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Katrina Kaif born Katrina Turquotte 16 July 1983 is an English actress who works in Hindi films. She has established herself in Bollywood and is one of India’s highest-paid actresses.
She and her siblings were brought up by her mother and her father wasn’t really with them throughout their childhood. Her father is a British businessman and her mother is an English layer and charity worker. Due to continuous shifting from one place to another, she and her siblings were homeschooled by a number of tutors. She was into modelling since her teenage days. During her modelling, she was noticed by a movie director and from their her journey of becoming a bollywood actress begin.
Katrina Kaif won a beauty contest in Hawaii when she was only fourteen years old. After this, she begin to get different modelling assignments that she did in the best way possible. Kaizad Gustad, a London based filmmaker noticed her and gave her a role in his movie Boom (2003). In this movie she worked with Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Madhu Sapre and Padma Lakshmi. This movie was a disaster and Katrina doesn’t really consider it as her movie.
She established a successful modelling career in India and decided to stay in India for further success. Her poor command in Hindi lead her to many problems at first but then she was featured in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005). In this movie she worked alongside Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen and Sohail Khan.
She worked alongside Akshay Kumar in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her movie Namastey London (2007) was a breakthrough for her in the bollywood Industry. According to her it was the first dominating role that she ever got. In 2007 she played roles in Partner and Welcome. Both of these movies were financially successful. Her movies Race(2008) in which she worked alongside Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu and Akshay Khanna was also a box office success.
She did a number of movies that were financially successful, including Singh is King (2008), Yuvraaj (2008), New York (2009), Rajneeti (2010), Zindagi na milegi Dobara (2011) and some others.
Born in Hong Kong, Kaif and her family lived in several countries before she moved to London. She received her first modelling assignment as a teenager and later pursued a career as a fashion model. At a fashion show in London, filmmaker Kaizad Gustad spotted Kaif and decided to cast her in Boom , a critical and commercial failure. While filming in India, Kaif received modelling assignments and established a successful modelling career. However, filmmakers were hesitant to cast her due to her poor command of Hindi. After appearing in the Telugu film, Malliswari , Kaif earned commercial success in Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? and Namastey London . She followed with a series of box-office hits, but was criticised for her acting, repetitive roles and inclination to male-dominated films.
