Kaif began her modeling career at the age fourteen; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. 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.Kaif was born in Hong Kong an Indian Kashmiri father Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England.Katrina Looking CoolKaif's London modeling-work led to her discovery by London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi
Kaif saw moderate success with the 2005 film Sarkar, where she played the bit part of Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend, and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan.Katrina Looking Cool
In 2007, Kaif appeared in her first major hit movie, Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office letdown Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her run of hit films continued with Apne, Partner, and Welcome.Katrina Looking CoolIn 2008, she played the villain role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother (played by Akshay Khanna). Kaif's second release of the year was Anees Bazmee's production Singh Is Kinng, opposite Akshay Kumar. The film was a big success at the box office. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a commercial failure,[11] but its script has made its way into the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for artistic merits, original screenplay with a substance, and the film as a whole.Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham, was a critical and commercial success. Kaif's performance was highly regarded. Wrote critic Taran Adarsh, "Katrina gives you the surprise. Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance. She's outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time.
Katrina Kaif Kashmiri क़त्रीना कैफ़ DeKatrina Looking Coolvanagariborn 16 July 1984citation needed is an actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu, and Malayalam films.Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Voice4 Awards5 Filmography6 References7 External links
Early lifeKaif was born in Hong Kong to an Indian Kashmiri father Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England.CareerKatrina Looking CoolKaif began her modeling career at the age fourteen; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. 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.Kaif's London modeling-work led to her discovery by London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak HindiKaif saw moderate success with the 2005 film Sarkar, where she played the bit part of Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend, and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan.
In 2007, Kaif appeared in her first major hit movie, Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office letdown Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her run of hit films continued with Apne, Partner, and WelcomeIn 2008, she played the villain role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother (played by Akshay Khanna). Kaif's second release of the year was Anees Bazmee's production Singh Is Kinng, opposite Akshay Kumar. The film was a big success at the box office. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a commercial failure, its script has made its way into the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forartistic merits, original screenplay with a substance, and the film as a Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham, was a critical and commercial success. Kaif's performance was highly regarded. Wrote critic Taran Adarsh, "Katrina gives you the . Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance.She's outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time."
She next played a bit role as a biker chick in the multi-starrer action film Blue, popularly known as India's first underwater thrKatrina Looking Cooliller which performed decently at the box office. The film was not successful.At the year's end, she appeared in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, with Ranbir Kapoor, and De Dana Dan with Akshay Kumar. Both films were commercial successes.Kaif's first film of 2010 was Raajneeti, where she appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did extremely well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster status. is currently filming Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. The film is set to be released on 24 December 2010. Her popularity led her to be named as one of Bollywood's six top actresses in a September 2010 article, alongside actresses Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Deepika Padukone and Kangna RanautVoiceIt should be noted that due to her poor knowledge of Hindi (and other Indian languages Katrina Kaif's voice has often been dubbed over by another actress for many of her early films. With the exception of De Dana Dan, all her films since New York feature her real voice. Earlier films in which her real voice is also heard are Singh Is Kinng, Namastey London and Boom.AwardsNominatedKatrina Looking Cool
2005: Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Debut, Sarkar2008: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Race2009: Apsara Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role, Race
2009: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Singh Is Kinng2009: Stardust Award for Star Of The Year, Singh Is Kinng2009: Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Negative Role, Race
2010: Screen Award for Best Actor In Popular Category, New York
2010: Stardust Star of the Year Award – Female for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
2010: Filmfare Best Actress Award for New York
Winner2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award Female, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
2006: Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year
2008: Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award
2008: IIFA Awards, Style Diva of the Year2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Singh Is Kinng2008: Apsara Film Producers Guild of India Awards, Style Diva of the Year2009: Rajiv Gandhi Award Looking Cool2009: Golden Kela Awards, Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent2009: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine 2009: ASSOCHAM Award, Performing Excellence 2010: Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year 2010: Stardust Awards, Best Actress - Popular Award for New York & Ajab Prem KiGhazab Kahani FilmographyYear Film Role Notes2003 Boom Rina Kaif/Popdi Chinchpokli
2004 Malliswari Princess Malliswari Telugu film2005 Sarkar Pooja Katrina Looking CoolMaine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Sonia Allari Pidugu Shwetha Telugu film2006 Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye Jia A. Yashvardhan Balram vs. Taradas Supriya Malayalam film
2007 Namastey London Jasmeet Malhotra JazzPartner Priya Jaisingh
Welcome Sanjana Shetty 2008 Race Sophia Singh Is Kinng Sonia Hello The Storyteller/God CameoYuvvraaj Anushka Banton 2009 New York Maya Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress AwardBlue Nikki CameoKatrina Looking CoolAjab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Jennifer Jenny
De Dana Dan Anjali Kakkad 2010 Raajneeti Indu PratapTees Maar Khan Anya Filming2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Mere Brother Ki Dulhan FilmingDostana 2 Pre-Production
ReferencesIndian actress lands role in Bollywood film 'Veer'". The Indian Express. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-16.Dhingra, Deepali18 August 2009"The Kat's out of the bag!". The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-09-18.a b Pathiyan, Priya (2003-'m not involved with Salman Khan'". Times of India. Retrieved 2003-03-16. Cine blitz, Volume 29, Issue 2. Blitz Publications. Retrieved 2007–03–25. "Katrina Kaif is my real name. Kaif is my father's surname, he is Kashmiri," she bristled. "When I joined films I decided to take his surname, since I felt people would be able to associate better with an Indian surname."Parvéz Dewân's Jammû, Kashmîr, and Ladâkh: Kashmîr. Manas Publications. Retrieved 2007–03–25. "Today if a person has even a drop of Kashmiri blood in his veins he proclaims it proudly. From novelist Salman Rushdie to writer MJ Akbar and actress-fashion model Katrina Kaif, people everywhere are celebrating their Kashmiri roots. India today, Volume 27. Thomson Living Media India Ltd.. Retrieved 2007–03–25. "Half-Kashmiri. half-Brit. Kaif is one of three leading ladies (besides Madhu Sapre and Salman Rushdie's muse Padma ..."Katrina Looking CoolKatrina misses her dad badly". Oneindia. Retrieved 2009-11-02. Krishna, Kaavya. "Katrina Kaif Profile - Sify.com". Sify. Retrieved 2009-07-07.Katrina kaif new and promotion of 'Raajneeti' pics.".Box Office 2007". BoxOffice India.com.Box Office 2008". BoxOfficeIndia.com.Katrina Kaif". timescontent.com. Retrieved 2009-07-01. Adarsh, Taran. "Bollywood Hungama Review: New York". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2009-06-26.IANS. "Gear up for India’s first underwater thriller in ‘Blue’". Thaindian News. Retrieved 2009-10-15.Katrina Looking CoolBlue Has Good First Week All The Best Steady". Boxofficeindia.Com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.Shahid Kapoor, Katrina Kaif among Rajiv Gandhi Awards winners". New Kerala. Retrieved 2009-08-19..html Retrieved 05 Mar. (2010-04-20).Bollywood§id=3contentid=2010042020100420185041487b81ca0bd "No competition with Bebo: Kat". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2010-04-21.External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: Katrina KaifKatrina Kaif at the Internet Movie DatabaseCategories: 1984 births | Anglo-Indian people | British people of Indian descent | Kashmiri people Hindi film actors people | Hong Kong people | People from Hawaii | British actorsLog in create accountArticleDiscussionReadView sourceView historyMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContactWikipediaToolboxPrint/exportLanguages
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Katrina KaifKatrina Kaif (born July 16, 1984) is a model and Bollywood actress. Contents Katrina debuted in the film Boom, which featured her as a supermodel. She has done two Telugu movies - Malliswari (2004) and Allari Pidugu (2005). In 2005 she... more
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