Karishma Kapoor
A.k.a / common misspelling: Karisma Kapoor
IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006433
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karisma_Kapoor
Occupation : Actress
Birth Date : 25 June, 1974
Birth Place : Bombay, Maharashtra
Zodiac Sign : Cancer
Height : 5' 4
Weight : 127 lbs
Hair Color : Black
Nick Name : Lolo
Education : Sophi College for FYJC (Arts)
Marital Status : Married
Languages : Hindi, English
Mother's Name : Babita Kapoor
Sister(s) : Kareena Kapoor
Spouse : Sanjay Kapoor
Daughter : Samiera
Debut Film : Prem Qaidi
Address : 2B Excellency 1101/1201, 4th Cross Road, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 058
Karishma Kapoor born on 25th June 1974 into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor family. Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor's clan to have green eyes.
Karishma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Quaidi and has since then acted in sixty five movies.
She did many films which went on to become hits or do average at the box office. Films like Andaz Apna Apna, Raja Babu, Saajan Chale Sasural and Coolie No. 1 did well at the box office and enhanced her in the industry. She starred in the hit Raja Hindustani with Aamir Khan. The movie was one of the biggest hits of the year and she won her first Filmfare Award. She achieved critical acclaim with film such as Zubeidaa, ShaktiFiza. She temporarily retired from the industry after her marriage. Her movie Mere Jeevan Saathi was released in 2006, and marked her comeback.
Balancing commercial crowd-pleasers and art-house dramas, Kapoor has garnered four Filmfare Awards to date including Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raja Hindustani (1996) and Fiza (2000), Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Shyam Benegal's Zubeidaa. She also won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai and an IIFA Best Actress Award for her work in Fiza, 2000.
Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002). Four months after her engagement news of their split came. Then she finally married with Sanjay kapur, a famous industrialist.The couple has one daughter named Samaira, who was born on 11 March 2005. They have had some widely publicized marital problems, which almost led to a divorce. But the couple has since reconciled their differences.
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