KAREENA KAPOOR BIOGRAPHY

Kareena Kapoor was born on September 21, 1980 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and is presently one of the most exultant Bollywood actresses in the industry. Since her debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, she has acted in nearly 30 films. As of 2007, her total box office impact is worth well over Rs. 4 billion. She hails from the "Kapoor family" which has many of its members included within the film sorority.

Her grandfather was Raj Kapoor; her great grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor. She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, who had divorced when she was still young. Rishi Kapoor is one of her uncles. Her sister, Karisma Kapoor, is also an actress .

Kareena was good at school and attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai .Later on she joined to Welham Girl's Boarding School in Dehradun . She then went to Harvard for summer school and took a course in microcomputers and information technology for three months. She then took an admission in Government Law College at Churchgate to become a lawyer. After completing one year at Law College she quit and decided to pursue a career in acting. She then joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school. 

Her first movie was J. P. Dutta's Refugee which was released on June 30, 2000 and included co-debutant Abhishek Bachchan in the cast. Other notable films she has acted in are Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Kareena Kapoor is considered a loud-mouth gasconading actress, but yet still manages to have a rewarding career in Bollywood. Her fair skin, medium-light eyes, and hennaed hair makes her a most wanted amongst the Indian Public. She is part Punjabi and part Sindhi. Her mother Babita and aunt Sadhana were both Bollywood actresses. Kareena is said to be similar to a young Babita, with her full-figured body, and fleshy lips. Although Kareena is used as eye-candy in most of her films, she has ventured out to do a few serious roles; Asoka being one. She is currently dating actor-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor (they starred together in the 2004 movie Fida which flopped at the box office).