Katrina Kaif is one amonst the most attractive Bollywood
actress of the recent times.Born on July 16, 1984 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 who has since
acquired British citizenship.
Katrina grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London,
UK.Katrina started modeling accidentally when she was in
Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached
for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling
in London ,UK.
She came to Mumbai & started her career with Modelling.
She signed Boom, but it was not successful. Boom was a
typical Bollywood set-up. That was a combination of things
going wrong. That was her learning experience. She is
considered a very beautiful woman by a lot of industry
people.
She is a private person and don't go to too many parties.
She wants to go normally with friends. And she is also
very particular about her clothes which she wears a bold
outfit on screen or for ads but she feels more comfortable
in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. She had just
finished his Kathak classes in 40 days only in which she
had to dance for 7 hours non-stop everyday.
Despite of her soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily
intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, almost
an incurable romantic, wears comfortable non-revealing
clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all
dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the
beginning, but now has several nice friends who she can
hang out with.
She has received decent reviews for her part in "Maine
Pyar Kyon Kiya", as well as a brief appearance in "Sarrkar".
Recently In 2006 katrina kaif has given stunning
performnce in her movie called "Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye".
Katrina has now made Bombay her base, and doesn't mind
singing and dancing around trees while she's at it, and is
determined to make it big in Bollywood.
Latest News
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have different priorities
Salman Khan is known to get embroiled in one controversy
after the other. He has been charged in the hunting of
black buck cases and also in a hit and run accident case
where he ran over one person and injured three others.
After Salman's high profile relationship with katrina kaif,
the actor began dating model turned actress Katrina Kaif.
This model turned actress has even starred opposite Salman
Khan in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya. Katrina has stood by Salman
through all his trials and travails; however it is now
being rumoured that Katrina and Salman are having some
problems in their relationship.... More
Bollywood gals Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra turn a
year older:- Two of bollywood's upcoming talented,
beautiful and smart beauties celebrated their birthdays on
16 July and 18 July.Katrina Kaif turned 22 yrs on 16 July
while Priyanka Chopra turned 24 yrs on 18 July. While
Salman hosted a small get together for his girlfriend
Katrina, Priyanka celebrated her big day with family and a
few close friends....More
Salman Khan wants girlfriend Katrina to replace Priyanka
in London Dreams:- Salman is said to be interfering in the
film London Dreams. According to sources Salman has asked
director Raj Kumar Santoshi to replace his co-star
Priyanka with none other than girlfriend Katrina Kaif.The
cast of London Dreams has already been decided. The film
was to star Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan. Priyanka Chopra
too was finalized as one of the female leads... More
British actor Jason Connery with Katrina Kaif in 'Namaste
London':- Vipul Shah's film 'Namaste London' will star
British actor Jason Connery as the second lead in the
film. The British actor will play the second romantic
interest opposite Katrina Kaif. Jason Connery is the son
of Hollywood legend, Sean Connery. Vipul Shah's film is
loosely based on the classic 'Purab Aur Paschim'.... More
Katrina Kaif's personal anguish continues:- Katrina Kaif,
super model-turned actress is trying to cope with the fact
that her beau, Salman Khan has been recently sentenced to
one-year imprisonment for the poaching of a wild life
species. Just as she is trying to carry on normally with
her life, she has been delivered another blow. Recently,
for the shooting of her film, Welcome in Dubai a watch and
some cash was stolen from her room... More |
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Katrina Kaif
Date of Birth 16 July 1984, London, England, UK
Nickname Kat
Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Born on July 16, 1984 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 who has since acquired British
citizenship.
Katrina grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London,
UK. She started modeling accidentally when she was in
Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached
for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling
in London.
Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a
Bollywood movie "Boom" offered by none other than
film-maker Kaizad Gustad.
She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she
set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent
expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous
looks.
Professionally she started off as a model with
photographer Atul Kasbekar, and upon being accepted, she
received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It
was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She
retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her
behalf and at the price she deserved.
Moving to different culture and country was not much of a
culture 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.
Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not
experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of
getting it extended in India.
Although linguistically challenged, Katrina puts on a bold
face and states that other Bollywood artistes like Sridevi,
who did not know Hindi, did get offers from Bollywood
film-makers, and she is no different. She is taking Hindi
and dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture.
She likes to display a picture of her learning Kathak
dancing where she used to dance 7 hours a day non-stop.
Despite of her soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily
intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, almost
an incurable romantic, wears comfortable non-revealing
clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all
dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the
beginning, but now has several nice friends who she can
hang out with.
Although her first movie "Boom" was panned by the critics
and shunned by the audiences, two other Telegu movies "Malliswari"
and "Pidugu" did get her noticed. She grossed Rs.70 lakhs
for Malliswari - making her top the list of the highest
paid actresses during a South Indian movie debut.
Not done with South Indian movies, she has been signed in
a Tamil movie "Bheema" opposite National Award Winner
Vikram.
She has received decent reviews for her part in "Maine
Pyar Kyon Kiya", as well as a brief appearance in "Sarrkar".
Katrina has now made Bombay her base, and doesn't mind
singing and dancing around trees while she's at it, and is
determined to make it big in Bollywood.
Is half British and half Indian.
Indian supermodel
Has 8 sisters.
Was born in Hong Kong and then moved to Hawaii till she
was about 14, then she moved to London. Presently, she
lives in Mumbai.
Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not
experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of
getting it extended in India.
She was discovered at age 14 as a model for a jewelry
campaign.
When moving to India, she worked for photographer Atul
Kasbekar and did commercials for Fevicol, Lakme and Veet
among others.
She is very particular about her clothes which she wears a
bold outfit on screen or for ads, but she feels more
comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life.
And the one thing she hates is make up.
She refuses to speak about her personal life in the media.
Besides walking the ramp for several top designers and
being on magazine covers, Katrina has also been the
stunning face of Estelle jewelery, Lakme, Pantene, Veet,
Kodak cameras, L'Oreal, Samsung, LG etc.
She doesn't do ramp shows anymore.
She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India
Fashion Week (2005).
Her favorite Indian designers are Rina Dhaka, Tarun
Tahiliani, Rocky S.
Her favorite international designers are Armani, Versace,
Miu Miu.
Favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Shahrukh
Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan. Favorite actresses are
Kajol and Madhuri Dixit.
Favorite cricketer is Irfan Pathan.
Favorite Indian food is dahi and rice.
Favorite movies are Umrao Jaan (1981), Casablanca (1942),
and Gone with the Wind (1939).
Favorite perfume is Gucci Rush.
Prefers acting over modeling.
She enjoys modeling, acting, dancing, watching movies,
painting, resting, cooking, going to spas, going to the
gym, meeting new people, and getting together with
friends.
Personal Quotes
"It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to
strip or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I
just want to do good work instead of sporting such
meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not
always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept. The
exposure has to be relevant to the film and its characters
and not forced for the sake of titillation. On the
contrary, some of the greatest Indian films have been
devoid of all these sexual trappings. I know my comfort
zone in today's Indian culture and society."
Her thoughts on Bollywood accepting her, being an outsider
British girl, into Indian cinema: "I have no complaints. I
think I'm especially lucky. As you said, I've come from
outside and I'm not even anywhere closely connected. But I
have absolutely no problem here. People have been more
than welcoming, even before I was ready. There was a time
when I felt that I need to take time to understand more
about the industry, the workings of it. I was doing my
modeling, which I really wanted to do at the time. So
that's why even my entry into films was later than people
expected." (Stardust magazine, July 2006)
"I've been very blessed, I think, or what do you call
it... mmm... lucky to get at this stage what I have. It's
not like I've come from acting school and done work at an
academy or something. I feel I've been given a very huge
chance and opportunity." (Stardust magazine, July 2006) |
