Kapoor, Karina

Karina was born on September 21, 1980 in Bombay . She is a representative of the fourth generation of one of the most influential clans of Indian cinema - the Kapuro family. The great-granddaughter of Prithviraj Kapoor , the granddaughter of the great director and actor Raj Kapoor , the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and actress Babita, the granddaughter of Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor . Her uncles are actors Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor , and her cousin is Ranbir Kapoor . Her sister, Karishma Kapoor, is also an actress.

Karina, following her sister Karishma , is the second woman in the Kapurov family, who became a film actress. In previous generations of Kapurov, only men acted in films, and actresses who married family representatives were forced to stop their careers, which sometimes led to conflicts. Karishma and Karina herself, possessing a “hereditary” Kapurov appearance and a penchant for acting, violated this tradition .

In 2000, Karina Kapoor made her debut in the film “The Rejected”, where her partner was another offspring of the star family Abhishek Bachchan . The film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for a female debut .

In 2001, the film "The Charm of Love" was released, where she played together with the debutant Tusshar Kapoor , who brought huge distributors to the distributors and instantly glorified her. Another film of that year was “Memoirs” paired with Hrithik Roshan , who failed at the box office. She also played the role of Princess Kaurwaki in the film "Ashoka" (another name is "Emperor"), which despite a positive assessment of the film failed at the box office. But the melodrama " Both in Sorrow and in Joy " by Karan Johar successfully passed at the box office, collecting more than $ 18 million abroad.

In 2003, all six films with her participation failed at the box office. In 2004, she improved her position in the film industry when the film “Night Revelations” was released, where she played a young “ night butterfly ” that she met a widower banker. The film was a commercial success and earned her a special Filmfare award.

In 2006, 36 China Town , Comedy of Mistakes, and Omkara were released, which were a commercial success. Omkara Vishala Bhardwaja was a Hindi-language adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy Othello , whose action takes place against the backdrop of the political system of Uttar Pradesh ^[2] . In it, she played a version of Desdemona , to which the director invited her after he saw her play in the drama "At the Crossroads of Fate", because he did not have time to listen. Karina was preparing for the role, attending screenwriting sessions with the rest of the actors ^{[3] [4]} . The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival ^[2] . He was also featured at international film festivals in Cairo and Marrakesh ^[5] and brought the actress the fourth Filmfare award, this time from critics. ^[6] In the same year, she played a small role as the avenger Camini at the beginning of the film Don. The leader of the mafia " ^[7]

In 2007, the film “ When We Met ” was released, where she played together with then-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor . The film was a commercial success and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress ^[8] .

In 2009, Karina played a surgeon, moonlighting as a model in the comedy " Incredible Love ", which, despite the negative feedback from critics, was a commercial success. In the same year, the comedy " 3 Idiots ", in which Karina played a major female role, grossed more than $ 36 million in India and almost $ 20 million worldwide ^[9] , becoming the highest grossing Indian film and holding the title in for 4 years. In the same year, Karina made her debut as a dancer in the for the song “Marjaani” for the film Billu .

In 2011, the film “The Guard” was released, where she played together with Salman Khan , and “ Random Access ” (“The game is not over”), where she again starred with Shahrukh Khan, and both had commercial success. In 2012, she starred with Imran Khan in the romantic comedy Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu . Her character, Riana Braganza, is a carefree woman who, drunk, marries a stranger. The film was a commercial success. In the same year, the spy thriller Agent Vinod was released, where she played with her husband Saif Ali Khan .

The film “Actress” was also released, in which she initially refused the role, but subsequently again received an offer from the director when the approved Aishwarya Rai left the project due to her pregnancy ^[10] . In the same year, she appeared in item-numbers for the songs “Chinta Ta” and “Fevisol Se” for the films “Honor of the uniform” and “Fearless again in battle” ^[11] .

In 2015, the only film with her participation, Brother Bajrangi, was released, where she again played with Salman Khan. Her heroine, Rasika, is in love with the protagonist and takes care of the dumb girl Munny that he found. The film was Bollywood 's highest grossing film of 2015. In the same year, two films were released, where she appeared in the role of the cameo "Revenge outside the law" and "Brothers". In the first she played the episodic role of the protagonist’s wife, in the second she performed a dance in the musical number for the song “Mera Naam Mary Hai”.

In 2016, she starred with Arjun Kapoor in the romantic comedy Ki & Ka , about the spouses who exchanged the traditional roles of husband and wife, who had commercial success. In the same year, she played the doctor Preet Sahni in the film Udta Punjab , for which she was nominated for Filmfare for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ^[12] .

Her last film work at the moment was the film Veere Di Wedding with the cast of Sonam Kapoor and Shikhi Talsania ^[13] .

In 2004, she began dating actor Shahid Kapoor . These relationships lasted 3 years ^[14] .

On October 16, 2012, she married the Indian actor Saif Ali Khan , with whom she had been in a relationship since 2007. On December 20, 2016, Karina gave birth to a son, who was named Taymur Ali Khan ^[15] .