandom that Kareena Kapoor has is second to none and the legendary actress is celebrating her birthday today. From her filmy background to her debut performance on screen, check out some lesser-known facts about the actor…,
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Kareena Kapoor’s early life
Kareena Kapoor Khan was born on 21 September 1980 in Bombay to Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Kareena hails from a film background, with her great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor making his entry into the world of cinema with the 1928 film Do Dhari Talwar. She has an elder sister named Karisma Kapoor who is also a Bollywood actor. Her father Randhir Kapoor is also an actor who made his debut with the 1971 movie Kal Aaj Aur Kal,
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Kareena Kapoor’s extended family
Kareena’s father is the brother of late actor Rishi Kapoor which makes Neetu Kapoor her aunt and actor Ranbir Kapoor her cousin.
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The secret behind Kareena Kapoor’s name
It is said that Kareena's name is inspired by the book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy which her mother Babita was reading when she was pregnant with her.
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Kareena Kapoor’s education
Kareena attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai and later went to Welham Girls' School in Dehradun for her high school education. After graduating from school, she studied commerce for two years at Mitibai College in Mumbai. She even registered for a Law Course at Government Law College, Mumbai but developed a passion for acting during her first year and dropped out of college.
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Kareena Kapoor’s acting debut
The actor was training under Kishore Namit Kapoor at an institute in Mumbai when she received her first acting gig for a lead role in Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. She later abandoned the film after a few days into shooting due to some creative conflicts. The actress then made her debut with J. P. Dutta's 2000 film, Refugee, alongside Abhishek Bachchan.
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Kareena Kapoor’s personal life
Kareena is married to actor Saif Ali Khan. The duo got married in a private ceremony in 2012 amongst friends and family. They started dating after they met on the sets of the 2008 movie, Tashan.The couple welcomed their first child Taimur Ali Khan in 2016, followed by the birth of their second child, Jehangir Ali Khan in 2021.,
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Kareena Kapoor’s other ventures
Kareena is the first Indian actress to have launched her own line of clothing for which she had partnered with Globus stores. She later started her makeup line with Lakme Cosmetics in 2018.
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Kareena Kapoor: The author
Kareena has written a book titled, Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight which speaks about the benefits of eating healthy. She followed up the book two years later with a new book titled, Women and The Weight Loss Tamasha. She has even released an autobiographical memoir based on her life called, The Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva. She wrote a book on pregnancy in 2021 when she was pregnant with her second child titled, Pregnancy Bible.
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Kareena Kapoor’s association with the United Nations
Kareena Kapoor got associated with the United Nations Children's Fund in 2014 while advocating for the education of girls and increasing quality-based education in the country.
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Kareena Kapoor and her accolades
Kareena bagged the Best Female Debut in 2000 for her role in Refugee. She received a special jury recognition for Chameli (2003) with two Critics Awards for Best Actress for Dev (2004) and Omkara (2006). Kapoor has also received the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Awards for Jab We Met (2007) and We Are Family (2010) respectively.