Katrina Kaif awards, Wikipekia,Early life and Biography

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Katrina Kaif (born 16 July 1984) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry.She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Early life

Kaif was born in Hong Kongto an Indian Kashmiri father,Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte,both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif stated once, "my dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings."Kaif has seven siblings. From Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. Then from Japan (by boat) to France when she was 8, and also moved to Switzerland, Kraków, Berlin, Belgium, and many other East European countries where she and her family were there for a few months each.Then they moved to Hawaii, and eventually later moved to her mother's home country, England. It is widely speculated that Kaif is from London, when in fact, she only lived there for three years before finally moving to Mumbai.

Career

Kaif began her modeling career at the age fourteen; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London under a contract with the Models 1 Agency and did campaigns for houses such as La Senza and Arcadius, and even walked on the London Fashion Week.

Kaif's London modeling-work led to her discovery by London-based 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 initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi.

Kaif saw moderate success with the 2005 film Sarkar, where she played the bit part of Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend, and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan.

In 2007, Kaif appeared in her first major hit movie, Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office letdown Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her run of hit films continued with Apne, becoming a semi hit grosser while Partner and Welcome were huge hits, both receiving a blockbuster status.

In 2008, she played the villain role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother (played by Akshay Khanna). Kaif's second release of the year was Anees Bazmee's production Singh Is Kinng, opposite Akshay Kumar. The film was a big success at the box office. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a commercial failure,but its script has made its way into the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for artistic merits, original screenplay with a substance, and the film as a whole.

Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham, was a critical and commercial success.Kaif's performance was highly regarded. Wrote critic Taran Adarsh, "Katrina gives you the biggest surprise. Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance. She's outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time."Kaif received a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actress category for her performance.

She next played a bit role in a cameo as a biker chick in the multi-starrer action film Blue, popularly known as India's first underwater thriller,which was declared a below average by box office India.

At the year's end, she appeared in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, with Ranbir Kapoor, and De Dana Dan with Akshay Kumar. Both films were commercial successes.

Kaif's first film of 2010 was Raajneeti, where she appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did extremely well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster status.She is also starred in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. The film was released on 24 December 2010.The film received mainly negative reviews, but was declared a semi hit according to Box Office India while Kaif's item song Sheila Ki Jawani was one of the most appreciated songs of the year.

Aside from film acting, she has a number of endorsement deals, and is one of the top paid Bollywood actresses in this respect,soon she will do a movie opposite Dheeraj Upreti (Love in life).

Voice

It should be noted that due to her poor knowledge of Hindi (and other Indian languages), Katrina Kaif's voice has often been dubbed over by another actress for many of her early films. With the exception of De Dana Dan, all her films since New York feature her real voice. Earlier films in which her real voice is also heard are Singh Is Kinng, Namastey London and Boom.

Awards

Winner

2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya

2006: Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year 

2008: Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award

2008: IIFA Awards, Style Diva of the Year

2008: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Singh Is Kinng

2008: Apsara Film Producers Guild of India Awards, Style Diva of the Year

2009: Rajiv Gandhi Award

2009: Golden Kela Awards, Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent

2009: Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine 

2009: ASSOCHAM Award, Performing Excellence 

2010: Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year 

2010: Stardust Awards, Best Actress - Popular Award for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 

2011: Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice)

2011: Apsara Awards: Hindustan Times Reader's Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Female) 

Nominated

2005: Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Debut, Sarkar

2008: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Race

2009: Apsara Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role, Race

2009: IIFA Award for Best Actress, Singh Is Kinng

2009: Stardust Award for Star Of The Year, Singh Is Kinng

2009: Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Negative Role, Race

2010: Screen Award for Best Actor In Popular Category, New York

2010: Stardust Star of the Year Award – Female for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 

2010: Filmfare Best Actress Award for New York

2010: Big Star Entertainment Award for BIG Star Most Entertaining Film Actor (Female) Rajneeti 

2010: Big Star Entertainment Award for New Talent of the Decade (Female)

Katrina Kaif Biography | Bollywood Queen Katrina Kaif Profile

Name	: Katrina Kaif
Date of Birth	: 16th July, 1984
Place of Birth	: London, UK
Height	: 5'9"

With her gorgeous face and hourglass figure, Katrina Kaif has won a dominant place in the Bollywood film industry. One of eight sisters, Katrina was born to a Kashmiri father and English mother. She grew up in Hawaii, moved to London and now has made Mumbai her base.

She started modeling at the young age of 14. When she was doing modeling in London, filmmaker Kaizad Gustad noticed her and gave her a role in his film 'Boom' (2003). When she came to India she was flooded with modelling offers and has done assignments with Cola, LG, Fevicol, Lakme etc. In Boom, which is about the nexus between the underworld and the world of fashion, she enacted the role of a super model. She could not prove herself in the movie and the year 2004 was not good for her and didn't get much movie offers.

Next year she got two movies, Ramgopal Varma's 'Sarkar' and David Dhawan's 'Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya'. In Sarkar her role was small but she showed improvement over her maiden release. In Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya she got the right role to showcase her talent. In between she did two films in Telugu - 'Malliswari' and 'Allari Pidugu' which more than made up for her flop debut. Katrina's first release in 2006 was 'Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye'. Her outstanding performance in the film, her best till date, has been highly acclaimed by the audience. She also acted in a Malayalam film called 'Balram Vs Taradas' with superstar Mammootty and has been signed for a Tamil film 'Bheema' opposite Vikram..

Initially filmmakers were hesitant to sign her because of her linguistic shortcomings but now she is taking Hindi lessons as well as dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture. She, an incurable romantic in her own words is rumoured to be involved with Salman Khan.

Katrina seems to have it all looks, intelligence and the ambition to make it big in Bollywood. Now all we have to do is wait and watch for her roles to hit the screen.