Becoming a Star
How could it be otherwise when your grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor is the godfather of Bollywood.
What is Bollywood? This is the kingdom of Hindi cinematography. Neither Tollywood, which makes Telugu films, nor Kollywood, which makes Tamil films, stands close to the fence of the Bollywood palace.
But not only this played a role in Karina’s rapid rise. Rather, not this, but her personal talent. Family ties are a good help, but they do not always help you become a strong personality, or a person in general. Tempered by the winds... Karina grew up as a child with a complex character. Born in the heart of Bollywood - the city of Mumbai in 1980, she faced many difficulties during her childhood. Her father left the family when she was just a child. The mother worked from dawn to dusk to get the girl on her feet. But, tempered by the winds... Karina became herself, going through all the difficulties with her mother. This is how the steel was tempered.
Kareena Kapoor now
In June 2020, the premiere of the comedy “My Best Friend’s Wedding” started. Apart from Kareena Kapoor, the film stars Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania and others.
Kareena Kapoor in the drama Bombay Samurai
The action takes place around four bosom friends. When the parents are going to marry one of the girls, the remaining three organize a grand bachelorette party for the bride.
The release of the film “Untitled Raj Mehta Project” is planned for 2020, where Karina again got the main role.
Another project in which Kapoor will be involved is the drama Bombay Samurai. Details about the production status and release date of the film are unknown.
Life without embellishment
Karina's mother divorced her father for reasons of principle. She was not a feminist, but she also did not want to be an obedient housewife, preparing food and raising children. But this is what my husband wanted. This became the main reason for the couple's divorce. Some time after the divorce, the couple reconciled and got back together. Karina, being a wayward girl with a difficult character, despite this did not hold a grudge against her father. Moreover, she said that it was he who became the main reason for her success.
The little princess always wanted to be an actress. She spent a lot of time at the mirror in her mother's dresses, rehearsing various numbers. It’s not strange that her first photo was taken when Karina was only 11 years old.
Filmography
- 2001 – “Both in sorrow and in joy”
- 2002 – “Live for me”
- 2004 – “Mentor”
- 2005 – “Sad Love Story”
- 2006 – “Don. Mafia leader"
- 2007 – “When We Met”
- 2009 – “Incredible Love”
- 2011 – “Bodyguard”
- 2012 – “Heroine”
- 2014 – “Return of Singam”
- 2015 – “Brother Bajrangi”
- 2016 – “Ki and Ka”
- 2018 – “Best Friend’s Wedding”
- 2019 – “Untitled Raj Mehta Project”
Study, study and study: the path is long when it leads straight to the goal
Her mother was able to send Karina to a private school, which not many people in India can afford. After some time, she transferred Karina to a specialized school - a boarding school for girls. Over time, Kareena Kapoor always remembered and spoke exceptionally warmly about these institutions, emphasizing that she did everything to justify her mother’s efforts, tried and did everything to be the best student.
When boarding school was over, she took her exams at an economics college in the outskirts of Mumbai. There Karina studied various sciences related to commerce and business. The girl studied at this institution for two years. The reason for choosing this college was the desire to be in close proximity to family and friends.
Next it was time for Harvard. Even though the training lasted only three months, it was a big step forward. Karina studied microelectronics there. Further more. Studying the basics of law at Churchgate, an elite college in his homeland. And again - in the vicinity of Mumbai. Family was a priority for the girl. And after Churchgate, it finally happened - Karina entered the Kishore Namit Kapoor theater school. In it, the head of an elite university became the girl’s teacher.
A turning point in life
“You can’t crush genes with your finger,” the Indians have the same saying. The Kapoors' blood began to boil once in Kareena's too. After dropping out of law, she joined the Kishore Namit Kapoor Theater Institute.
It didn’t take long for offers to appear. But the first two years of work did not produce much results, and this forced the future star to reconsider his role and acting style. The next film, “The Enchantment of Love,” made huge gains at the box office and glorified the leading actors. Thus was born a new star named Kareena Kapoor, whose biography experienced a sharp change.
Love is like a bright, radiant dream
Kareena Kapoor's personal life has always been under the close attention of the Indian public. This is normal - any person of her level will not avoid having many millions of eyes watching her and her behavior.
The first man with whom Karina lived for three years was Indian actor Shahid Kapoor. But the relationship was not destined to become long, strong and happy. The couple broke up.
Karina lived with her next chosen one and future husband, without formalizing the relationship, for about five years. For India, with its conservative, puritanical foundations, this is not just nonsense. This is outrageous behavior. But society forgave “Princess” Karina for this too. AND. . sighed calmly when she legalized her relationship with her common-law husband Saif Ali Khan.
They first met on the set of one of the films in which Karina, naturally, played the main role. At that time, Saif was legally married. His wife was 12 years older than her husband. In addition, he and his wife had two children together. Saif filed for divorce for Kareena. The Indian public was shocked. And she waited another five years before she saw Kareena and Saif's wedding.
The wedding was not at all pretentious, without any frills or luxury, although the young people could afford it. Today, this couple is considered the most beautiful and talented couple in India. Society is proud that Kareena and Saif are representatives of the Indian nation. In 2020, the couple welcomed a son, Taimur Ali Khan.
Childhood and youth
Karina was born on September 21, 1980 in Mumbai. Kapoor's zodiac sign is Virgo. It seemed that the girl was destined to become an actress, however, to do this, she had to overcome the unbreakable tradition of the ancient acting family.
In previous generations of Kapoors, only men could become actors. For representatives of the fair sex, this road was closed forever. Even those actresses who married into the family were forced to leave a successful film career.
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Kareena Kapoor with her parents
This was the case with the girl’s mother Babita Shivdasani, who starred in 19 films before her marriage to Randhir Kapoor. After getting married in the mid-70s, she left the film world and devoted herself to raising two daughters.
However, the proud woman decided to make her failed dreams of fame come true in the future of her children. In 1988, she divorced Randhir and moved to Lokhandwala, taking both her daughters with her. By this act, she went against the national foundations of India and the influential Kapoor clan.
Kareena Kapoor in childhood
The husband considered an acting career impossible for his daughters. Only thanks to the breakup, Karina and sister Karisma were able to break the unspoken taboo and become the first female actresses in the Kapoor dynasty. The mother encouraged Karina’s acting abilities, constantly accompanied her daughter on the set and actually became the girl’s producer. Reconciliation and family reunification took place only 19 years later, in 2007.
Kareena Kapoor did not choose the path of actress right away. After graduating from boarding school in Dehradun, she studied economics for two years at Mithibai College. Then I decided to try myself in the legal field and transferred to law college. A year later, she realized that she was not predisposed to academic sciences, decided to realize her old dream and entered the theater institute.
Movies
Karina’s debut film was the film “Les Miserables”. She starred in it with Abhishek Bachchan. And... immediately received an award for best female debut. It was back in 2000. Further more. A year later, Kareena Kapoor starred in the film “The Charm of Love” with Tusshar Kapoor. The same year, another film with her participation, “Memories,” was released. In it, Hrithik Roshan became his partner on the set. And... the picture was a fiasco at the box office. After this there was the film “Ashoka”, where Kareena starred in the role of Princess Kaurvaki. The film received good press, but... failed at the box office again. But the next film, "For Sad and Happy," grossed almost $20 million.
The year 2003 was terrible - six films with Kareena Kapoor's participation failed. The following year, things began to improve after the film “Night Revelations”, where she starred in the role of a young prostitute. For this role, Karina received a special award. After that, she starred in almost forty films, the last of which, “He and She,” was a tremendous success and brought her several awards, collecting a huge box office, both in India and abroad.
Today, “Princess” Karina starred in several films, raised her son and was absolutely happy in her family life.
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One of the most famous and influential dynasties of Indian cinema is undoubtedly the Kapoor clan. The founder of this large clan, consisting of actors, directors, producers, was actor, theater and film director Prithviraj Kapoor .
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Prithviraj Kapoor has always been considered - and quite rightly - a “king”, a great dramatic actor, and a devotee of social work. However, above all he was a humanist. He loved people, human existence, philosophy, which he professed with an open soul.
Prithviraj was originally from Peshawar (now part of Pakistan). With a degree from the University of Rawalpindi, he was dealing with legal issues as usual when he suddenly decided that he would become an actor. In 1929, Prithviraj moved to Bombay and joined the Imperial Film Company. At first he was busy only with passing roles, but less than a year had passed before Imperial had already assigned him the main role in the film “The Girl from the Cinema.” Soon Prithviraj left Imperial and went to work at the Anderson Theater Company, which staged Shakespeare in English. Here Prithviraj played almost all Shakespearean characters; At the same time, he achieved particularly triumphant success with his original performance of the role of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Having gone on a tour around the country, Prithviraj reached Calcutta, where their troupe broke up. There was no work, no money. Then he joined New Theatres on a rather meager salary of three hundred rupees a month. However, it was thanks to his work in New Theaters, as well as collaboration with the East Indian Film Company, that his talent was recognized by both critics and viewers, who appreciated him as an outstanding dramatic actor.
At the end of 1938, Prithviraj left Calcutta, where he spent five years, which brought him honor and fame. He was persuaded to return to Bombay by Chandulal Shah, a producer from. There he starred in two films produced by this company in a row, but what immortalized Prithviraj was undoubtedly the role of the famous character from the film “Sikander” - as Alexander the Great was called in India. Prthviraj's tall, slender, courageous figure and his aquiline nose allowed him to easily and convincingly transform into a great conqueror. Even now, half a century after the premiere of Sikander, this film is enjoying considerable success, and the hero evokes the admiration of the audience. While his fellow actors often squandered their earned fees, Prithviraj preferred to invest his money in the theater. Hindi theater was practically non-existent in those years. He carefully worked through all the productions carried out in his theatrical society, and after that every evening he also went to the set. Many talented newcomers got their start in his Prithvi Theaters, but most of them simply used Prithviraj's theater as a springboard for their own purely cinematic careers. The Kapoor family Completely absorbed in the stage, Prithviraj, however, continued to act in order to pay for his theatrical productions, although he gradually moved away from the role of a romantic hero, moving to supporting roles. He vigorously resisted attempts to close his theater and limit his film repertoire to supporting roles. His latest and, of course, most significant film, Past, Present, Future, marked the debut of his grandson Randhir Kapoor as both an actor and a director. During the filming of this film, Prithviraj fell ill, but participated in it from beginning to end. A few months later he died of cancer in a Bombay hospital. In memory of Prithviraj, his son Shashi Kapoor built Prithvi Theaters. His sons followed in their father's footsteps: Raj, Shammi and Shashi. Each of them made a great contribution to the development of Indian cinema, but the greatest success fell to the share of actor and director Raj Kapoor, known as the “Indian Charlie Chaplin”, “the father of Indian cinema” and the famous “blue-eyed king of the East”. His films “Tramp”, “Mr. 420”, “Sangam”, “My Name is Clown” and “Bobby” were a huge success not only in India, but also in the Soviet Union, where Kapoor was called the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indian cinema. Raj played his first film role at the age of eleven. For several years he worked at the Bombay Talks studio as an assistant director. In 1948 he founded his own studio, Raj Kapoor Films, which, thanks to the success of his films, soon became one of the leading ones in the country.
In most of his films, Kapoor was not only the director, but also the leading actor. In his early best works, “The Tramp” (1951), “Mr. 420” (1955) created a memorable image of a little man, infinitely kind and charming, who under no circumstances lost optimism and faith in the future. The films with his participation triumphantly screened on screens all over the world, winning the hearts of the audience. Kapoor's ability to combine entertainment with a critical attitude towards social injustice earned him a reputation as a champion of human equality, although this was not entirely true. The films of this director, in their focus, were primarily spectacular commercial films, and everything that happened in them very little resembled reality. Musical films, melodramas, adventure films - such is his range. But no one could deny that all his works are humanistic and kind. In the finale, vice was invariably punished, goodness triumphed, and all the heroes received what they deserved. The death of Raj Kapoor was perceived in India as a national tragedy.
Shammi Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor's second son, Shammi (real name Shamsher Raj Kapoor), was born on October 21 in Bombay. In 1948 - 52. worked at Prithvi Thieters, his father's theater, entered the cinema thanks to eccentric imitations of Errol Flynn, which enjoyed moderate success. In Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957), he shaved off a strip of his mustache and tried to emulate James Dean and Elvis Presley, while following the looser models developed by Dev Anand. This style set the tone for films released in the late 50s, such as black-and-white detective stories and color romance stories. Shammi often played the role of a spoiled rich guy who wooes a girl, but gets embroiled in gang warfare and family squabbles, both of which end with a brutal beating of the villain. None of these films were released in our theaters; our audience knows Shammi Kapoor only in the role of elderly bearded characters. The actor’s filmography includes 130 films. In 1955, Shammi married actress Geeta Bali (died 1965). In 1969, Shammi married again. Until recently, Shammi was the producer of the entertainment video magazine Shammi Kapoor Presents Manoranjan and the chairman of Internet Users Club of India.
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi lived in the world of art since childhood. He followed the same path as his father and brothers - Raj and Shammi - from the theater stage to the cinema screen. He was only seven years old when he first appeared on the stage of the Prithvi Theatre, which was run by his father. Subsequently, having played several roles as teenage boys between 1946 and 1951, the most striking of which was the role of Raj as a child in the film “The Tramp” (1951), Shashi left cinema for almost 10 years. Perhaps he himself did not consider these children's roles to be serious work, and preferred to play roles of the classical repertoire in the Prithvi Theater. In 1956, Shashi met actress of the English Shakespearean theater company Jennifer Kendall, and two years later she became his wife.
Shashi has never been a “star” in the full sense of the word - he has had a fair number of unsuccessful films in his career. However, this only applies to Hindi cinema. In 1963, Shashi got the opportunity to start working in Anglo-Indian cinema. He starred with all the actresses who played the heroines for almost 20 years and, unlike many others, did not have a permanent role. He played young men in love and rejected rivals, heroes and adventurers. At the end of the 70s. Shashi founded his own cinema and began producing films of the so-called “New Wave”.
Randhir Kapoor and Babita
Raj Kapoor's business was continued by his sons - Randhir, Rajiv and Rishi. The eldest, Randhir Ranbir Kapoor, was born on February 15, 1947. In the cinematic field, he distinguished himself as an actor (starred in 37 films), as a producer (financed 4 films) and as a director of 3 films. His wife is former actress Babita Hari Shivdasani, daughter of actor Hari Shivdasani. They got married in 1972. Babita starred in 18 films, but immediately after her marriage she left cinema and devoted her entire life to raising her daughters. However, the married life was not peaceful, and a few years after the wedding (after the birth of their daughters), Babita divorced Randhir, taking both daughters with her. The move was bold: she not only challenged Indian traditions, but also left the most powerful dynasty in Bollywood. Now she is completely focused on the children. It was this divorce that allowed Karisma and Karina to enter the film world and become incredibly popular. It was the mother who greatly influenced how the girls’ careers developed. Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor (his diminutive Chintoo) was born on September 4, 1952, and first appeared on screen in 1970 in his father’s film “My Name is Clown.” Despite his young age, Chintu already played quite professionally. The National Award was a well-deserved reward for the aspiring actor. Three years later, Rishi Kapoor again appeared in his father's melodrama Bobby. Of the most famous films with the participation of Rishi Kapoor: “Disappearance”, “The Avenger”, “Such a Liar”, “Debt of Honor”, “I will prove it to the whole world!” , “Cruel World”, “Sea of Love”, “Chadni”. In the late 80s, Rishi Kapoor starred in two Soviet-Indian films, co-directed by Shashi Kapoor and Gennady Vasiliev: “Return of the Thief of Baghdad” and “Black Prince Ajuba”. Rishi Kapoor's wife is the popular Indian actress Neetu Singh. They have two children - son Ranbir, who is also an actor, and daughter Raddhima, a famous fashion designer in India.
Rajeev Kapoor
Rajiv Kapoor was born on August 25, 1962. The third son of a famous family, he made his debut on the big screen, but soon realized that success had passed him by, and took up his childhood dream - filmmaking. He directed the film "Prem Granth " starring his brother Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit, but still showbiz turned out to be an unsuccessful field for him. The only takeoff in his filmography was the scandalous “Ganges, Your Waters Are Muddy,” but here, too, all the laurels went to the young actress Mandakini. “ I was not successful as an actor, but I became an actor because I am from the Kapoor family and the opportunity to act was handed to me on a silver platter,” he admitted in one of his interviews.
Karisma Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor and Babbita's daughter Karisma Kapoor was born on June 25, 1975. She is the most successful of the women of the Kapoor star family; none of them has previously achieved such a level of success. Karishma was taught acting by her grandfather Raj, and at one time she abandoned her studies to pursue a career as a movie star. Like her grandfather, she has blue eyes. Her first film was “Prisoner of Love”, and in 1996 she was recognized as the best actress for the film “Raja Hindustani”. Karisma is married to her childhood friend, Delhi-based businessman Sanjay Kapoor, and they have two children (a daughter and a son).
Kareena Kapoor
Karina Kapur's birthday is 09/21/1980. At Harvard, Kareena Kapoor studied at the Faculty of Law. She had no plans for Bollywood, but fate took its toll and, like many from the family, she took the decisive step and managed to achieve enormous success. The debut film “Les Miserables” received a lukewarm response from viewers, but critics were unanimous in their verdict: Karina knows how to attract attention. Her second film, The Enchantment of Love, opposite debutant Tusshar Kapoor, brought in huge collections and instantly made Kareena famous. Karina has achieved great recognition in the film industry and is currently a sought-after actress in India, with more than 30 films in her filmography. In life, in contrast to her on-screen image, Karina is modest and shy. As an actress, she claims to be completely different from sister Karisma. In his free time, he likes to read or chat with friends. Hates liars and hypocrites, loves frankness and honesty. She is single, dated actor Shahid Kapoor for a long time (they met on the set of the film Fida, in 2004), and is now dating Saif Ali Khan.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor (09.28.1982) - actor, son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. Ranbir is a fan of Amitabh Bachchan and tries to imitate him. Loves to play football. From early childhood he wanted to become an actor. After completing acting and directing courses in the USA, he firmly decided that he would work for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In 2004, he starred with Abhay Chopra in two short films - “India, 1964” and “Karma”. He worked as one of the assistant directors on three films: “Prem Granh” (1996, directed by Rajeev Kapoor), “Aa Ab Laut Chalen” (1999, directed by Rishi Kapoor) and “Black” (2005, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali). Has a reputation as Don Juan. On the first episode of Simi Garewal's India's Most Desirable, his mother and actress Neetu Singh says, “Ranbir is very soft-spoken and polite. It's very easy to fall in love with Ranbir." There are three Kapoor dynasties in Bollywood (and many more just near-film namesakes), but this dynasty is the most famous, giving Indian cinema the best actors, directors and producers.
Khans
The most star surname of Indian cinema! Major league players - Shah Rukh, Salman, Amir - they are all Khans, but there is no family relationship between them. The uncrowned king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, among other things, is famous for the fact that he achieved success on his own, without having reliable support behind him in the form of a daddy director or an uncle producer. When the guy from New Delhi began his ascent to the Bollywood Olympus, he had no connections either in the world of cinema or in show business. The only thing Shah Rukh could rely on was solid theatrical training and his own talent. As for his namesake rivals, both Salman Khan and Amir Khan come from families that are no strangers to art and cinema. Salman's father is a popular screenwriter and writer in India, Salim Khan. It was he who created the scripts for the wonderful films “Zita and Gita” and “Mr. India”. Our third hero, Amir, is the son of the famous Indian producer and poet Tahir Hussain. It must be said that the actor can be classified as a Khan rather conditionally. At birth, the future celebrity received the name Mohammad Amir Hussain Khan. According to the actor himself, his real name is Hussain, and Khan is a clan name. But the combination “Amir Khan” is much more euphonious, which is why he calls himself that. Well, the more different Khans there are in Bollywood, the better.
Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor
In 2009, the actors played a couple in the film “An Amazing Story of Strange Love” / Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. And these shootings broke two established alliances at once. Katrina Kaif was dating Salman Khan at that time, and Ranbir Kapoor was dating Deepika Padukone. A year later, both couples broke up. And Katrina and Ranbir again received an offer to work together on the film “Politicians” / Rajaneti. After that, they began to often appear in public together, but did not make any statements in the press regarding this.
The guesses of fans and journalists were soon confirmed. They celebrated 2012 together at a Christmas party in New York, and six months later the paparazzi caught them on the beach in Spain, where the couple was vacationing together. Then the young people moved in together... But it didn’t come to the wedding. Perhaps it won't come. Karina and Ranbir do not say that they broke up, but they almost never go out together. Thus, Ranbir Kapoor came to the premiere of his new film “Performance” / Tamasha in the company of his ex, Deepika Padukone (who, as you remember, was recently named the most beautiful woman in India).
"Live for Me" (2002)
Pooja Pinky is the daughter of an influential tycoon who suffers from loneliness. During the summer holidays, Pinky's father brings her to a hill station, where she meets Karan, an orphan boy with a kind heart. Sympathy breaks out between the young people, but Pinky's father is against their relationship.
Years pass. Pinky lives abroad and Karan is adopted by a rich man. But one day young people still meet...
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Kareena Kapoor played the female lead, Pinky, and her co-star was Tusshar Kapoor.
