Katrina Kaif, one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood,
debuted with a bang through "Boom", a movie about models getting
caught up with the underworld. Though the movie bombed, people
couldn't easily forget her angelic face and voluptuous figure.
Not many have gained the fans and popularity as a new entrant as
Katrina has done.

Katrina is half Indian and half British. Her father is an NRI
and her mother is English, which makes her poor at Hindi.
Initially critics were very harsh on her for her poor Hindi. But
she has worked hard on it and started taking dancing
lessons - both very essential to survive in the industry. Now she
has started dubbing on her own. She has done few movies down
south and is a popular face there already.

She has done two Telugu movies - Malliswari(2004) and Allari Pidugu(2005) and
a Malayalam film (Balram vs. Taradas). In 2005 she starred in
"Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" opposite Salman Khan and Ram Gopal
Varma's "Sarkar". "Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye" with Akshay Kumar
followed.

Katrina was born on July 16, 1984, in Hong Kong, grew up in
Hawaii and then moved to London. Even at the young age of 14,
she got modeling offers and started out by modeling for a
jewelry campaign. She was attracted to her father's native land
and the moment she landed in India she was flooded with modeling
assignments.

She started off with photographer Atul Kasbekar. Later she got
offers from Lakme, LG, Cola, Fevicol, Pantene, Veet, Kodak, and
L'Oreal. She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme
India Fashion Week (2005). The Lakme commercial made her very
popular. Soon Kaizad Gustad, the director of "Boom" noticed her
and offered her a role in the film. Since it was the role of a
model, she promptly agreed.

Although she wears bold outfits on films and ads, she is very
particular about her clothes and she feels more comfortable in
not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And unlike others in
her field she absolutely hates wearing make up.

Although she has been seeing Salman Khan for some time now, she
still refuses to talk about him in the media. She has made it
clear that her personal life is not meant to be known to all and
that no one has a right to pass any kind of judgement on it.

She has lots of exciting projects lined up. One of them is
"Partner" with boyfriend Salman Khan and Govinda. She is also
doing "Apne" in which real life father and sons Dharmendra,
Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol all star together, for
the first time. Then there is Anees Bazmee's "Welcome" with
Akshay Kumar. Another film with Akshay Kumar "Namaste, London"
is all set to release on March.

Katrina Kaif News

• Bollywood star Katrina Kaif will play the role of Scarlett Keeling

  May 20, 2008
  

  Prabhakar Shukla is one of the most famous Bollywood directors and he always tries to impress everyone with his movies. He is planning a fabulous drama about the tragic incident of rape and murder of a 15 year old British tourist, Scarlett Keeling. Thi..

• Katrina wishes to work with new stars

  March 18, 2008
  

  Katrina Kaif, the Bollywood fame, is looking forward to work
  with different stars. The talent and charm made this 22 year old
  to earn more fans. She reached the industry and rose to the
  stardom pair..

• Kabir Khan's new film casts Katrina and John Abraham

  February 16, 2008
  

  Director Kabir Khan is all set to direct his second film under
  the Yash Raj banner. Kabir Khan's previous film was Kabul
  Express, which was released in the end of 2006.
  
  The film cas..

• Shahid and Katrina in Rajkumar Shantoshi's film

  November 20, 2007
  

  Director Rajkumar Santhoshi has signed Shahid for his next
  movie. The film is based on a romantic comedy. Director Santoshi,
  known mostly for making films with socio-political themes, is
  now eager t..

• Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar in Vipul Shah's new film

  October 7, 2007
  

  Vipul Shah is almost done with the planning of his new film and
  this time he has gone for the less stressful role of the
  producer. He is producing a movie with Akshay Kumar and Katrina
  Kaif and a fe..

• Katrina visited Salman in jail to comfort him

  August 30, 2007
  

  Following the arrest of Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif visited him in
  jail last Sunday to comfort him. She was accompanied by Salman's
  brother Arbaaz Khan and sister Alvira.
  
  Salman was a..

• Katrina Kaif the next numero uno of Bollywood

  August 23, 2007
  

  Over the years Bollywood have seen many graceful beauties ruling
  the silver screen, like Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, and most
  recently Aishwarya Rai. Among the current crop of actresses it
  seems only Ka..

• Katrina Kaif declines Salman's marriage proposal

  July 16, 2007
  

  Salman is said to have at last popped the question to Katrina,
  but his timing was very bad. It is reported that Katrina has
  gently told Salman to wait a bit longer as her career is looking
  up, with ..

• Katrina Kaif the painter

  June 28, 2007
  

  Not even some of her fans know this; Katrina Kaif is not only a
  good actress with an angelic face but a very accomplished
  painter as well.
  Vipul shah, who directed her in "Namastey..

• Katrina Kaif's "Apne" ready for release

  May 16, 2007
  

  "Apne", the Anil Sharma film starring Katrina Kaif, along with
  the three Deols and Shilpa Shetty, is being readied for release.
  It is likely to be released on 29th June.
  
  But it is ..

• Katrina's Race

  May 5, 2007
  

  The shooting of Abbas-Mastan's "Race" starring Saif Ali Khan and
  Katrina Kaif, is progressing in Dubai. A major part of the
  shooting was completed in South Africa, earlier this year.
  
  ..

• Katrina in Subhash Ghai film, along with Salman!

  April 25, 2007
  

  At last the big directors have started to realize her potential.
  "Namastey London" is turning out to be a big turning point in
  Katrina's career. Watching her acting in the film, Subhash Ghai
  has dec..

• Katrina back on top!

  March 4, 2007
  

  With the success of "Namastey London" Katrina is again in
  demand. It was inevitable, for a girl with her talent and
  beauty; she just needed a hit under her kitty to be back in the
  top bracket.
  ..

• Salman raving about Katrina's performance in Namastey London

  February 4, 2007
  

  Salman is busy telling anyone who care to listen that how good
  an actress Katrina is, after watching her film "Namastey
  London". Salman used to visit the set of the film to give
  Katrina some moral s..

• Katrina rocks in Namastey London

  January 4, 2007
  

  "Namastey London" has finally been released and has turned out a big
  success. It seems Vipul Shah has got another hit to his credit.
  It goes for Akshay Kumar too. But it is the perfomance of
  Katrina..

• Namastey London

  December 4, 2006
  

  "Namastey London" is an Indo-British project with a contemporary
  topic about cross-cultural romance and stars Akshay Kumar,
  Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor and Upen Patel and directed by Vipul
  Shah.
  ..

• Katrina behaved badly with a newcomer?

  November 4, 2006
  

  After her mini-skirt controversy, another controversy has come
  along Katrina's way. According to the rumor, Katrina behaved
  badly in the set of 'Namastey London' with co-star newcomer
  Shaana Diya, w..

• Katrina Kaif mini-skirt controversy

  October 4, 2006
  

  Katrina Kaif and director of the film "Namastey London", Vipul
  Shah, had to bear a lot of flak for shooting Katrina in a very
  sexy mini-skirt in Dargah. The scene created a big controversy
  couple of..

Katrina Kaif (Hindi: कत्रिना कैफ़; born 16 July 1980) is a Hong Kong-born Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Biography

Kaif was born in Hong Kong on 16 July 1980,[1] to a Kashmiri father (who acquired British citizenship) and a British mother. Kaif has eight siblings; seven sisters and one brother. At age 14 she was approached by an agent and began modeling; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London.

Career

Kaif's London model work led to her discovery by 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 at first hesitant to sign her because she wasn't able to speak Hindi.[2] Katrina saw success with the 2005 film Sarkar where she played the brief role of Abhishek Bachchan's love interest. Her next release, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2006), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan, earned her an award at the Stardust Award for breakthrough female performance. In 2007 Katrina appeared in the hit movie Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office dud Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. She then worked on a series of box office hits that include Apne, Partner and Welcome. 2008 saw her play a negative role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's super hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with him. She appeared next in Anees Bazmee's box office blockbuster Singh Is Kinng alongside Akshay Kumar for the fourth time. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a surprise disaster at the box office.

Awards

2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun
Kiya.
2008: British-Indian Actor award, Zee Cine Awards.
2008: IIFA Awards:
Best Female Style Icon [3].
2008: Voted at the No. 1 spot in FHM India's 100
Sexiest Women in the World poll[4].
2008: Voted Sexiest Asian Woman
[5].
2008: Most searched Indian celebrity on Google [6].
2009: Ranked 48 on
Most Desired Woman List[7].

Filmography

2003 Boom Rina Kaif / Popdi Chinchpokli
2004 Malliswari Princess Malliswari Telugu film
2005 Sarkar Pooja
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya Sonia
Allari Pidugu Shwetha Telugu film
2006 Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye Jia A. Yashvardhan
Balram vs. Taradas Supriya Malayalam film
2007 Namastey London Jasmeet Malhotra (Jazz)
Apne Nandini
Partner Priya Jaisingh
Welcome Sanjana Shetty
2008 Race Sophia First villain role
Singh Is Kinng Sonia
Hello The Storyteller/God Special appearance
Yuvvraaj Anushka
2009 New York Maya Filming
Blue Lauren Filming
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Sonia / Lisa Singh Rathod Filming
De Dana Dan Filming
2009 Padosan Remake Bindhu Pre- Production
2010 Rajniti Filming