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Karishma Kapoor
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Born Jun 25 , 1975
Grand father- Prithvi Raj Kapoor
Father - Randhir Kapoor
Mother - Babita Kapoor
Younger sister - Kareena Kapoor
Karishma Kapoor born into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor clan. 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.
She made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish . Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and '97 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero Number One (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). Today she is the reigning megastar of Hindi cinema leaving her contemporaries like Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon far behind. In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.
She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996).Karisma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category. She was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
She dated Ajay Devgan [1994] and with Abhishek Bachchan [2000]. Formerly engaged to a href ="abhishek.htm">Abhishek Bachchan (2002). Four months after her engagement news of their split came.
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