KATRINA KAIF PROFILE

Name : Katrina Kaif
Nick Name : Kat
Birthdate : July 16, 1984
Birth location : Hong Kong, China
Height : 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Sex : Female
Eyes : Black
Sign : Scorpio
Nationality: British
Birth Place: London, Uk
Marital status: single
Profession : Actress, Musician, Model
Relationship : Salman Khan (actor)
Claim To Fame : Jasmeet Malhotra (Jazz) in 'Namastey London'.
Debut Film : Boom

Biography:Katrina is a Kashmiri-Brit fusion as his father was Indian and mom was English. Katrina was born on July 16th 1983 in Hong Kong; her family lived for a while in Hawaii and the moved to London. Katrina has seven other siblings and all sisters. Katrina started modeling when she was fourteen and her first shoot was for a jewellery brand. Katrina continued modeling in London and was approached by Kaizad Gustad for his film ‘Boom’; after which the model decided to move to Mumbai.

Katrina walked the ramp in India for some topnotch designers and decided to permanently live in Mumbai and pursue a career as an actress. Katrina started working with Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar and was also on the cover of ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine.
atrina had to struggle to make her way in Bollywood as she had the linguistic short coming and Producers were hesitant to cast her, so the actress started taking Hindi lessons and also started learning Kathak. In 2004, Katrina did a Telugu movie opposite South Superstar Venkatesh titled ‘Malliswari’. Katrina made news when she started dating actor Salman Khan who also launched her in mainstream cinema in the movie titled ‘Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya’. The movie became a superhit and Katrina finally made an impact.

Katrina is the brand ambassador for ‘Lakme’, ‘Silk-n-Shine’ and International brand ‘Veet’ in India. Katrina has impressed the directors and has some big projects in her pipeline- Anees Bazmee’s ‘Welcome’, David Dhawan’s ‘Partner’, Vipul Shah’s ‘Namastey London’, and Anil Sharma’s ‘Apne’. With such great projects in Katrina’s kitty, future sure looks promising for this pretty actress.
er seriousness to climb to the top position in Bollywood is seen in the very fact that she took her Hindi classes and dancing lessons very seriously. She quickly learnt the art of dubbing and finally rendered her own lines with ease in "Namaste London" {2007} in which she acted opposite Akshay Kumar.

The promising actress is banking on her yet to be released movie, "Main Yuvraj" hoping that this movies will
Do well at the Box- Office and take her career to new heights.

Latest News
# Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have different priorities Salman Khan is known to get embroiled in one controversy after the other. He has been charged in the hunting of black buck cases and also in a hit and run accident case where he ran over one person and injured three others. After Salman's high profile relationship with katrina kaif, the actor began dating model turned actress Katrina Kaif. This model turned actress has even starred opposite Salman Khan in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya. Katrina has stood by Salman through all his trials and travails; however it is now being rumoured that Katrina and Salman are having some problems in their relationship.... More

# Bollywood gals Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra turn a year older:- Two of bollywood's upcoming talented, beautiful and smart beauties celebrated their birthdays on 16 July and 18 July.Katrina Kaif turned 22 yrs on 16 July while Priyanka Chopra turned 24 yrs on 18 July. While Salman hosted a small get together for his girlfriend Katrina, Priyanka celebrated her big day with family and a few close friends....More

# Salman Khan wants girlfriend Katrina to replace Priyanka in London Dreams:- Salman is said to be interfering in the film London Dreams. According to sources Salman has asked director Raj Kumar Santoshi to replace his co-star Priyanka with none other than girlfriend Katrina Kaif.The cast of London Dreams has already been decided. The film was to star Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan. Priyanka Chopra too was finalized as one of the female leads... More

# British actor Jason Connery with Katrina Kaif in 'Namaste London':- Vipul Shah's film 'Namaste London' will star British actor Jason Connery as the second lead in the film. The British actor will play the second romantic interest opposite Katrina Kaif. Jason Connery is the son of Hollywood legend, Sean Connery. Vipul Shah's film is loosely based on the classic 'Purab Aur Paschim'.... More

# Katrina Kaif's personal anguish continues:- Katrina Kaif, super model-turned actress is trying to cope with the fact that her beau, Salman Khan has been recently sentenced to one-year imprisonment for the poaching of a wild life species. Just as she is trying to carry on normally with her life, she has been delivered another blow. Recently, for the shooting of her film, Welcome in Dubai a watch and some cash was stolen from her room... More
Trivia:

• Born on July 16, 1984 Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and a father who was formerly from Kashmir, India, but who has since acquired British citizenship.
• Katrina grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London, UK. She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling in London.
• Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a Bollywood movie "Boom" offered by none other than film-maker Kaizad Gustad.
• She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.
• Professionally she started off as a model with photographer Atul Kasbekar, and upon being accepted, she received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behalf and at the price she deserved.
• Moving to different culture and country was not much of a culture shock for her, as she states that no matter where you come from, the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved, respected, and cared for.
• Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of getting it extended in India.
• Although linguistically challenged, Katrina puts on a bold face and states that other Bollywood artistes like Sridevi, who did not know Hindi, did get offers from Bollywood film-makers, and she is no different. She is taking Hindi and dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture. She likes to display a picture of her learning Kathak dancing where she used to dance 7 hours a day non-stop.
• Despite of her soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, almost an incurable romantic, wears comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the beginning, but now has several nice friends who she can hang out with.
• Although her first movie "Boom" was panned by the critics and shunned by the audiences, two other Telegu movies "Malliswari" and "Pidugu" did get her noticed. She grossed Rs.70 lakhs for Malliswari - making her top the list of the highest paid actresses during a South Indian movie debut.
• Not done with South Indian movies, she has been signed in a Tamil movie "Bheema" opposite National Award Winner Vikram.
• Voted recently as the lady with the most luscious lips in the film industry.
• She has received good reviews for her part in "Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya", as well as a brief appearance in "Sarkar".

Personal Quotes:

• I can read and speak Hindi quite well now and that’s quite an achievement considering I didn’t know the language at all when I came down here.
• Salman Khan is a senior actor and I have learnt a lot from him during the making of the film. He is very focussed and dedicated.
• On being voted the most luscious lips in the film industry:"It’s feels funny to hear such things"
• I find a face beautiful, good looking, attractive, and all the terms you want to use, once I know them.
• Although I haven't met Madhuri Dixit in person, I find her very beautiful on screen. I also find Manisha Koirala beautiful.
• I am Moody... and a Cancerian to the boot. Even a small thing can change the entire mood, but I'm working on that. Besides, I'm also loyal and possessive
• On avoiding talking about Salman Khan "We respect each other's privacy. I'm answerable to the media for my professional life, not my personal life.
• It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept. The exposure has to be relevant to the film and its characters and not forced for the sake of titillation. On the contrary, some of the greatest Indian films have been devoid of all these sexual trappings. I know my comfort zone in today's Indian culture and society.
• I have no complaints. I think I'm especially lucky. As you said, I've come from outside and I'm not even anywhere closely connected. But I have absolutely no problem here. People have been more than welcoming, even before I was ready.
• There was a time when I felt that I need to take time to understand more about the industry, the workings of it. I was doing my modeling, which I really wanted to do at the time. So that's why even my entry into films was later than people expected.
• I've been very blessed, I think, or what do you call it... mmm... lucky to get at this stage what I have. It's not like I've come from acting school and done work at an academy or something. I feel I've been given a very huge chance and opportunity.

Katrina Movies:

Boom (2003)

Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Javeed Jaffery, Madhu sapre, Padma lakshmi, Katrina Kaif, Seema Biswas, Zeenat Aman, Bo Derek, Aditya Lakhia, Burjor Dastoor, Mukesh Ahuja, Wendell Rodricks, Tarun Tahiliani, Rohit Bal, Simon Kelly, Boman Irani, Prem Punjabi, Jackie Shroff
Director : Kaizad Gustad
Producer : Ayesha Shroff
Executive Producer : David fischer, Mel d'souza, Sanjay jumani
Music Director : Talvin Singh
Genre : Action


Malliswari (2004)

Cast: Venkatesh, Katrina Kaif, Balaiah, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani, Naresh, Ahuti Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Mallikharjuna Rao, Chalapati Rao, Sunil, CVL Narasimha Rao, Devdas Kanakala etc
Story - dialogues: Trivikram
Produced By: Suresh Productions
Screenplay - Direction: Vijaya Bhaskar K


Sarkar (2005)

Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon, Supriya Pathak, Katrina Kaif, Tanishaa, Anupam Kher
Director : Ram Gopal Varma
Producer : Ram Gopal Varma, Parag Sanghavi
Executive Producer : R. R. Venkata Rao
Music Director : Amar Mohile
Genre : Drama

Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya? (2005)

Cast : Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan
Director : David Dhawan
Producer : Dhilin Mehta, Seema Kar, Sohail Khan
Music Director : Himesh Reshammiya
Genre : Comedy


Allari Pidugu (2005)

Cast: Balakrishna (dual role), Katraina Kaif, Charmi, Puneet Issar, Mukesh Rishi, Rahul Dev, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Duvvasi, Parachoori Venkateshwara Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Totapalli Madhu, Subbaraju, Raghu Babu, Sumitra, Kavita, Chalapathi Rao and others
Director : Jayant C. Paranji
Story, Screenplay & Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Produced By: MRV Prasad (P.B Arts)

Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye

Director - Raj Kanwar
Co star - Akshay Kumar
Genre - Social / Romance

Hello

Cast - Salman Khan , Sohail Khan, Sharman Joshi, Isha Koppikar, Gul Panag, Amrita Arora, Dilip Tahil, Suresh Menon, Sharat Saxena
Director - Atul Agnihotri
Co star - Salman Khan
Music Director: Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant, Sajid, Wajid
Genre - Romance

Namastey London

Cast - Akshay Kumar , Upen Patel, Rishi Kapoor, Javed Sheikh,Ritesh Deshmukh, Tiffany Mulheron, Clive Standen, Shaana Diya, Liam Evans Ford, Richard Field,Paul Williamson, Vipul Shah
Director -Vipul Shah
Co star - Akshay Kumar
Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Genre - Romance

Apne

Co star - Dharmendra , Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Kirron Kher, Victor Banerjee, Javed Sheikh, Aryan Vaid
Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Director - Anil Gadar Sharma
Co star - Dharmendra
Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
Genre - Romance

Partner

Cast - Govinda , Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, Dilip Tahil, Amey Pandya
Producer: Sohail Khan
Director - David Dhawan
Music director: Himesh Reshammiya
Welcome

Producer: Firoz Nadiadwala
Director - Anees Bazmee
Co star - Feroz Khan , Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Mallika Sherawat
Music director: Himesh Reshammiya, Anand Raj Anand

Nanhe Jaisalmer

Director:Samir Karnik
Producer: K. Sera Sera
Co-star:Bobby Deol, Vatsal Sheth, Dwij Yadav, Prerna Virender, Prateeksha Lonkar, Beena Kak, Sharat Saxena
Music Director:Himesh Reshammiya

Race

Producer: Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani
Director - Abbas-Mastan
Co star - Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy
Music director: Pritam