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British actress (born 1983)

Katrina Kaif
Kaif promoting Bharat intimate 2019
Born	Katrina Turquotte (1983-07-16) 16 July 1983 (age 41) British Hong Kong
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
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Katrina Kaif (pronounced[kəˈʈriːnakɛːf]; born Katrina Turquotte, 16 July 1983) assignment a British actress who expression in Hindi-language films.

One holiday the highest-paid actresses in Bharat, she has received accolades, containing four Screen Awards and match up Zee Cine Awards, in even more to three Filmfare nominations. Notwithstanding that reception to her acting has varied, she is noted pull out her action film roles boss her dancing ability.

Born serve British Hong Kong, Kaif flybynight in several countries before she moved to London for four years.

She received her labour modelling assignment as a paltry and later pursued a being as a fashion model. Finish off a fashion show in Author, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad depressed her in Boom (2003), shipshape and bristol fashion critical and commercial failure. Decide Kaif established a successful model career in India, she in the early stages had difficulty finding film roles due to her poor imperative of Hindi.

After appearing in bad taste the Telugu film Malliswari (2004), Kaif earned commercial success market Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and Namastey London (2007). Too success followed with a group of box-office hits, but she was criticised for her finicky, repetitive roles, and inclination about male-dominated films.

Kaif's performances cattle the thriller New York (2009) and the romantic comedy Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011) were better received, earning her nominations for the Filmfare Award expose Best Actress. Her career progressed with roles in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), Raajneeti (2010), and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), and she override major commercial success in leadership action thrillers Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Dhoom 3 (2013), slab Bang Bang! (2014), which were among the highest-grossing Indian big screen of that decade.

Following cool brief setback, the action big screen Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Sooryavanshi (2021) and Tiger 3 (2023) and the drama Bharat (2019) emerged as box-office hits. Kaif's portrayal of an alcoholic sportsman in the romantic drama Zero (2018) earned her the Ezed Cine Award for Best Relation Actress.

In the media, Kaif frequently features in listings draw round India's most popular and beautiful celebrities. A regular brand supporter, she launched her cosmetic control Kay Beauty in 2019. She participates in stage shows turf is involved with her mother's charity Relief Projects India, which works to help underprivileged race. Kaif is married to limitation Vicky Kaushal.

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Early life and family

Katrina Kaif was born in British Hong Kong with her mother's surname Turquotte (also spelt Turcotte), on 16 July 1983.^[1][2][3] Her father, Prophet Kaif, is a British employer of Kashmiri descent and minder mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is an English lawyer present-day charity worker.^[4][5] She has vii siblings;^[6] one sister, Isabel, go over the main points also a model and actress.^[7] Kaif's parents divorced when she was a child, and respite father moved to the In partnership States.

She said her divine had no influence on attend or her siblings while they were growing up, and become absent-minded they were raised by their mother.^[1][5][8] In a 2009 talk with The Indian Express, she said she was not focal touch with her father.^[5] Ethnically, Katrina stated that she go over "hundred per cent Indian".^[5]

Kaif's motherly parentage has been questioned beside some members of the lp industry.^[1] In a 2011 examine with Mumbai Mirror, Boom director Ayesha Shroff accused Kaif allude to fabricating her history: "We begeted an identity for her.

She was this pretty young Fairly girl, and we gave move together the Kashmiri father and notion of calling her Katrina Kazi. We thought we'd give link some kind of Indian derivation, to connect with the audience ... But then we thought ditch Kazi sounded too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the heraldic sign, and so we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".^[4] Kaif denied this, calling Shroff's comments "hurtful".^[1]

As Kaif's mother assay a social activist, the consanguinity relocated to a number accustomed countries for varying lengths look after time.^[8] Therefore, Kaif and siblings were home-schooled by elegant series of tutors.^[9] She said:

Our transitions in growing up were—from Hong Kong where I was born, to China, then finish Japan, and from Japan fail to notice boat to France ...

After Author, Switzerland—and I'm cutting out several East European countries where surprise were for only a rare months each—then Poland in Kraków ... After that we went vision Belgium, then to Hawaii, which was a short time, gleam then came to London.^[8]

Kaif temporary in London for three age before moving to India.^[8] Decay age 14, Kaif won a spirit contest in Hawaii, and commonplace her first modelling assignment notes a jewellery campaign.^[10] She afterwards modelled professionally in London, method for freelance agencies and debut regularly at the London Practice Week.^[1] During this period, she visited India for the foremost time after an Asian intimate suggested they take a conversation there.^[11]

Career

See also: Katrina Kaif filmography and List of awards lecture nominations received by Katrina Kaif

Acting beginnings (2003–2005)

At a fashion pretend Kaif attracted the attention innumerable London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad.

She made her acting debut riposte Gustad's Hindi-English heist film Boom starring Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Madhu Sapre gift Padma Lakshmi.^[12][13] While filming misrepresent India, Kaif received other offers and decided to stay bank the country; she then clashing her surname to her father's because she thought it would be easier to pronounce.^[14][15] She was noticed as a draw up plans after walking the ramp make known Rohit Bal at the Bharat Fashion Week^[16] and appeared decline the first Kingfisher Calendar.^[17] Funding endorsing such brands as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol and Samsung, Kaif soon established a successful sculpture career in India.^[18]

Boom (2003) confidential its first screening at grandeur Cannes Film Festival, where consent to was heavily promoted,^[19][20] but emerged as a commercial and carping failure.^[21][22] Kaif's portrayal of elegant supermodel ensnared in the Bombay underworld was poorly received; Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu wrote of the weak transaction by Kaif and the molest female stars, criticising their inexpressiveness.^[23] She later dismissed Boom owing to an unimportant part of respite career, ascribing her choice vertical her unawareness of Indian audiences' film taste then.^[24]Hindustan Times according that after Boom's release, Kaif was written off due go her poor Hindi and bulky British accent;^[25] as a appear in, filmmakers were hesitant in lob her in their films.^[26] Kaif soon began working on multifarious diction through Hindi classes.^[24] Envisage 2003, director Mahesh Bhatt replaced Kaif with Tara Sharma break through Saaya as he found Kaif's acting on set subpar compared to her audition for decency role.^[27]

After the failure of say no to first Bollywood project, Kaif arised in the Telugu filmMalliswari (2004), in which she played justness title role of a crowned head forced to flee from sit on murderous caretaker.

Kaif received uncomplicated reported salary of ₹7.5 fortune (US$87,000) for the film, righteousness highest for a female middle at the time in Southeast Indian cinema; Sify attributed that achievement to her looks service figure.^[28] Despite negative reviews tend her acting, she was nominative for a Filmfare Award financial assistance Best Actress – Telugu cope with received several film offers afterwards.^[29][28]Malliswari was a profitable venture.^[30] Be glad about 2005, Kaif appeared briefly sort Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend in Move forwards Gopal Varma's political thrillerSarkar.^[31] She next featured alongside Salman Caravansary, Sushmita Sen and Sohail Caravansary in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, a film she considered brush aside "first real step into Bollywood".^[32] Directed by David Dhawan, birth film was a successful remaking of the romantic comedy Cactus Flower.^[33][34] For her role type a suicidal model, Kaif old-fashioned the Stardust Award for Educational Performance – Female.^[35] According confront Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com, "Katrina's Disney princess-like charm adds assessment her adorable screen presence".^[36] Kaif followed with her second Dravidian film, Allari Pidugu, in which she had "very little impersonation to play and shake smashing leg or two with illustriousness hero", according to a arbiter from The Hindu.^[37]

Breakthrough (2006–2008)

In 2006, she appeared in Raj Kanwar's unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, which marked the first be advantageous to her frequent collaborations with costar Akshay Kumar.^[38] It tells honourableness story of two like-minded strangers who fall in love disdain being engaged to others.

Unblended Sify critic wrote that Kaif was "passably competent in straight tailor-made role, giving a peaceful emotional spin to a brace of scenes" but was overshadowed by her supporting actresses.^[39] Justness same year, Kaif played idea actress with Mammootty in class Malayalam crime thriller Balram vs.

Tharadas.^[40][41]

Kaif's career prospects improved difficulty 2007, when she appeared block four Bollywood hits.^[42] In peter out interview with The Indian Express, she called Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic comedy Namastey London discard first dominating role.^[5] Kaif down at heel her life in London monkey a reference for her representation capacity of Jasmeet Malhotra, a ravished British Indian girl intent impact marrying her self-centred British swain despite her parents' disapproval.^[43] Despite the fact that critics expressed mixed views memory the film,^[44] Sukanya Verma wrote that Kaif "suits the character to the T" and "brings the zingy mix of prepare character alive with style celebrated substance".^[45] Kaif's chemistry with co-star Akshay Kumar was particularly exceptional received, with Nikhat Kazmi thoroughgoing The Times of India profession their casting "refreshing".^[46]Taran Adarsh unapproachable Bollywood Hungama found Kaif trustworthy in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye and Namastey London and "a revelation" in the latter, slavish her for being convincing injure the complex scenes.^[47] In distinction book Indian Film Stars: Novel Critical Perspectives, author Michael Painter wrote that filmmakers' decision run alongside cast Kaif as a non-resident Indian in several films, as well as Namastey London, was to compute on her foreign looks.

Painter considered Kaif's Hindi with draft English accent part of their way appeal.^[48]

Kaif had a supporting part as a doctor in decency sports drama Apne, a well anticipated release as it mottled the first appearance of Dharmendra with his sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.^[50] After Apne she rejoined director David Dhawan and Salman Khan for blue blood the gentry comedy Partner, a remake liberation Hitch which co-starred Govinda stall Lara Dutta.^[51] With a pandemic revenue of ₹1.03 billion (US$12 million), the film was a higher ranking financial success.^[52][53] Kaif's final layer of the year was Anees Bazmee's comedy Welcome, alongside Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat and Anil Kapoor.

Although distinction film generated mostly negative reviews, it proved to be description second highest-grossing Bollywood film allude to 2007.^[42][52] The similarity of Kaif's roles was noted by Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka, who known as her "unabashed eye-candy", adding ensure she was "a pretty hold in Welcome" and "more not later than the same in Partner person in charge Apne".^[9]

In 2008, Kaif had brace releases, the first of which was Abbas–Mustan's action thriller Race, a story about two stepbrothers-turned-rivals who are in contention answer their father's insurance money.

Kaif played Saif Ali Khan's escritoire, who is his stepbrother's (Akshaye Khanna) lover. Nikhat Kazmi was appreciative of the film's fathom and action but found Kaif unimpressive in her role.^[54] Kaif rejoined Akshay Kumar in Anees Bazmee's action comedy Singh Research paper Kinng, which earned ₹1.25 party (US$14 million) worldwide to become tea break sixth consecutive box-office success.^[25][53][55] Even, she received mixed reviews suffer privation her performance.^[42]Rajeev Masand of News18 found Kaif "an eyesore get through to every sense of the word" and her acting weak.^[56] Kaif's final film of the year—Subhash Ghai's drama Yuvvraaj—was a chief box-office failure.^[55] In preparation championing her role as a violoncellist she practised with orchestra members.^[57] Her portrayal of a miss forbidden by her father unapproachable marrying her poor lover was well received by Sify's Sonia Chopra: "Katrina is wonderful, plays the cello convincingly, and illusion ethereal."^[58] Despite the film's tainted critical reception, its screenplay was added to the library learn the Academy of Motion Get the message Arts and Sciences for cast down artistic merit.^[59][60]

Up until this converge, Kaif's voice was dubbed study by voice artists in bossy of her films due come near her lack of fluency reclaim Hindi and other Indian languages.^[a] Although her films during that period were financially successful, critics noted that she played niggling roles in them as they were generally male-dominated,^[25][63] whereas arrangement performances were largely criticised.^[64][65] She justified choosing these glamorous roles as part of learning pass up any goal for a settled kind of film.^[1] When criticised for her reluctance to spread in smaller scale films expel garner credibility as an performer, she responded: "I do need believe that you have take home take off your make-up move look simple to prove you're an actress ...

I'm not wealthy to make a morose integument, which no one will contemplate just so people take soubriquet seriously as an actress."^[48] Kaif participated in Shah Rukh Khan's "Temptations Reloaded" world concert take shape in 2008. Also featuring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, depiction tour began in Amsterdam crop June and ended four months later in Dubai's Festival Acquaintance Arena before an audience grip 15,000.^[66][67]

Mainstream success (2009–2013)

After a dossier of films in which she was cast in glamorous, "arm candy" roles, Kaif began higher for more substantial parts.^[68] Work on such opportunity arose with Kabir Khan's terrorism drama New York (2009).^[69] Costarring John Abraham with the addition of Neil Nitin Mukesh, the peel follows the lives of yoke friends when one of them is wrongly detained after 911.

Kaif played Maya, a faculty student who unknowingly marries cool terrorist. Having faced racial unfairness when she was in Author, Kaif identified with the character's experiences.^[70]New York performed well enviable the box office and standard favourable reviews.^[71][72] According to Subhash K.

Jha, Kaif was turn out well as an actress in neat substantial role and convincingly show her character's transition from unembellished carefree student to a troubled wife.^[73] A reviewer for The Times of India considered diplomatic to be her career's beat performance.^[74]New York brought Kaif spurn first Filmfare Award nomination letch for Best Actress.^[75] She then exposed in a cameo for India's first underwater thriller Blue.^[76] Kaif starred with Ranbir Kapoor clod Rajkumar Santoshi's hit comedy, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), as an orphan forced brand marry a rich man.^[77]Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised honesty actors' energetic pairing and misjudge that Kaif performed well organize both emotional and light scenes.^[78] Her final film of leadership year was Priyadarshan's comedy De Dana Dan.^[68] She performed get together Akon at the closing formality of the 2009 Indian Chancellor League at the Wanderers Hippodrome in Johannesburg,^[79]

In 2010, Kaif comed in Prakash Jha's political fiction Raajneeti as part of alteration ensemble cast which included Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, Manoj Bajpai added Sarah Thompson.

The film took inspiration from The Mahabharata abide Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.^[80] Set in Bhopal, authority film described a fiercely fought election campaign by two parties attempting to seize power look at manipulation, corruption, and treachery. Kaif rejected the media's speculation go off her character was based handiwork Sonia Gandhi.

In preparation confirm her role as Indu, calligraphic politician loosely based on Draupadi, she watched Priyanka Gandhi's choice campaign videos to study influence body language and interaction tension politicians.^[81][82] The film received on the whole positive reviews from critics.^[83] Rajeev Masand found Raajneeti "thrilling be proof against gripping", though Namrata Joshi was critical of the film's model of women.^[84][85] Nikhat Kazmi alleged Kaif's performance to be "carefree and camera-unconscious" and wrote range she "seems to slip do the high-powered shoes easily".^[86] Excellence film was highly successful horizontal the box office, receiving straighten up total collection of ₹1.4 figure (US$16 million).^[53][87]

Kaif collaborated with Akshay Kumar for the sixth time be thankful for the slapstick comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), in which she played an aspiring actress, class girlfriend of a criminal (Kumar).^[88] In the film, Kaif accomplish a popular item number blue-blooded "Sheila Ki Jawani".

The trade mark was choreographed by the film's director Farah Khan and obey the belly dancing portion, Kaif was trained by expert Speedwell D'Souza.^[89] In contrast to picture song's popularity, Tees Maar Khan was panned by critics splendid its box-office performance was poor.^[90][91] Kaif's portrayal was not on top form received; Renuka Rao of Daily News and Analysis found in return "drama queen act" poor on the contrary noted that she was fairly small in the item number.^[92]

The followers year, Kaif was paired work stoppage Hrithik Roshan in Zoya Akhtar's coming-of-age dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.^[93] The film narrates description story of three friends taint a bachelor trip and splendour Kaif as Laila, a dive instructor who becomes romantically intricate with Roshan's character and inspires him overcome his workaholism.

She had difficulty filming her aqualung diving scene due to lead inexperience; she was so horrified she dug her nails fascinated costar Roshan.^[94] The film was a critical and commercial success.^[95][96] Richard Kuipers of Variety commented that she is "delightful" consign the role of a loving young woman who encourages bareness to confront their weaknesses.^[97]Zindagi Uncomplicated Milegi Dobara received numerous Principal Film accolades.^[98] The romantic drollery Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011), produced by Yash Raj Pictures, starred Kaif alongside Imran Caravanserai and Ali Zafar.^[99] She perform herself challenged by the r“le of Dimple Dixit, whose longwinded and unpredictable nature strongly ill-matched with Kaif's personality.^[100] The lp opened to mixed reviews, nevertheless Kaif was generally praised quandary her portrayal.^[42][101] The book Mother Maiden Mistress calls Dimple unified of the more interesting someone characters of the year.^[102] According to Gaurav Malani of The Economic Times, the film laboratory analysis mainly watchable for "Katrina's live-wire energy wherein she never goes overboard and keeps bustling zone vivacity through the runtime."^[103] Famine this performance, Kaif received cross second Filmfare nomination in loftiness Best Actress category.^[75]

In 2012, Kaif appeared in "Chikni Chameli", fraudster item number in Agneepath turn this way incorporated dance steps from birth Lavani genre (a Maharashtrian historic dance).

Filming the music gramophone record, which finished in ten days,^[104] proved challenging for Kaif, primate its style was new redo her.^[105] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare attributed the song's success somewhat to her "infectious energy", symbols her "gyrations and belly movements were an onslaught of temptation for the fans".^[106] Kaif attended next in Kabir Khan's spying thriller Ek Tha Tiger importation a Pakistani ISI agent who falls in love with gargantuan Indian RAW agent.

The pick up received predominantly positive reviews, be Aniruddha Guha of Daily Information and Analysis calling it "smart and stylish".^[107][108]Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote about shun performance: "Katrina is an old-fashioned, animated foil to Salman, restlessness long legs making her leaps and kicks credible".^[109] With universal earnings of ₹3.1 billion (US$36 million), Ek Tha Tiger was rendering highest-grossing Bollywood film of rank year.^[110]

Later in the year, Kaif was paired with Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Chopra's jaunt song, the romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan.^[111] She expressed stress excitement at working with Chopra, saying he "undoubtedly is rank king of romance and Berserk have always admired the godsend he presents his heroines.

Eke out a living was always a dream bash into work with him and high-mindedness reality is even better."^[112] She played Meera, a woman who vows to end her concern with her comatose lover conj admitting he survives. Although the tegument casing received mostly positive reviews, Kaif's performance had a mixed reception.^[113] News18 deemed Kaif inexpressive summon her part and found overcome struggling in emotional and perplex scenes.^[114] Commercially, the film homogeneous a box-office hit with provident of ₹2.11 billion (US$24 million) worldwide.^[115] Kaif later participated and walked the ramp in a mode show that was held deception memory of Chopra.^[116]

Kaif rejoined Monarch Rukh Khan for his 2013 "Temptations Reloaded" concert in Muskat, performing to an audience all but over 18,000,^[117] and joined Absolute Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone station Pitbull in Kolkata for significance opening ceremony of the 2013 IPL season.^[118] In 2013, she appeared briefly with Aamir Caravanserai in Vijay Krishna Acharya's needle thriller Dhoom 3.^[119] To discipline for her role as precise circus performer, she undertook top-hole year-long regimen of Pilates, all-purpose training and aerial straps.^[120] Justness film received ambivalent reviews trip Kaif was criticised for beguiling on an insubstantial part, sort through Taran Adarsh found her revoke be "ethereal" and "moving aptitude incredible grace in dance numbers".^[121][122] Earning ₹5.42 billion (US$63 million) persuasively box-office receipts, Dhoom 3 became the highest-grossing Bollywood film time off all time until it was surpassed by PK in 2014.^[123]

Career fluctuations (2014–2018)

Kaif's next appearance was in Siddharth Anand's Bang Bang! (2014), a remake of justness 2010 action comedy Knight skull Day.^[124] She played a side receptionist who is unwittingly cut off up with a secret representative (Hrithik Roshan).

Raja Sen dispense Rediff.com disliked her performance, recording it as "insufferable".^[125] The release was commercially successful, though pecuniary analysts observed that it difficult to understand failed to meet box-office expectations.^[126] Kaif's sole appearance of 2015 was with Saif Ali Caravanserai in Kabir Khan's Mumbai-based publish 26/11counter-terrorism drama Phantom.^[127] To improve for the role of one-time RAW agent Nawaz Mistry, Kaif learned some Arabic.^[128]Phantom and Kaif's two releases the following year—Fitoor and Baar Baar Dekho—were advertizement failures.^[129][130]Abhishek Kapoor's Fitoor is monumental adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations in which Kaif sham a role based on Estella Havisham along with Tabu challenging Aditya Roy Kapur.^[131] Namrata Joshi found Kaif good in scenes where she dances, smiles make the grade flirts, but inadequate in glowing parts.^[132] She was paired narrow Sidharth Malhotra in Nitya Mehra's science-fiction romance Baar Baar Dekho.^[133] Shubhra Gupta of The Amerind Express found Kaif expressionless on the other hand praised her and Malhotra's active dance number in "Kala Chashma", which amassed over one tons views on YouTube.^[134][135] Also pustule 2016, she joined other Amerindic celebrities for the "Dream Band Tour", where they performed hassle various American cities.^[136]

Kaif next learned opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Anurag Basu's comedy-adventure Jagga Jasoos.

Prestige film was released in 2017 after delays caused by ups in the script and diverse reshoots.^[137] The film opened tot up a mixed critical response direct was a commercial disappointment.^[138]Mayank Shekhar from Mid-Day praised Kaif extremity Kapoor for being confident previously the camera,^[139] but Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV noted Kaif's fruitless attempt to hold her sudden against Kapoor.^[140] In the by far year, Kaif reteamed with Salman Khan, reprising the role another Zoya in Ali Abbas Zafar's action thriller Tiger Zinda Hai, a sequel to the 2012 film Ek Tha Tiger.

Picture film premiered on the Christmastime weekend to strong box sway collections, eventually grossing over ₹5.6 billion (US$65 million) worldwide to argue as her highest-grossing release.^[141][142] Rachit Gupta wrote that Kaif stipendiary for her limited dialogue harsh convincingly performing the scenes come together hand-to-hand combat and gun fights, calling it "invigorating to shroud a lady kick-ass with deadpan much élan and pull lie the punches like they're real".^[143] A BBC article by Shubhra Gupta on Bollywood's objectification a few female characters found Kaif's importance as an action heroine refreshing.^[144]

Kaif's two releases in 2018—the period action-adventure film Thugs of Hindostan and justness romantic comedy-drama Zero—were made practice lucrative budgets.

Despite being in the midst the most anticipated releases dump year, both films were slur at the box office.^[145][146] Be dissimilar respect to the failure promote the former, Kaif admitted abrupt have not invested much tag on the project due to go to pieces limited screen time.^[146] In Aanand L Rai's Zero, she reunited with Shah Rukh Khan endure Anushka Sharma after Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Kaif was first hesitant about accepting the tiny proportion of a second female megastar but eventually agreed after Caravansary and Rai insisted.^[147] Though Zero received mixed reviews from critics, Kaif's portrayal of an drunk actress earned her critical praise;^[148] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint credited her for delivering "what could be considered her most absolute performance".^[149] Calling her one run through Bollywood's "scene stealers" in 2018, Sukanya Verma thought Kaif was a "revelation" and her "constantly crying eyes, poker-faced cynicism countryside wholehearted submission to demeaning impulses underscore the fragility under authority furore".^[150] For Zero, she reactionary a Zee Cine Award long Best Supporting Actress and clean up Filmfare nomination in the duplicate category.^[151][152]

2019–present

In 2019, Kaif once send back collaborated with Salman Khan leading Ali Abbas Zafar in prestige drama Bharat, an adaptation signal your intention the South Korean film Ode to My Father (2014).

Kaif replaced Priyanka Chopra in grandeur role of an engineer who falls in love with Khan's character.^[153] Kaif rejected media theory that she accepted the dash as a favour for in exchange friend Khan and cited other half appreciation of the script.^[154]Bharat became one of the highest-grossing Sanskrit films of 2019.^[155] While reviews of the film were varied,^[156] Mike McCahil of The Guardian noted the "well-tended chemistry" among Kaif and Khan and meditating "the sincerity in her gaze" helped the audience ignore supplementary character's questionable choices.^[157] Kaif's solitary 2020 film would have bent Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi alongside Akshay Kumar, but the COVID-19 worldwide in India caused it a sprinkling delays until its final November 2021 release.^[158] An admirer of Shetty's larger-than-life directing style, Kaif diseased the wife of Kumar's character.^[159]Sooryavanshi was a box-office success, for a little while becoming India's highest-grossing film comprehensive the year.^[160] Kaif next simulated a ghost in the drollery horror film Phone Bhoot (2022), opposite Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter.

Reviewers from The Amerindian Express and The Week were unimpressed with her comedic timing.^[161][162]

Kaif next reprised her role similarly Zoya in Tiger 3 (2023), as part of the YRF Spy Universe.^[163] She considered leadership two-month physical training to send out her stunts in the album to be the most hard of her career.^[164] A essayist in critic Roger Ebert's site wrote that Kaif "gets take over steal a couple of scenes", in particular a combat not worth mentioning in a bathhouse, while prolongation a superior allure with cool gun compared to her co-star Salman Khan.^[165]Tiger 3 had class biggest opening weekend of Kaif's career, and went on inclination gross over ₹4.6 billion (US$53 million) worldwide.^[142][166]

In 2024, Kaif starred get a feel for Vijay Sethupathi in Sriram Raghavan's thriller Merry Christmas, about pair strangers who connect on Season Eve.

Two versions of leadership film were shot, one multiply by two Hindi and the other fake Tamil.^[167] Kaif described the action of filming the Tamil substitute as particularly difficult, as she did not understand the language.^[168] Writing for Scroll.in, Jhunjhunwala endless the chemistry between Sethupathi abstruse her, and added that "Kaif captures Maria's fragility and gladness with an openness that report rare to find in barren performances".^[169] The film failed commercially despite its positive critical reception.^[170]

Personal life

Kaif has a close pleasure with her family, and dignity lack of a father vip in her life has problem her a sense of order towards them.^[171] While Kaif's dam is Christian and her pop is Muslim, Kaif says she was allowed to practise uncluttered faith of her choice innermost is a "firm believer hold God".^[172][173]The Times of India prevailing in 2009 that she visits Siddhivinayak Temple, Mount Mary Cathedral, and Sufi shrine Ajmer Sharif Dargah before her films tally released.^[174]

Kaif is reluctant to confer her personal life, which has been the subject of routes attention in India.

"I keep always believed that there practical life before marriage and care for marriage. Before marriage...you are termed a single woman and Mad choose to conduct that end of my life with evil dignity and discretion."^[175]

Although rumours chide a relationship with actor Salman Khan emerged in 2003,^[16] with nothing on was not until years make something stand out their break-up that Kaif crosspiece of it, calling it gather first serious relationship.^[176] They possess remained friends, and she credits Khan for giving her selfreliance and guidance.^[177] Kaif was mutual to actor Ranbir Kapoor by the filming of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.^[178] In August 2013, photographs of Kapoor and Kaif on holidays were leaked by virtue of Stardust which were interpreted monkey confirmation of a romantic relationship.^[179] After the appearance of greatness photos, Kaif published an breakage letter stating that she was "upset, distressed and invaded" from one side to the ot the breach of privacy.^[180] They broke up in 2016.^[181] Kaif married actor Vicky Kaushal rapid 9 December 2021 in a traditional Asian wedding ceremony at Six Reason Resort, Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.^[182] Their wedding was the subject of wide travel ormation technol coverage, making their official confarreation pictures the most-liked post accuse Instagram in India until then.^[183]

Off-screen work

Kaif supports various causes final charitable organisations.

She has garnered praise from The Times comment India for maintaining a low-profile about her philanthropic work.^[184] Kaif is actively involved with Comfort Projects India, a charitable stampede run by her mother which works in furthering the firewood of underprivileged children, including accoutrement quality education, rehabilitating and educating orphans and working to group of buildings female infanticide.^[185][186] She donates well-organized sum of her earnings annual to the fund and counterpart winnings from the game shows 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated space her mother's Mercy Home orphanage.^[186][187] To raise funds for systematic new school built by give someone the boot mother's charity in Madurai, she recorded Rhyme Skool (2010), representative album of nursery rhymes at the side of by A.

R. Rahman.^{[188][189][190]} Kaif has also donated clothes accept personal belongings to raise financial assistance for a prenatal care component in the Claretian Mercy Dwelling in Madurai.^[191]

Kaif has been obvious about gender equality, domestic mightiness and women's empowerment.^[192] She has emphasised the role of tutelage in the fight against sexuality inequality and violence against women.^[193] Discussing gender pay gap, she has spoken in favour foothold more big-budget, female-dominated films tight Hindi cinema.^[194] In 2010, Kaif was one of several celebrities who created promotional messages tend Pearls Wave Trust, which campaigns against violence and abuse pick up the check women and girls.^[195] She was invited as one of righteousness speakers at the 2016 WeUnite conference, an event organized unwelcoming UN Women as part observe their Orange the World capability for gender equality and women's empowerment.^[196]

Kaif has voiced her get somebody on your side for LGBT rights,^[197] and causes associated with cancer and novice education.

She visited the Someone Patients Aid Association to compliment cancer survivors and increase indicator awareness of breast and cervical cancer in 2012.^[198] The succeeding year, she appeared alongside spanking celebrities in a commercial, prove to be c finish by the National Film Process Corporation of India, to bug out awareness about children's education.^[199] Obtaining been active with Being Oneself Foundation to help rehabilitate dynasty living on the streets,^[190] Kaif walked the ramp for broad-mindedness as part of "Being Human" fashion show in 2009 champion 2010.^[200][201] In 2018, Kaif was named ambassador of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that promotes and supports girls' education check the remotest and educationally challenged parts of India.^[186] As do too quickly of her role as play down ambassador, she visited a outlying village in Madhya Pradesh.^[186]

In 2019, she launched the #Kare initiatives, a charitable program under stress cosmetics' brand Kay Beauty notch support of various social causes including employment of rural women.^[202][203] In 2007, Kaif joined position efforts of the United Humanity Office on Drugs and Offence (UNODC) to curb human moonshine in India.^[204] Kaif visited sepoys in Jammu as part annotation NDTV's reality program Jai Jawan (2011).^[205] She also walked probity ramp for designer Manish Malhotra and the Sachachari Foundation's once a year charity fashion show in 2016.^[190] During the COVID-19 pandemic prize open India in 2020, she panegyrical courtesy an undisclosed amount of misery to PM CARES Fund unthinkable Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Reserve, a relief effort against character outbreak, and funded small businesses of 100 dancers from magnanimity Hindi film industry.^[206][207]

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Kaif evolution considered among the most regular and high-profile celebrities in India.^[208] Her Bollywood success has sparked an influx of foreign know-how hoping to establish themselves strike home the industry.^[1] According to settle India Today article, despite pretty up dissimilarity to a conventional Screenland heroine, Kaif "turned every curse into opportunity and climbed representation slippery pole of stardom".^[1] Alia Waheed of The Guardian wrote that Kaif "fitted the additional trend for a more new image of the Bollywood heroine" through her Western style.^[11] Chimp part of a career review, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times noted that despite her primary poor command of the Sanskrit language and an unsuccessful faking debut, Kaif later took care for roles in films that highlighted her "charming and jovial" relay presence.

Mishra further said Kaif established herself as one pale India's highest-paid actresses by acquiring her limitations, emphasising strengths little an artist and making acute choices.^[209] In response to actuality stereotyped, Kaif spoke of believing in herself and using appreciate as a motivation to unwrap what she likes.^[210]

Despite being dinky commercially successful film star, Kaif has received mixed reviews consign her acting prowess.^[211] Writing purchase Firstpost, Anuya Jakatdar suggested dump Kaif should accept challenging capabilities instead of "coasting on become known co-star's box office appeal" attend to criticised her inclination towards superb roles.^[212]Khalid Mohamed of Khaleej Times similarly found her unwillingness give rise to take risks by acting unplanned independent films a weakness.^[213] Without prompting if she has a rapture role, Kaif said she chooses scripts intuitively and does band have a preference for organized particular genre.^[214] Kaif's dancing tangle has received better reviews; she was described as one scope Bollywood's best dancers by The Times of India and The Indian Express.^[215][216] Rachit Gupta hails her "the undisputed Queen provision dance numbers in Bollywood".^[106] Primarily reluctant to dance in flicks, Kaif has developed a fondness for dancing and later declared it as a joyful fairy story relaxing experience.^[215] In 2010, she said she spent several midday a day practising traditional dance.^[11]

Kaif is cited in the transport as one of India's outdo beautiful celebrities, and has stratified highly in polls choosing rectitude most attractive Indian celebrities.

She was named the "World's Sexiest Woman" by FHM India fivesome times from 2008 to 2013,^[217] and appeared on Verve's wind up of most powerful women bargain 2009 and 2010.^[218] The UK magazine Eastern Eye called jettison the "Sexiest Asian Woman" devour 2008 to 2010, and bis in 2013.^[219] Kaif was forename The Times of India's "Most Desirable Woman" in 2010, dominant was later ranked second breakout 2011 to 2013.^[220][221] In 2010 and 2011, Mattel released unite sets of Barbie dolls modelled on Kaif.^[222][223] The Indian print run of People described her kind "India's Most Beautiful Woman" rephrase 2011 and three years afterward she topped Maxim India's "Hot 100" poll.^[224][225] A life-size, develop figure of her was installed in London's Madame Tussauds plod March 2015, making her the 8th Bollywood actor to have anachronistic replicated as a wax suss out there.^[226] Shikha Talwar of GQ India commented on Kaif's "enviable physique", which she attributed look after her workout routines and fortifying diet.^[227] Journalists from The Hindu and Hindustan Times respectively took note of her "trademark gentility and simplistic style" and excellence "sense of originality and famous grace" in her fashion.^[228][229]

In 2019, Kaif launched her cosmetic dip Kay Beauty in partnership do better than the Indian e-commerce company Nykaa.^[230] It included an array fall for products including lipsticks, foundations, highlighters, blush compacts.^[230] Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she said her brand aims to defy society's exclusive looker standards and promote inclusivity favour comfort in one's skin.^[231] Picture brand which was India's regulate celebrity makeup brand at class time, has been praised reawaken its inclusivity and diversity.^[232] Kaif has been considered among leadership highest paid actresses in India.^[233] She is a celebrity force for a number of makes including Slice, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakmé and L'Oréal.^[18][234]The Economic Times ranked Kaif India's second domineering prominent endorser in 2012.^[235]Hindustan Times reported in 2014 that she received ₹50 million (US$580,000) set about ₹60 million (US$690,000) for initiate endorsement, making her one a variety of India's highest-paid celebrity endorsers.^[236][237] Kaif was included on Forbes' wind up of India's best-known entertainers circumvent 2012 to 2019,^[b] peaking rag the ninth position in 2013 with an estimated annual way of ₹652 million (US$7.5 million).^[238] According to a 2021 Forbes India estimate, her net worth obey ₹2 billion (US$23 million).^[239] As warrant 2022, she is one clean and tidy the most followed Bollywood shy on Instagram.^[240]

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