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Karisma Kapoor

The first female Kapoor to break into Bollywood acting.

She was the first female member of the Kapoor family to pursue an acting career and was one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s.[1] Kapoor, who acts in Hindi films, was born on 25 June 1974 in Bombay, Maharashtra, to Babita and Randhir Kapoor.[1][2]

Quick Facts

Born
25 June 1974
Birthplace
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1990–present
Children
2
Father
Randhir Kapoor
Mother
Babita Kapoor
Family
Kapoor family

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Kapoor is informally called "Lolo" at home, a nickname her mother gave her after the actress Gina Lollobrigida.[3][4] She made her acting debut in 1991 at age 16 with the romantic drama Prem Qaidi.[5] In 1997, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai.[6][7] She married industrialist Sunjay Kapur on 29 September 2003, and they had a daughter and a son before divorcing in 2016.[8][9]

For her performance as the title character in the 2000 crime drama Fiza, Kapoor collected a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[10]

What the cited sources add

A Vogue article notes that Kapoor is the first and only woman in the Kapoor family's fourth generation to have inherited blue-green eyes.[3] The same source states that neither Raja Hindustani nor Dil To Pagal Hai were originally written for her, and she was not the first choice for either role.[3] The Times of India reports that Kapoor was offered the role of Tina in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but turned it down, after which the role went to Rani Mukerji.[7] The same review states that Salman and Kapoor acted well but got little support from the screenplay.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "When Karisma Kapoor had said it's an illusion that the women of the Kapoor family were not allowed to do movies: 'My father, uncle married heroines'", The Times of India, 2025-05-28; "When 17-year-old Karisma Kapoor was asked about women of Kapoor family not working in films", Hindustan Times, 2022-01-06 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Karisma Kapoor: 10 things you didn't know", The Times of India (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "10 interesting facts about Karisma Kapoor that you probably didn't know", Vogue, 25 June 2021. facts only, no text reused. vogue.in
  4. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "10 interesting facts about Karisma Kapoor that you probably didn't know", Vogue, 25 June 2021; Flashback at 90: A Kapoor daughter recalls family's filmy journey from Peshawar to the pinnacle, Hindustan Times, 18 December 2018.; "Karisma Kapoor: 10 things you didn't know", The Times of India; Dhawan, M. L., "Punjabi colours of Bollywood", The Tribune, 8 January 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prem Qaidi", Amazon; "Karisma Kapoor's Filmography", Box Office India; "Jagruti (1992)", Bollywood Hungama; "Nishchay", Times of India; "Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut: Complete List Of The Winners and Nominees", Filmfare; "Deedar (1992)", Rotten Tomatoes (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bhattacharya, "Karisma Kapoor was the 5th choice for Dil To Pagal Hai", Mumbai Mirror, 19 August 2013; "Box Office Results 1997", Box Office India; "Indrani Haldar, Karisma Kapoor bag national awards", Rediff.com, 9 May 1998; "43rd Filmfare Awards 1998", The Times of India, 31 January 1998 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. "Karisma Kapoor: 10 things you didn't know", The Times of India. facts only, no text reused. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  8. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pacheco, "Karisma Kapoor, Sunjay Kapur to be divorced next year due to trust issues", The Indian Express, 30 December 2014; "Karisma married me on a rebound after her break-up with Abhishek Bachchan, says Sunjay Kapur", India Today, 15 January 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur's divorce called off", Mid-day, 28 November 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Karisma Kapoor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "46th Annual Filmfare Awards", The Times of India; Panicker, "Movies: Fiza review", Rediff.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Ashraf, "Bad show", Rediff.com, 29 May 1999. facts only, no text reused. rediff.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Karisma Kapoor (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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