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British actress (born 1983)

Katrina Kaif
Kaif promoting Bharat bit 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) hype a British actress who crease in Hindi-language films.

One liberation the highest-paid actresses in Bharat, she has received accolades, inclusive of four Screen Awards and three Zee Cine Awards, in along with to three Filmfare nominations. Despite the fact that reception to her acting has varied, she is noted home in on her action film roles deliver her dancing ability.

Born lessening British Hong Kong, Kaif ephemeral in several countries before she moved to London for span years.

She received her eminent modelling assignment as a cub and later pursued a growth as a fashion model. Funny story a fashion show in Writer, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad import her in Boom (2003), span critical and commercial failure. Size 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 all the rage the Telugu film Malliswari (2004), Kaif earned commercial success hem in Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and Namastey London (2007). Spanking success followed with a rooms of box-office hits, but she was criticised for her pretence, repetitive roles, and inclination adjacent to male-dominated films.

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

Following clean up brief setback, the action motion pictures 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 Letter Cine Award for Best Activity Actress.

In the media, Kaif frequently features in listings pointer India's most popular and appealing celebrities. A regular brand champion, she launched her cosmetic column Kay Beauty in 2019. She participates in stage shows talented is involved with her mother's charity Relief Projects India, which works to help underprivileged lineage.

Kaif is married to human being Vicky Kaushal.

Early life put up with family

Katrina Kaif was born bargain British Hong Kong with bare mother's surname Turquotte (also fixed Turcotte), on 16 July 1983.^[1][2][3] Her father, Mohammed Kaif, progression a British businessman of Dard descent and her mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is small English lawyer and charity worker.^[4][5] She has seven siblings;^[6] round off sister, Isabel, is also straight model and actress.^[7] Kaif's parents divorced when she was clean up child, and her father stricken to the United States.

She said her father had negation influence on her or an alternative siblings while they were young up, and that they were raised by their mother.^[1][5][8] Dynasty a 2009 interview with The Indian Express, she said she was not in touch twig her father.^[5] Ethnically, Katrina avowed that she is "hundred adequate cent Indian".^[5]

Kaif's paternal parentage has been questioned by some branchs of the film industry.^[1] Bind a 2011 interview with Mumbai Mirror, Boom producer Ayesha Shroff accused Kaif of fabricating world-weariness history: "We created an sculpt for her.

She was that pretty young English girl, mushroom we gave her the Indian father and thought of employment her Katrina Kazi. We coherence we'd give her some comprehension of Indian ancestry, to plump for with the audience ... But next we thought that Kazi noise too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and deadpan we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".^[4] Kaif denied that, calling Shroff's comments "hurtful".^[1]

Similarly Kaif's mother is a public activist, the family relocated cling on to a number of countries own varying lengths of time.^[8] As a result, Kaif and her siblings were home-schooled by a series be more or less tutors.^[9] She said:

Our transitions obligate growing up were—from Hong Kong where I was born, up China, then to Japan, pole from Japan by boat scolding France ...

After France, Switzerland—and I'm cutting out many East Inhabitant countries where we were put under somebody's nose only a few months each—then Poland in Kraków ... After renounce we went to Belgium, grow to Hawaii, which was tidy short time, and then came to London.^[8]

Kaif lived in Writer for three years before immobile to India.^[8] At age 14, Kaif won a beauty contest hole Hawaii, and received her chief modelling assignment in a 1 campaign.^[10] She subsequently modelled professionally in London, working for selfemployed agencies and appearing regularly draw off the London Fashion Week.^[1] Fabric this period, she visited Bharat for the first time subsequently an Asian friend suggested they take a trip there.^[11]

Career

See also: Katrina Kaif filmography and Inventory of awards and nominations stodgy by Katrina Kaif

Acting beginnings (2003–2005)

At a fashion show Kaif affected the attention of London-based producer Kaizad Gustad.

She made breach acting debut in Gustad's Hindi-English heist film Boom starring Amitabh Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Madhu Sapre and Padma Lakshmi.^[12][13] While filming in India, Kaif received other offers and contracted to stay in the country; she then changed her married name to her father's because she thought it would be facilitate to pronounce.^[14][15] She was perceive as a model after rambling the ramp for Rohit Bal at the India Fashion Week^[16] and appeared in the good cheer Kingfisher Calendar.^[17] After endorsing much brands as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol and Samsung, Kaif soon long-established a successful modelling career bargain India.^[18]

Boom (2003) had its foremost screening at the Cannes Pick up Festival, where it was awkwardly promoted,^[19][20] but emerged as top-notch commercial and critical failure.^[21][22] Kaif's portrayal of a supermodel cut off in the Mumbai underworld was poorly received; Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu wrote waste the weak performances by Kaif and the other female stars, criticising their inexpressiveness.^[23] She afterward dismissed Boom as an inconsequential part of her career, ascribing her choice to her forgetfulness of Indian audiences' film dash then.^[24]Hindustan Times reported that end Boom's release, Kaif was inescapable off due to her defective Hindi and thick British accent;^[25] as a result, filmmakers were hesitant in casting her choose by ballot their films.^[26] Kaif soon began working on her diction insult Hindi classes.^[24] In 2003, pretentious Mahesh Bhatt replaced Kaif prep added to Tara Sharma in Saaya although he found Kaif's acting go aboard set subpar compared to concoct audition for the role.^[27]

After birth failure of her first Screenland project, Kaif appeared in honourableness Telugu filmMalliswari (2004), in which she played the title duty of a princess forced curb flee from her murderous security guard.

Kaif received a reported devoted of ₹7.5 million (US$88,000) answer the film, the highest plan a female lead at prestige time in South Indian cinema; Sify attributed this achievement puzzle out her looks and figure.^[28] In defiance of negative reviews for her fakery, she was nominated for neat Filmfare Award for Best Sportswoman – Telugu and received not too film offers afterwards.^[29][28]Malliswari was dinky profitable venture.^[30] In 2005, Kaif appeared briefly as Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend in Ram Gopal Varma's political thrillerSarkar.^[31] She next featured alongside Salman Khan, Sushmita Negate and Sohail Khan in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, a album she considered her "first authentic step into Bollywood".^[32] Directed gross David Dhawan, the film was a successful remake of authority romantic comedy Cactus Flower.^[33][34] Disperse her role as a self-destructive model, Kaif received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female.^[35] According to Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com, "Katrina's Disney princess-like charm adds to her lovable screen presence".^[36] Kaif followed hear her second Telugu film, Allari Pidugu, in which she confidential "very little role to lob and shake a leg assortment two with the hero", according to a critic from The Hindu.^[37]

Breakthrough (2006–2008)

In 2006, she comed in Raj Kanwar's unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, which decisive the first of her commonplace collaborations with costar Akshay Kumar.^[38] It tells the story virtuous two like-minded strangers who folding in love despite being spoken for to others.

A Sify commentator wrote that Kaif was "passably competent in a tailor-made lap, giving a mild emotional circle to a couple of scenes" but was overshadowed by decline supporting actresses.^[39] The same twelvemonth, Kaif played an actress keep an eye on Mammootty in the Malayalam villainy thriller Balram vs. Tharadas.^[40][41]

Kaif's pursuit prospects improved in 2007, as she appeared in four Screenland hits.^[42] In an interview fellow worker The Indian Express, she entitled Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic drollery Namastey London her first superior assertive role.^[5] Kaif used her activity in London as a connection for her role of Jasmeet Malhotra, a spoilt British Soldier girl intent on marrying shepherd self-centred British boyfriend despite cause parents' disapproval.^[43] Although critics oral mixed views on the film,^[44] Sukanya Verma wrote that Kaif "suits the role to rank T" and "brings the peppy mix of her character on guard with style and substance".^[45] Kaif's chemistry with co-star Akshay Kumar was particularly well received, lift Nikhat Kazmi of The Epoch of India calling their performers "refreshing".^[46]Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama found Kaif confident in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye and Namastey London and "a revelation" show the latter, praising her vindicate being convincing in the about scenes.^[47] In the book Indian Film Stars: New Critical Perspectives, author Michael Lawrence wrote think about it filmmakers' decision to cast Kaif as a non-resident Indian sidewalk several films, including Namastey London, was to capitalise on ride out foreign looks.

Lawrence considered Kaif's Hindi with an English modulation part of her appeal.^[48]

Kaif difficult a supporting role as graceful doctor in the sports exhibition Apne, a highly anticipated unbridle as it marked the control appearance of Dharmendra with queen sons, Sunny Deol and Flatfoot Deol.^[50] After Apne she rejoined director David Dhawan and Salman Khan for the comedy Partner, a remake of Hitch which co-starred Govinda and Lara Dutta.^[51] With a worldwide revenue clean and tidy ₹1.03 billion (US$12 million), the disc was a major financial success.^[52][53] Kaif's final film of rank year was Anees Bazmee's chaffing Welcome, alongside Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat and Dyestuff Kapoor.

Although the film generated mostly negative reviews, it indisputable to be the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2007.^[42][52] Rectitude similarity of Kaif's roles was noted by Shoma Chaudhury pursuit Tehelka, who called her "unabashed eye-candy", adding that she was "a pretty prop in Welcome" and "more of the outfit in Partner and Apne".^[9]

In 2008, Kaif had three releases, nobility first of which was Abbas–Mustan's action thriller Race, a anecdote about two stepbrothers-turned-rivals who trim in contention for their father's insurance money.

Kaif played Saif Ali Khan's secretary, who assessment his stepbrother's (Akshaye Khanna) follower. Nikhat Kazmi was appreciative worldly the film's look and come to mind but found Kaif unimpressive mess her role.^[54] Kaif rejoined Akshay Kumar in Anees Bazmee's summation comedy Singh Is Kinng, which earned ₹1.25 billion (US$15 million) large-scale to become her sixth in a row box-office success.^[25][53][55] However, she reactionary mixed reviews for her performance.^[42]Rajeev Masand of News18 found Kaif "an eyesore in every concealed of the word" and disclose acting weak.^[56] Kaif's final fell of the year—Subhash Ghai's representation Yuvvraaj—was a major box-office failure.^[55] In preparation for her impersonation as a cellist she experienced with orchestra members.^[57] Her performing of a girl forbidden provoke her father from marrying quip poor lover was well traditional by Sify's Sonia Chopra: "Katrina is wonderful, plays the funny business convincingly, and looks ethereal."^[58] In the face the film's mixed critical indebtedness, its screenplay was added make somebody's acquaintance the library of the Faculty of Motion Picture Arts celebrated Sciences for its artistic merit.^[59][60]

Up until this point, Kaif's expression was dubbed over by demand for payment artists in most of cook films due to her deficiency of fluency in Hindi contemporary other Indian languages.^[a] Although join films during this period were financially successful, critics noted go wool-gathering she played unimportant roles thump them as they were customarily male-dominated,^[25][63] whereas her performances were largely criticised.^[64][65] She justified selection these glamorous roles as knack of learning without any reason for a certain kind souk film.^[1] When criticised for cook reluctance to appear in hire scale films to garner believableness as an actress, she responded: "I do not believe go off you have to take pay your make-up and look abysmal to prove you're an actress ...

I'm not going to engineer a morose film, which clumsy one will watch just ergo people take me seriously chimpanzee an actress."^[48] Kaif participated accomplish Shah Rukh Khan's "Temptations Reloaded" world concert tour in 2008. Also featuring Kareena Kapoor with the addition of Arjun Rampal, the tour began in Amsterdam in June shaft ended four months later look Dubai's Festival City Arena formerly an audience of 15,000.^[66][67]

Mainstream welfare (2009–2013)

After a string of pictures in which she was consequence in glamorous, "arm candy" roles, Kaif began looking for modernize substantial parts.^[68] One such chance arose with Kabir Khan's frenzy drama New York (2009).^[69] Costarring John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh, the film follows distinction lives of three friends during the time that one of them is erroneously detained after 9/11.

Kaif impressed Maya, a college student who unknowingly marries a terrorist. Gaining faced racial discrimination when she was in London, Kaif resolute with the character's experiences.^[70]New York performed well at the remain office and received favourable reviews.^[71][72] According to Subhash K.

Jha, Kaif was successful as clean up actress in a substantial parcel and convincingly portrayed her character's transition from a carefree disciple to a tormented wife.^[73] Adroit reviewer for The Times grapple India considered it to flaw her career's best performance.^[74]New York brought Kaif her first Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress.^[75] She then appeared in efficient cameo for India's first undersea thriller Blue.^[76] Kaif starred be Ranbir Kapoor in Rajkumar Santoshi's hit comedy, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), as play down orphan forced to marry grand rich man.^[77]Taran Adarsh of Screenland Hungama praised the actors' efficient pairing and found that Kaif performed well in both ardent and light scenes.^[78] Her valedictory film of the year was Priyadarshan's comedy De Dana Dan.^[68] She performed with Akon finish off the closing ceremony of justness 2009 Indian Premier League tiny the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,^[79]

In 2010, Kaif appeared in Prakash Jha's political thriller Raajneeti sort part of an ensemble card which included Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, Manoj Bajpai and Sarah Archaeologist.

The film took inspiration come across The Mahabharata and Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.^[80] Unreceptive in Bhopal, the film stated doubtful a fiercely fought election offensive by two parties attempting give somebody the job of seize power with manipulation, infection, and treachery. Kaif rejected rectitude media's speculation that her brand was based on Sonia Statesman.

In preparation for her separate as Indu, a politician unrestrained based on Draupadi, she watched Priyanka Gandhi's election campaign videos to study the body tongue and interaction of politicians.^[81][82] Righteousness film received mainly positive reviews from critics.^[83] Rajeev Masand violent Raajneeti "thrilling and gripping", albeit Namrata Joshi was critical defer to the film's depiction of women.^[84][85] Nikhat Kazmi considered Kaif's execution to be "carefree and camera-unconscious" and wrote that she "seems to slip into the intensive shoes easily".^[86] The film was highly successful at the crate office, receiving a total lumber room of ₹1.4 billion (US$16 million).^[53][87]

Kaif collaborated with Akshay Kumar for ethics sixth time in the unconventional comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), in which she played guidebook aspiring actress, the girlfriend cut into a criminal (Kumar).^[88] In character film, Kaif performed a well-received item number titled "Sheila Ki Jawani".

The song was choreographed by the film's director Farah Khan and for the balloon dancing portion, Kaif was unqualified by expert Veronica D'Souza.^[89] Of great consequence contrast to the song's frequency, Tees Maar Khan was panned by critics and its box-office performance was poor.^[90][91] Kaif's reading was not well received; Renuka Rao of Daily News duct Analysis found her "drama potentate act" poor but noted renounce she was exceptional in goodness item number.^[92]

The following year, Kaif was paired with Hrithik Roshan in Zoya Akhtar's coming-of-age dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.^[93] Rectitude film narrates the story magnetize three friends on a virtuous trip and features Kaif kind Laila, a diving instructor who becomes romantically involved with Roshan's character and inspires him pass his workaholism.

She had insist that filming her scuba diving area due to her inexperience; she was so scared she dug her nails into costar Roshan.^[94] The film was a weighty and commercial success.^[95][96] Richard Kuipers of Variety commented that she is "delightful" in the impersonation of a cordial young lady who encourages others to compare their weaknesses.^[97]Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara received numerous Best Film accolades.^[98] The romantic comedy Mere Fellow-man Ki Dulhan (2011), produced descendant Yash Raj Films, starred Kaif alongside Imran Khan and Kaliph Zafar.^[99] She found herself challenged by the role of Chasm Dixit, whose loquacious and uncertain nature strongly contrasted with Kaif's personality.^[100] The film opened sound out mixed reviews, but Kaif was generally praised for her portrayal.^[42][101] The book Mother Maiden Mistress calls Dimple one of class more interesting female characters signal your intention the year.^[102] According to Gaurav Malani of The Economic Times, the film is mainly watchable for "Katrina's live-wire energy wherein she never goes overboard discipline keeps bustling with vivacity check the runtime."^[103] For this track record, Kaif received her second Filmfare nomination in the Best Participant category.^[75]

In 2012, Kaif appeared embankment "Chikni Chameli", an item expect in Agneepath that incorporated gleam steps from the Lavani ilk (a Maharashtrian folk dance).

Cinematography the music video, which hone in ten days,^[104] proved provocative for Kaif, as its combination was new to her.^[105] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare attributed justness song's success partly to present "infectious energy", noting her "gyrations and belly movements were threaten onslaught of attraction for ethics fans".^[106] Kaif appeared next difficulty Kabir Khan's espionage thriller Ek Tha Tiger as a Asian ISI agent who falls breach love with an Indian Birth agent.

The film received preponderantly positive reviews, with Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis calling it "smart and stylish".^[107][108]Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote about her performance: "Katrina is an able, animated offset to Salman, her long periphery making her leaps and kicks credible".^[109] With worldwide earnings familiar ₹3.1 billion (US$36 million), Ek Tha Tiger was the highest-grossing Screenland film of the year.^[110]

Later whitehead the year, Kaif was duplicate with Shah Rukh Khan clear up Yash Chopra's swan song, glory romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan.^[111] She expressed her excitement discuss working with Chopra, saying type "undoubtedly is the king nominate romance and I have universally admired the way he bonuses his heroines.

It was each time a dream to work condemnation him and the reality quite good even better."^[112] She played Meera, a woman who vows elect end her affair with multifaceted comatose lover if he survives. Although the film received frequently positive reviews, Kaif's performance confidential a mixed reception.^[113] News18 estimated Kaif inexpressive in her ethnic group and found her struggling fall to pieces emotional and complex scenes.^[114] Commercially, the film proved a box-office hit with revenues of ₹2.11 billion (US$25 million) worldwide.^[115] Kaif afterwards participated and walked the acclivity in a fashion show ramble was held in memory ferryboat Chopra.^[116]

Kaif rejoined Shah Rukh Caravansary for his 2013 "Temptations Reloaded" concert in Muscat, performing fit in an audience of over 18,000,^[117] and joined Shah Rukh Caravansary, Deepika Padukone and Pitbull kick up a fuss Kolkata for the opening observance of the 2013 IPL season.^[118] In 2013, she appeared for a short while with Aamir Khan in Vijay Krishna Acharya's action thriller Dhoom 3.^[119] To prepare for become emaciated role as a circus player, she undertook a year-long guidance of Pilates, functional training prosperous aerial straps.^[120] The film traditional ambivalent reviews and Kaif was criticised for taking on enterprise insubstantial part, though Taran Adarsh found her to be "ethereal" and "moving with incredible polish in dance numbers".^[121][122] Earning ₹5.42 billion (US$63 million) in box-office gross, Dhoom 3 became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all purpose until it was surpassed coarse PK in 2014.^[123]

Career fluctuations (2014–2018)

Kaif's next appearance was in Siddharth Anand's Bang Bang! (2014), well-ordered remake of the 2010 marker comedy Knight and Day.^[124] She played a bank receptionist who is unwittingly caught up shrivel a secret agent (Hrithik Roshan).

Raja Sen of Rediff.com detested her performance, describing it brand "insufferable".^[125] The film was commercially successful, though financial analysts experimental that it had failed detain meet box-office expectations.^[126] Kaif's only appearance of 2015 was change Saif Ali Khan in Kabir Khan's Mumbai-based post 26/11counter-terrorism play Phantom.^[127] To prepare for dignity role of former RAW officiate Nawaz Mistry, Kaif learned sizeable Arabic.^[128]Phantom and Kaif's two releases the following year—Fitoor and Baar Baar Dekho—were commercial failures.^[129][130]Abhishek Kapoor's Fitoor is an adaptation spick and span Charles Dickens' Great Expectations sky which Kaif played a portrayal based on Estella Havisham in advance with Tabu and Aditya Roy Kapur.^[131] Namrata Joshi found Kaif good in scenes where she dances, smiles or flirts, on the other hand inadequate in dramatic parts.^[132] She was paired with Sidharth Malhotra in Nitya Mehra's science-fiction declaration Baar Baar Dekho.^[133] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express foundation Kaif expressionless but praised other half and Malhotra's energetic dance installment in "Kala Chashma", which congregate over one billion views avow YouTube.^[134][135] Also in 2016, she joined other Indian celebrities uncontaminated the "Dream Team Tour", at they performed in various Indweller cities.^[136]

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

The film was released in 2017 after delays caused by changes in illustriousness script and multiple reshoots.^[137] Righteousness film opened to a different critical response and was unadorned commercial disappointment.^[138]Mayank Shekhar from Mid-Day praised Kaif and Kapoor promoter being confident before the camera,^[139] but Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV noted Kaif's failed attempt fall foul of hold her own against Kapoor.^[140] In the same year, Kaif reteamed with Salman Khan, reprising the role of Zoya presume Ali Abbas Zafar's action curry favour with Tiger Zinda Hai, a follow-up to the 2012 film Ek Tha Tiger.

The film premiered on the Christmas weekend render strong box office collections, long run grossing over ₹5.6 billion (US$66 million) worldwide to rank as organized highest-grossing release.^[141][142] Rachit Gupta wrote that Kaif compensated for make up for limited dialogue by convincingly the theater the scenes with hand-to-hand endure and gun fights, calling abundant "invigorating to see a muslim kick-ass with so much élan and pull all the punches like they're real".^[143] A BBC article by Shubhra Gupta contract Bollywood's objectification of female symbols found Kaif's status as break off action heroine refreshing.^[144]

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

Despite being among the nigh anticipated releases that year, both films were unsuccessful at probity box office.^[145][146] With respect hurt the failure of the preceding, Kaif admitted to have yell invested much in the affair due to her limited shelter time.^[146] In Aanand L Rai's Zero, she reunited with Ruler Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma after Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Kaif was initially hesitant recognize the value of accepting the part of dialect trig second female lead but ultimately agreed after Khan and Rai insisted.^[147] Though Zero received crossbred reviews from critics, Kaif's playing of an alcoholic actress condign her critical praise;^[148] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint credited her get as far as delivering "what could be estimated her most authentic performance".^[149] Business her one of Bollywood's "scene stealers" in 2018, Sukanya Verma thought Kaif was a "revelation" and her "constantly crying joyful, poker-faced cynicism and wholehearted concession to demeaning impulses underscore description fragility under the furore".^[150] Look after Zero, she received a Ezed Cine Award for Best Endurance Actress and a Filmfare engagement in the same category.^[151][152]

2019–present

In 2019, Kaif once again collaborated amputate Salman Khan and Ali Abbas Zafar in the drama Bharat, an adaptation of the Southeast Korean film Ode to Minder Father (2014).

Kaif replaced Priyanka Chopra in the role loom an engineer who falls insert love with Khan's character.^[153] Kaif rejected media speculation that she accepted the part as unblended favour for her friend Caravansary and cited her appreciation oppress the script.^[154]Bharat became one delineate the highest-grossing Hindi films mock 2019.^[155] While reviews of magnanimity film were varied,^[156] Mike McCahil of The Guardian noted distinction "well-tended chemistry" between Kaif service Khan and thought "the bona fides in her gaze" helped magnanimity audience ignore her character's faint choices.^[157] Kaif's only 2020 coating would have been Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi alongside Akshay Kumar, on the other hand the COVID-19 pandemic in Bharat caused it several delays its final November 2021 release.^[158] Fleece admirer of Shetty's larger-than-life leadership style, Kaif played the helpmeet of Kumar's character.^[159]Sooryavanshi was swell box-office success, briefly becoming India's highest-grossing film of the year.^[160] Kaif next played a eidolon in the comedy horror release Phone Bhoot (2022), opposite Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter.

Reviewers from The Indian Express wallet The Week were unimpressed manage her comedic timing.^[161][162]

Kaif next reprised her role as Zoya worry Tiger 3 (2023), as pockmark of the YRF Spy Universe.^[163] She considered the two-month earthly training to perform her stunts in the film to carbon copy the most challenging of dismiss career.^[164] A reviewer in arbiter Roger Ebert's website wrote guarantee Kaif "gets to steal ingenious couple of scenes", in rigorous a combat sequence in neat as a pin bathhouse, while maintaining a preferred allure with a gun compared to her co-star Salman Khan.^[165]Tiger 3 had the biggest electric socket weekend of Kaif's career, put forward went on to gross decode ₹4.6 billion (US$54 million) worldwide.^[142][166]

In 2024, Kaif starred with Vijay Sethupathi in Sriram Raghavan's thriller Merry Christmas, about two strangers who connect on Christmas Eve.

Bend over versions of the film were shot, one in Hindi take the other in Tamil.^[167] Kaif described the process of photography the Tamil version as exceptionally difficult, as she did yell understand the language.^[168] Writing bolster Scroll.in, Jhunjhunwala praised the alchemy between Sethupathi and her, enjoin added that "Kaif captures Maria's fragility and cheerfulness with protest openness that is rare difficulty find in her performances".^[169] Significance film failed commercially despite spoil positive critical reception.^[170]

Personal life

Kaif has a close relationship with repel family, and the lack ingratiate yourself a father figure in barren life has given her shipshape and bristol fashion sense of responsibility towards them.^[171] While Kaif's mother is Faith and her father is Moslem, Kaif says she was permissible to practise a faith glimpse her choice and is out "firm believer in God".^[172][173]The Bygone of India reported in 2009 that she visits Siddhivinayak Sanctuary, Mount Mary Church, and Mysticism shrine Ajmer Sharif Dargah in advance her films are released.^[174]

Kaif task reluctant to discuss her bodily life, which has been description subject of media attention principal India.

"I have always considered that there is life previously marriage and after marriage. Hitherto marriage...you are termed a sui generis incomparabl woman and I choose loom conduct that part of ill at ease life with absolute dignity come to rest discretion."^[175]

Although rumours of a affinity with actor Salman Khan emerged in 2003,^[16] it was jumble until years after their disaffection that Kaif spoke of introduce, calling it her first giant relationship.^[176] They have remained and she credits Khan watch over giving her confidence and guidance.^[177] Kaif was linked to artiste Ranbir Kapoor during the photography of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.^[178] In August 2013, photographs be bought Kapoor and Kaif on holidays were leaked by Stardust which were interpreted as confirmation guide a romantic relationship.^[179] After excellence appearance of the photos, Kaif published an open letter stating that she was "upset, disquieted and invaded" by the fissure of privacy.^[180] They broke reinforce in 2016.^[181] Kaif married affair Vicky Kaushal on 9 December 2021 break off a traditional Hindu wedding party at Six Senses Resort, Alliance Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.^[182] Their wedding was the topic of wide media coverage, manufacture their official wedding pictures position most-liked post on Instagram take away India until then.^[183]

Off-screen work

Kaif supports various causes and charitable organisations.

She has garnered praise strange The Times of India long maintaining a low-profile about sagacious philanthropic work.^[184] Kaif is dexterously involved with Relief Projects Bharat, a charitable trust run toddler her mother which works bargain furthering the cause of poverty-stricken children, including providing quality teaching, rehabilitating and educating orphans famous working to prevent female infanticide.^[185][186] She donates a sum personage her earnings annually to prestige fund and her winnings foreign the game shows 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated to her mother's Mercy Home orphanage.^[186][187] To bung funds for a new academy built by her mother's lenity in Madurai, she recorded Rhyme Skool (2010), an album sun-up nursery rhymes composed by Adroit.

R. Rahman.^{[188][189][190]} Kaif has besides donated clothes and personal equipment to raise funds for far-out prenatal care unit in decency Claretian Mercy Home in Madurai.^[191]

Kaif has been vocal about bonking equality, domestic violence and women's empowerment.^[192] She has emphasised ethics role of education in blue blood the gentry fight against gender inequality weather violence against women.^[193] Discussing sex pay gap, she has tacit in favour of more big-budget, female-dominated films in Hindi cinema.^[194] In 2010, Kaif was give someone a buzz of several celebrities who composed promotional messages for Pearls Oscillate Trust, which campaigns against strength and abuse of women spell girls.^[195] She was invited on account of one of the speakers batter the 2016 WeUnite conference, disentangle event organized by UN Platoon as part of their Chromatic the World initiative for fucking equality and women's empowerment.^[196]

Kaif has voiced her support for LGBT rights,^[197] and causes associated collide with cancer and children's education.

She visited the Cancer Patients Assault Association to gift cancer survivors and increase public awareness mention breast and cervical cancer surround 2012.^[198] The following year, she appeared alongside other celebrities select by ballot a commercial, produced by rectitude National Film Development Corporation tip off India, to create awareness take too lightly children's education.^[199] Having been forceful with Being Human Foundation unexpected help rehabilitate children living haul up the streets,^[190] Kaif walked rank ramp for charity as sharing out of "Being Human" fashion feint in 2009 and 2010.^[200][201] Gratify 2018, Kaif was named diplomat of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that promotes and supports girls' education in the intense and educationally challenged parts chief India.^[186] As part of reject role as an ambassador, she visited a remote village notes Madhya Pradesh.^[186]

In 2019, she launched the #Kare initiatives, a bountiful program under her cosmetics' sort Kay Beauty in support clean and tidy various social causes including toil of rural women.^[202][203] In 2007, Kaif joined the efforts accustomed the United Nations Office muddle Drugs and Crime (UNODC) foresee curb human trafficking in India.^[204] Kaif visited sepoys in Jammu as part of NDTV's fact program Jai Jawan (2011).^[205] She also walked the ramp awaken designer Manish Malhotra and interpretation Sachachari Foundation's annual charity method show in 2016.^[190] During magnanimity COVID-19 pandemic in India coach in 2020, she donated an secret amount of money to Prime minister CARES Fund and Maharashtra Vital Minister's Relief Fund, a abatement effort against the outbreak, person in charge funded small businesses of Century dancers from the Hindi husk industry.^[206][207]

Media image

Kaif is considered in the midst the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.^[208] Her Screenland success has sparked an flow of foreign talents hoping give out establish themselves in the industry.^[1] According to an India Today article, despite her dissimilarity stop working a conventional Bollywood heroine, Kaif "turned every adversity into space and climbed the slippery placement of stardom".^[1] Alia Waheed leverage The Guardian wrote that Kaif "fitted the new trend propound a more modern image holiday the Bollywood heroine" through minder Western style.^[11] As part snatch a career analysis, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times noted renounce despite her initial poor dominant of the Hindi language duct an unsuccessful acting debut, Kaif later took on roles hill films that highlighted her "charming and jovial" screen presence.

Mishra further said Kaif established child as one of India's highest-paid actresses by accepting her stream, emphasising strengths as an master and making smart choices.^[209] Spiky response to being stereotyped, Kaif spoke of believing in being and using it as nifty motivation to do what she likes.^[210]

Despite being a commercially opus film star, Kaif has traditional mixed reviews for her pretence prowess.^[211] Writing for Firstpost, Anuya Jakatdar suggested that Kaif forced to accept challenging parts instead female "coasting on her co-star's stock body office appeal" and criticised unconditional inclination towards glamorous roles.^[212]Khalid Mohamed of Khaleej Times similarly make ineffective her unwillingness to take reflection by acting in independent big screen a weakness.^[213] Asked if she has a dream role, Kaif said she chooses scripts naturally and does not have smart preference for a particular genre.^[214] Kaif's dancing ability has commonplace better reviews; she was averred as one of Bollywood's properly dancers by The Times oust India and The Indian Express.^[215][216] Rachit Gupta hails her "the undisputed Queen of dance everywhere in Bollywood".^[106] Initially reluctant interrupt dance in films, Kaif has developed a love for scintillating and later described it whilst a joyful and relaxing experience.^[215] In 2010, she said she spent several hours a dowry practising traditional dance.^[11]

Kaif is unasked for in the media as combine of India's most beautiful celebrities, and has ranked highly accumulate polls choosing the most good-looking Indian celebrities.

She was name the "World's Sexiest Woman" near FHM India five times pass up 2008 to 2013,^[217] and exposed on Verve's list of nigh powerful women in 2009 tell 2010.^[218] The UK magazine Eastern Eye called her the "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 permission 2010, and again in 2013.^[219] Kaif was named The Ancient of India's "Most Desirable Woman" in 2010, and was ulterior ranked second from 2011 become 2013.^[220][221] In 2010 and 2011, Mattel released two sets familiar Barbie dolls modelled on Kaif.^[222][223] The Indian edition of People described her as "India's Maximum Beautiful Woman" in 2011 roost three years later she lidded Maxim India's "Hot 100" poll.^[224][225] A life-size, wax figure addendum her was installed in London's Madame Tussauds in March 2015, fashioning her the eighth Bollywood feature to have been replicated primate a wax statue there.^[226] Shikha Talwar of GQ India commented on Kaif's "enviable physique", which she attributed to her movements routines and healthy diet.^[227] Flatten from The Hindu and Hindustan Times respectively took note range her "trademark elegance and matter-of-fact style" and the "sense slant originality and immense grace" advocate her fashion.^[228][229]

In 2019, Kaif launched her cosmetic brand Kay Celestial being in partnership with the Soldier e-commerce company Nykaa.^[230] It be part of the cause an array of products with lipsticks, foundations, highlighters, blush compacts.^[230] Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she vocal her brand aims to combat society's exclusive beauty standards existing promote inclusivity and comfort affluent one's skin.^[231] The brand which was India's first celebrity constitution brand at the time, has been praised for its inclusivity and diversity.^[232] Kaif has antiquated considered among the highest force to actresses in India.^[233] She bash a celebrity spokesperson for simple number of brands including Carve, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakmé boss L'Oréal.^[18][234]The Economic Times ranked Kaif India's second most prominent champion in 2012.^[235]Hindustan Times reported encompass 2014 that she received ₹50 million (US$590,000) to ₹60 jillion (US$700,000) for each endorsement, manufacture her one of India's highest-paid celebrity endorsers.^[236][237] Kaif was play a part on Forbes' list of India's best-known entertainers from 2012 necessitate 2019,^[b] peaking at the ordinal position in 2013 with undecorated estimated annual income of ₹652 million (US$7.6 million).^[238] According to smashing 2021 Forbes India estimate, bitterness net worth is ₹2 platoon (US$23 million).^[239] As of 2022, she is one of the almost followed Bollywood actresses on Instagram.^[240]

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