Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is a celebrated model of international acclaim and a talented Indian actress.

Katrina Kaif born on July 16th, 1984 in Hong Kong was brought up in Hawaii and London. Born to a Kashmiri father and an English mother, Katrina Kaif is half-British and half-Indian. She grew up into a sensuous teen with sharp features and soon got noticed by the bigwigs in the showbiz world and subsequently landed number of modeling assignments at the tender age of fourteen.

She did ad campaigns for Lakme, Veet, Kodak, Cola, LG, Pantene, Fevicol, L’Oreal and several others products. Her beautiful face was chosen as the 'Face of the Year' at Lakme India Fashion Week 2005.

Katrina's filmy career began with Kaizad Gustad's "Boom" {2003}, in which she played the principal character, a model caught in the web of underworld complexities. Though the film failed at the box office, she got widespread attention for her innocent looks and contrasting provocative body. Added to her beauty her cool acting abilities too were well received by critics and cine-goers.

Having discovered her "Boom"ing histrionic talents, Katrina Kaif shifted her base to Mumbai. In spite of having trouble speaking Hindi and other Indian languages, she soon got movie offers. She acted in a couple of Telugu movies, "Malliswari" {2004} and "Allari Pidugu" {2005}. After the success of these two movies, she began her Bollywood journey with "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" {2005}, "Sarkar" {2005} starring along side

Personal life

Born in Hong Kong on July 16, 1984, One of eight siblings, Kaif was born to an Indian Kashmiri father and British mother, was brought up in Hawaii, and started modelling at the age of 14, when she was approached for a jewellery campaign. After that she continued modeling in London.

Professional life

At the age of 14, Kaif started modeling for a jewellery campaign in London, and was subsequently discovered by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003).

She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modelling assignments. However, filmmakers were at first hesitant to sign her because of her linguistic shortcomings