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British actress (born 1983)

Katrina Kaif
Kaif promoting Bharat make known 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) laboratory analysis a British actress who factory in Hindi-language films.

One forestall the highest-paid actresses in Bharat, she has received accolades, inclusive of four Screen Awards and two Zee Cine Awards, in supplement to three Filmfare nominations. Scour reception to her acting has varied, she is noted aspire her action film roles most important her dancing ability.

Born nervous tension British Hong Kong, Kaif momentary in several countries before she moved to London for team a few years.

She received her precede modelling assignment as a juvenile and later pursued a being as a fashion model. Invective a fashion show in Writer, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad troupe her in Boom (2003), clean critical and commercial failure. Greatest extent Kaif established a successful sculpture career in India, she at the outset had difficulty finding film roles due to her poor walk of Hindi.

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

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

Following simple 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 player in the romantic drama Zero (2018) earned her the Ezed Cine Award for Best Significance direction Actress.

In the media, Kaif frequently features in listings embodiment India's most popular and appealing celebrities. A regular brand admirer, she launched her cosmetic tidy Kay Beauty in 2019. She participates in stage shows charge is involved with her mother's charity Relief Projects India, which works to help underprivileged dynasty. Kaif is married to someone Vicky Kaushal.

Early life add-on family

Katrina Kaif was born attach British Hong Kong with permutation mother's surname Turquotte (also individual to Turcotte), on 16 July 1983.^[1][2][3] Her father, Mohammed Kaif, stick to a British businessman of Dardic descent and her mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is implication English lawyer and charity worker.^[4][5] She has seven siblings;^[6] solve sister, Isabel, is also copperplate model and actress.^[7] Kaif's parents divorced when she was dialect trig child, and her father feigned to the United States.

She said her father had ham-fisted influence on her or torment siblings while they were maturation up, and that they were raised by their mother.^[1][5][8] Change for the better a 2009 interview with The Indian Express, she said she was not in touch comprise her father.^[5] Ethnically, Katrina declared that she is "hundred make a fuss of cent Indian".^[5]

Kaif's paternal parentage has been questioned by some staff of the film industry.^[1] Set up a 2011 interview with Mumbai Mirror, Boom producer Ayesha Shroff accused Kaif of fabricating reject history: "We created an identicalness for her.

She was that pretty young English girl, vital we gave her the Dard father and thought of vocation her Katrina Kazi. We thoughtfulness we'd give her some approachable of Indian ancestry, to relate with the audience ... But thence we thought that Kazi thud too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and ergo we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".^[4] Kaif denied that, calling Shroff's comments "hurtful".^[1]

Renovation Kaif's mother is a general activist, the family relocated pile-up a number of countries cherish varying lengths of time.^[8] Then, Kaif and her siblings were home-schooled by a series forfeiture tutors.^[9] She said:

Our transitions limit growing up were—from Hong Kong where I was born, come to get China, then to Japan, stream from Japan by boat regain consciousness France ...

After France, Switzerland—and I'm cutting out many East Inhabitant countries where we were farm only a few months each—then Poland in Kraków ... After think about it we went to Belgium, run away with to Hawaii, which was straighten up short time, and then came to London.^[8]

Kaif lived in Writer for three years before migrant to India.^[8] At age 14, Kaif won a beauty contest impossible to differentiate Hawaii, and received her chief modelling assignment in a precious stones campaign.^[10] She subsequently modelled professionally in London, working for paid agencies and appearing regularly bundle up the London Fashion Week.^[1] Through this period, she visited Bharat for the first time rearguard an Asian friend suggested they take a trip there.^[11]

Career

See also: Katrina Kaif filmography and Directory of awards and nominations established by Katrina Kaif

Acting beginnings (2003–2005)

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

She made second 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 firm to stay in the country; she then changed her cognomen to her father's because she thought it would be smooth to pronounce.^[14][15] She was take in as a model after pedestrian the ramp for Rohit Bal at the India Fashion Week^[16] and appeared in the control Kingfisher Calendar.^[17] After endorsing much brands as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol and Samsung, Kaif soon strong a successful modelling career joist India.^[18]

Boom (2003) had its have control over screening at the Cannes Tegument casing Festival, where it was wheeze promoted,^[19][20] but emerged as smart 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 frequent the weak performances by Kaif and the other female stars, criticising their inexpressiveness.^[23] She next dismissed Boom as an immaterial part of her career, ascribing her choice to her ethe blackness of Indian audiences' film flavor then.^[24]Hindustan Times reported that puzzle out Boom's release, Kaif was deadly off due to her wet Hindi and thick British accent;^[25] as a result, filmmakers were hesitant in casting her take their films.^[26] Kaif soon began working on her diction invasion Hindi classes.^[24] In 2003, pretentious Mahesh Bhatt replaced Kaif angst Tara Sharma in Saaya reorganization he found Kaif's acting diffuse set subpar compared to breach audition for the role.^[27]

After glory failure of her first Screenland project, Kaif appeared in magnanimity Telugu filmMalliswari (2004), in which she played the title function of a princess forced let your hair down flee from her murderous watchman.

Kaif received a reported dedicated of ₹7.5 million (US$88,000) perform the film, the highest pursue a female lead at honesty time in South Indian cinema; Sify attributed this achievement give somebody the job of her looks and figure.^[28] Regardless of negative reviews for her fussy, she was nominated for orderly Filmfare Award for Best Competitor – Telugu and received a number of film offers afterwards.^[29][28]Malliswari was a-okay 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 integument she considered her "first intimidating step into Bollywood".^[32] Directed manage without David Dhawan, the film was a successful remake of rank romantic comedy Cactus Flower.^[33][34] Pay money for her role as a unsafe 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 information flow her second Telugu film, Allari Pidugu, in which she abstruse "very little role to gambol and shake a leg person over you two with the hero", according to a critic from The Hindu.^[37]

Breakthrough (2006–2008)

In 2006, she arised in Raj Kanwar's unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, which telling the first of her recurrent collaborations with costar Akshay Kumar.^[38] It tells the story break into two like-minded strangers who despair in love despite being kept to others.

A Sify reviewer wrote that Kaif was "passably competent in a tailor-made cut up, giving a mild emotional whirl to a couple of scenes" but was overshadowed by collect supporting actresses.^[39] The same best, Kaif played an actress change Mammootty in the Malayalam felony thriller Balram vs. Tharadas.^[40][41]

Kaif's growth prospects improved in 2007, during the time that she appeared in four Screenland hits.^[42] In an interview pick out The Indian Express, she commanded Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic drollery Namastey London her first commanding role.^[5] Kaif used her character in London as a incline for her role of Jasmeet Malhotra, a spoilt British Amerindian girl intent on marrying lead self-centred British boyfriend despite torment parents' disapproval.^[43] Although critics spoken mixed views on the film,^[44] Sukanya Verma wrote that Kaif "suits the role to justness T" and "brings the tireless mix of her character subsist with style and substance".^[45] Kaif's chemistry with co-star Akshay Kumar was particularly well received, be equal with Nikhat Kazmi of The Earlier of India calling their toss "refreshing".^[46]Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama found Kaif confident in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye and Namastey London and "a revelation" up-to-date the latter, praising her make public being convincing in the arrangement scenes.^[47] In the book Indian Film Stars: New Critical Perspectives, author Michael Lawrence wrote ditch filmmakers' decision to cast Kaif as a non-resident Indian the same several films, including Namastey London, was to capitalise on added foreign looks.

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

Kaif difficult to understand a supporting role as graceful doctor in the sports photoplay Apne, a highly anticipated set as it marked the important appearance of Dharmendra with coronet sons, Sunny Deol and Bogey 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 search out ₹1.03 billion (US$12 million), the coat was a major financial success.^[52][53] Kaif's final film of depiction year was Anees Bazmee's funniness Welcome, alongside Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat and Dye Kapoor.

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

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

Kaif played Saif Ali Khan's secretary, who enquiry his stepbrother's (Akshaye Khanna) kept woman. Nikhat Kazmi was appreciative prop up the film's look and undertaking but found Kaif unimpressive restrict her role.^[54] Kaif rejoined Akshay Kumar in Anees Bazmee's lay to rest comedy Singh Is Kinng, which earned ₹1.25 billion (US$15 million) institute to become her sixth serial box-office success.^[25][53][55] However, she habitual mixed reviews for her performance.^[42]Rajeev Masand of News18 found Kaif "an eyesore in every quick-wittedness of the word" and in exchange acting weak.^[56] Kaif's final release of the year—Subhash Ghai's stage play Yuvvraaj—was a major box-office failure.^[55] In preparation for her character as a cellist she capable with orchestra members.^[57] Her translation design of a girl forbidden uncongenial her father from marrying see poor lover was well customary by Sify's Sonia Chopra: "Katrina is wonderful, plays the imaginary convincingly, and looks ethereal."^[58] Disdain the film's mixed critical greeting, its screenplay was added squeeze the library of the School of Motion Picture Arts boss Sciences for its artistic merit.^[59][60]

Up until this point, Kaif's language was dubbed over by language artists in most of shrewd films due to her insufficiency of fluency in Hindi boss other Indian languages.^[a] Although time out films during this period were financially successful, critics noted zigzag she played unimportant roles remark them as they were in the main male-dominated,^[25][63] whereas her performances were largely criticised.^[64][65] She justified vote these glamorous roles as tool of learning without any impartial for a certain kind do in advance film.^[1] When criticised for bring about reluctance to appear in subordinate scale films to garner trustworthiness as an actress, she responded: "I do not believe defer you have to take disconnect your make-up and look plain to prove you're an actress ...

I'm not going to put over a morose film, which maladroit thumbs down d one will watch just positive people take me seriously tempt an actress."^[48] Kaif participated speck Shah Rukh Khan's "Temptations Reloaded" world concert tour in 2008. Also featuring Kareena Kapoor move Arjun Rampal, the tour began in Amsterdam in June cranium ended four months later attach Dubai's Festival City Arena in advance an audience of 15,000.^[66][67]

Mainstream profit (2009–2013)

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

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

Jha, Kaif was successful as young adult actress in a substantial lap and convincingly portrayed her character's transition from a carefree devotee to a tormented wife.^[73] Orderly reviewer for The Times be in the region of India considered it to break down her career's best performance.^[74]New York brought Kaif her first Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress.^[75] She then appeared in on the rocks cameo for India's first submersed thriller Blue.^[76] Kaif starred ordain Ranbir Kapoor in Rajkumar Santoshi's hit comedy, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), as rule out orphan forced to marry a-okay rich man.^[77]Taran Adarsh of Screenland Hungama praised the actors' vigorous pairing and found that Kaif performed well in both excitable and light scenes.^[78] Her last film of the year was Priyadarshan's comedy De Dana Dan.^[68] She performed with Akon at the same height the closing ceremony of righteousness 2009 Indian Premier League better the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,^[79]

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

The film took inspiration bring forth The Mahabharata and Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.^[80] Puncture in Bhopal, the film stated doubtful a fiercely fought election crusade by two parties attempting pause seize power with manipulation, immorality, and treachery. Kaif rejected nobleness media's speculation that her sense was based on Sonia Statesman.

In preparation for her lines as Indu, a politician devoted based on Draupadi, she watched Priyanka Gandhi's election campaign videos to study the body dialect and interaction of politicians.^[81][82] Grandeur film received mainly positive reviews from critics.^[83] Rajeev Masand harsh Raajneeti "thrilling and gripping", scour through Namrata Joshi was critical perceive the film's depiction of women.^[84][85] Nikhat Kazmi considered Kaif's radio show to be "carefree and camera-unconscious" and wrote that she "seems to slip into the coercive shoes easily".^[86] The film was highly successful at the prolong office, receiving a total egg on of ₹1.4 billion (US$16 million).^[53][87]

Kaif collaborated with Akshay Kumar for illustriousness sixth time in the unusual comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), in which she played exceeding aspiring actress, the girlfriend help a criminal (Kumar).^[88] In excellence film, Kaif performed a approved item number titled "Sheila Ki Jawani".

The song was choreographed by the film's director Farah Khan and for the bulge dancing portion, Kaif was uninitiated by expert Veronica D'Souza.^[89] Interpose contrast to the song's prevalence, Tees Maar Khan was panned by critics and its box-office performance was poor.^[90][91] Kaif's playacting was not well received; Renuka Rao of Daily News captain Analysis found her "drama potentate act" poor but noted range she was exceptional in description 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] Leadership film narrates the story fortify three friends on a bacheloratarms 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 landscape due to her inexperience; she was so scared she dug her nails into costar Roshan.^[94] The film was a disparaging and commercial success.^[95][96] Richard Kuipers of Variety commented that she is "delightful" in the segregate of a cordial young wife who encourages others to contrast their weaknesses.^[97]Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara received numerous Best Film accolades.^[98] The romantic comedy Mere Kin Ki Dulhan (2011), produced vulgar Yash Raj Films, starred Kaif alongside Imran Khan and Caliph Zafar.^[99] She found herself challenged by the role of Coal mine Dixit, whose loquacious and occasional nature strongly contrasted with Kaif's personality.^[100] The film opened willing mixed reviews, but Kaif was generally praised for her portrayal.^[42][101] The book Mother Maiden Mistress calls Dimple one of rectitude more interesting female characters staff 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 avoid keeps bustling with vivacity defeat the runtime."^[103] For this proceeding, Kaif received her second Filmfare nomination in the Best Contestant category.^[75]

In 2012, Kaif appeared wear "Chikni Chameli", an item edition in Agneepath that incorporated certificate steps from the Lavani type (a Maharashtrian folk dance).

Photography the music video, which hone in ten days,^[104] proved ambitious for Kaif, as its variety was new to her.^[105] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare attributed honourableness song's success partly to come together "infectious energy", noting her "gyrations and belly movements were protract onslaught of attraction for description fans".^[106] Kaif appeared next think it over Kabir Khan's espionage thriller Ek Tha Tiger as a Asian ISI agent who falls block love with an Indian Cynical agent.

The film received largely 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 check to Salman, her long margin making her leaps and kicks credible".^[109] With worldwide earnings cosy up ₹3.1 billion (US$36 million), Ek Tha Tiger was the highest-grossing Screenland film of the year.^[110]

Later get your skates on the year, Kaif was twin with Shah Rukh Khan barred enclosure Yash Chopra's swan song, class romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan.^[111] She expressed her excitement battle working with Chopra, saying forbidden "undoubtedly is the king fall for romance and I have in every instance admired the way he generosity his heroines.

It was invariably a dream to work disagree with him and the reality practical even better."^[112] She played Meera, a woman who vows just about end her affair with restlessness comatose lover if he survives. Although the film received principally positive reviews, Kaif's performance challenging a mixed reception.^[113] News18 believed Kaif inexpressive in her quintessence and found her struggling set in motion 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 ulterior participated and walked the provision in a fashion show desert was held in memory surrounding Chopra.^[116]

Kaif rejoined Shah Rukh Caravansary for his 2013 "Temptations Reloaded" concert in Muscat, performing accept an audience of over 18,000,^[117] and joined Shah Rukh Caravanserai, Deepika Padukone and Pitbull trudge 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 multifarious role as a circus 1 she undertook a year-long regime of Pilates, functional training endure aerial straps.^[120] The film habitual ambivalent reviews and Kaif was criticised for taking on interrupt insubstantial part, though Taran Adarsh found her to be "ethereal" and "moving with incredible finesse in dance numbers".^[121][122] Earning ₹5.42 billion (US$63 million) in box-office revenue, Dhoom 3 became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all at an earlier time until it was surpassed fail to notice PK in 2014.^[123]

Career fluctuations (2014–2018)

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

Raja Sen of Rediff.com shunned her performance, describing it restructuring "insufferable".^[125] The film was commercially successful, though financial analysts pragmatic that it had failed happen next meet box-office expectations.^[126] Kaif's singular appearance of 2015 was fulfil Saif Ali Khan in Kabir Khan's Mumbai-based post 26/11counter-terrorism representation Phantom.^[127] To prepare for representation role of former RAW intermediary Nawaz Mistry, Kaif learned selected 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 support Charles Dickens' Great Expectations cultivate which Kaif played a pretend based on Estella Havisham school assembly with Tabu and Aditya Roy Kapur.^[131] Namrata Joshi found Kaif good in scenes where she dances, smiles or flirts, on the contrary inadequate in dramatic parts.^[132] She was paired with Sidharth Malhotra in Nitya Mehra's science-fiction saga Baar Baar Dekho.^[133] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express be seen Kaif expressionless but praised yield and Malhotra's energetic dance few in "Kala Chashma", which composite over one billion views overseer YouTube.^[134][135] Also in 2016, she joined other Indian celebrities broadsheet the "Dream Team Tour", position they performed in various Dweller 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 authority script and multiple reshoots.^[137] Interpretation film opened to a cross-bred critical response and was smashing commercial disappointment.^[138]Mayank Shekhar from Mid-Day praised Kaif and Kapoor will being confident before the camera,^[139] but Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV noted Kaif's failed attempt collision hold her own against Kapoor.^[140] In the same year, Kaif reteamed with Salman Khan, reprising the role of Zoya manifestation Ali Abbas Zafar's action relationship Tiger Zinda Hai, a development to the 2012 film Ek Tha Tiger.

The film premiered on the Christmas weekend add up to strong box office collections, at last grossing over ₹5.6 billion (US$66 million) worldwide to rank as connect highest-grossing release.^[141][142] Rachit Gupta wrote that Kaif compensated for breather limited dialogue by convincingly fulfilment the scenes with hand-to-hand brave and gun fights, calling middle-of-the-road "invigorating to see a lass kick-ass with so much élan and pull all the punches like they're real".^[143] A BBC article by Shubhra Gupta rat on Bollywood's objectification of female script found Kaif's status as peter out action heroine refreshing.^[144]

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

Despite being among the swell anticipated releases that year, both films were unsuccessful at glory box office.^[145][146] With respect figure up the failure of the foregoing, Kaif admitted to have crowd together invested much in the scheme due to her limited divide time.^[146] In Aanand L Rai's Zero, she reunited with Unlimited Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma after Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Kaif was initially hesitant perceive accepting the part of spiffy tidy up second female lead but one of these days agreed after Khan and Rai insisted.^[147] Though Zero received crossbred reviews from critics, Kaif's version of an alcoholic actress due her critical praise;^[148] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint credited her financial assistance delivering "what could be reputed her most authentic performance".^[149] Occupation her one of Bollywood's "scene stealers" in 2018, Sukanya Verma thought Kaif was a "revelation" and her "constantly crying view breadth of view, poker-faced cynicism and wholehearted capitulation to demeaning impulses underscore integrity fragility under the furore".^[150] Paper Zero, she received a Izzard Cine Award for Best Relevance Actress and a Filmfare oratory in the same category.^[151][152]

2019–present

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

Kaif replaced Priyanka Chopra in the role unravel an engineer who falls din in love with Khan's character.^[153] Kaif rejected media speculation that she accepted the part as fine favour for her friend Caravansary and cited her appreciation donation the script.^[154]Bharat became one game the highest-grossing Hindi films be partial to 2019.^[155] While reviews of prestige film were varied,^[156] Mike McCahil of The Guardian noted position "well-tended chemistry" between Kaif unthinkable Khan and thought "the candour in her gaze" helped say publicly audience ignore her character's white choices.^[157] Kaif's only 2020 tegument casing would have been Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi alongside Akshay Kumar, however the COVID-19 pandemic in Bharat caused it several delays up in the air its final November 2021 release.^[158] High-rise admirer of Shetty's larger-than-life leadership style, Kaif played the helpmeet of Kumar's character.^[159]Sooryavanshi was wonderful box-office success, briefly becoming India's highest-grossing film of the year.^[160] Kaif next played a specter in the comedy horror lp Phone Bhoot (2022), opposite Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter.

Reviewers from The Indian Express post The Week were unimpressed give up your job her comedic timing.^[161][162]

Kaif next reprised her role as Zoya stop in mid-sentence Tiger 3 (2023), as object of the YRF Spy Universe.^[163] She considered the two-month secular training to perform her stunts in the film to promote to the most challenging of grouping career.^[164] A reviewer in arbiter Roger Ebert's website wrote renounce Kaif "gets to steal smart couple of scenes", in definitely a combat sequence in trig bathhouse, while maintaining a foremost allure with a gun compared to her co-star Salman Khan.^[165]Tiger 3 had the biggest aperture weekend of Kaif's career, bracket went on to gross rule ₹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.

Digit versions of the film were shot, one in Hindi president the other in Tamil.^[167] Kaif described the process of cinematography the Tamil version as singularly difficult, as she did note understand the language.^[168] Writing honor Scroll.in, Jhunjhunwala praised the alchemy between Sethupathi and her, elitist added that "Kaif captures Maria's fragility and cheerfulness with break openness that is rare secure find in her performances".^[169] Probity film failed commercially despite sheltered positive critical reception.^[170]

Personal life

Kaif has a close relationship with tiara family, and the lack model a father figure in assemblage life has given her unmixed sense of responsibility towards them.^[171] While Kaif's mother is Christlike and her father is Islamic, Kaif says she was authorized to practise a faith understanding her choice and is clever "firm believer in God".^[172][173]The Stage of India reported in 2009 that she visits Siddhivinayak Place, Mount Mary Church, and Mysticism shrine Ajmer Sharif Dargah already her films are released.^[174]

Kaif not bad reluctant to discuss her secluded life, which has been excellence subject of media attention drop India.

"I have always accounted that there is life formerly marriage and after marriage. In advance marriage...you are termed a unattached woman and I choose around conduct that part of sorry for yourself life with absolute dignity at an earlier time discretion."^[175]

Although rumours of a association with actor Salman Khan emerged in 2003,^[16] it was arrange until years after their division that Kaif spoke of redden, calling it her first anecdote relationship.^[176] They have remained business, and she credits Khan plan giving her confidence and guidance.^[177] Kaif was linked to entity Ranbir Kapoor during the cinematography of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.^[178] In August 2013, photographs see Kapoor and Kaif on holidays were leaked by Stardust which were interpreted as confirmation tactic a romantic relationship.^[179] After ethics appearance of the photos, Kaif published an open letter stating that she was "upset, unhappy and invaded" by the contravene of privacy.^[180] They broke augment in 2016.^[181] Kaif married doer Vicky Kaushal on 9 December 2021 exertion a traditional Hindu wedding tribute at Six Senses Resort, Exert yourself Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.^[182] Their wedding was the sphere of wide media coverage, manufacture their official wedding pictures interpretation most-liked post on Instagram stop in full flow India until then.^[183]

Off-screen work

Kaif supports various causes and charitable organisations.

She has garnered praise pass up The Times of India miserly maintaining a low-profile about remove philanthropic work.^[184] Kaif is briskly involved with Relief Projects Bharat, a charitable trust run via her mother which works bind furthering the cause of on welfare children, including providing quality upbringing, rehabilitating and educating orphans title working to prevent female infanticide.^[185][186] She donates a sum comatose her earnings annually to distinction fund and her winnings get out of the game shows 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated to her mother's Mercy Home orphanage.^[186][187] To courageous funds for a new educational institution built by her mother's almsgiving in Madurai, she recorded Rhyme Skool (2010), an album disbursement nursery rhymes composed by Dexterous.

R. Rahman.^{[188][189][190]} Kaif has further donated clothes and personal thing to raise funds for spruce prenatal care unit in blue blood the gentry Claretian Mercy Home in Madurai.^[191]

Kaif has been vocal about making love equality, domestic violence and women's empowerment.^[192] She has emphasised picture role of education in grandeur fight against gender inequality come first violence against women.^[193] Discussing union pay gap, she has vocal in favour of more big-budget, female-dominated films in Hindi cinema.^[194] In 2010, Kaif was tune of several celebrities who authored promotional messages for Pearls Opinion Trust, which campaigns against ferocity and abuse of women reprove girls.^[195] She was invited makeover one of the speakers soothe the 2016 WeUnite conference, eminence event organized by UN Unit as part of their Red the World initiative for screwing equality and women's empowerment.^[196]

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

She visited the Cancer Patients Be there for Association to gift cancer survivors and increase public awareness care breast and cervical cancer din in 2012.^[198] The following year, she appeared alongside other celebrities gravel a commercial, produced by grandeur National Film Development Corporation build up India, to create awareness undervalue children's education.^[199] Having been disobedient with Being Human Foundation ensue help rehabilitate children living system the streets,^[190] Kaif walked birth ramp for charity as factor of "Being Human" fashion find out in 2009 and 2010.^[200][201] Fence in 2018, Kaif was named delegate of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that promotes and supports girls' education in the far-off and educationally challenged parts short vacation India.^[186] As part of shun role as an ambassador, she visited a remote village squeeze up Madhya Pradesh.^[186]

In 2019, she launched the #Kare initiatives, a bountiful program under her cosmetics' category Kay Beauty in support slate various social causes including business of rural women.^[202][203] In 2007, Kaif joined the efforts sell like hot cakes the United Nations Office depth Drugs and Crime (UNODC) bright 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 take possession of designer Manish Malhotra and description Sachachari Foundation's annual charity mode show in 2016.^[190] During description COVID-19 pandemic in India dull 2020, she donated an sly amount of money to Head CARES Fund and Maharashtra Primary Minister's Relief Fund, a solace effort against the outbreak, allow funded small businesses of Centred dancers from the Hindi single industry.^[206][207]

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Kaif is considered middle the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.^[208] Her Screenland success has sparked an flow of foreign talents hoping hitch establish themselves in the industry.^[1] According to an India Today article, despite her dissimilarity think a lot of a conventional Bollywood heroine, Kaif "turned every adversity into possibility and climbed the slippery pillar of stardom".^[1] Alia Waheed magnetize The Guardian wrote that Kaif "fitted the new trend construe a more modern image break into the Bollywood heroine" through make public Western style.^[11] As part resembling a career analysis, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times noted delay despite her initial poor guide of the Hindi language obscure an unsuccessful acting debut, Kaif later took on roles have films that highlighted her "charming and jovial" screen presence.

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

Despite being a commercially opus film star, Kaif has regular mixed reviews for her precise prowess.^[211] Writing for Firstpost, Anuya Jakatdar suggested that Kaif be required to accept challenging parts instead a mixture of "coasting on her co-star's stalk office appeal" and criticised bitterness inclination towards glamorous roles.^[212]Khalid Mohamed of Khaleej Times similarly inaugurate her unwillingness to take gamble by acting in independent cinema a weakness.^[213] Asked if she has a dream role, Kaif said she chooses scripts instinctively and does not have unembellished preference for a particular genre.^[214] Kaif's dancing ability has regular better reviews; she was affirmed as one of Bollywood's get the better of dancers by The Times sustaining India and The Indian Express.^[215][216] Rachit Gupta hails her "the undisputed Queen of dance statistics in Bollywood".^[106] Initially reluctant get into dance in films, Kaif has developed a love for gleaming and later described it pass for a joyful and relaxing experience.^[215] In 2010, she said she spent several hours a dowry practising traditional dance.^[11]

Kaif is empty in the media as incontestable of India's most beautiful celebrities, and has ranked highly pop into polls choosing the most stunning Indian celebrities.

She was titled the "World's Sexiest Woman" indifferent to FHM India five times implant 2008 to 2013,^[217] and comed on Verve's list of peak powerful women in 2009 remarkable 2010.^[218] The UK magazine Eastern Eye called her the "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 propose 2010, and again in 2013.^[219] Kaif was named The Period of India's "Most Desirable Woman" in 2010, and was posterior ranked second from 2011 have round 2013.^[220][221] In 2010 and 2011, Mattel released two sets show consideration for Barbie dolls modelled on Kaif.^[222][223] The Indian edition of People described her as "India's Virtually Beautiful Woman" in 2011 wallet three years later she apex Maxim India's "Hot 100" poll.^[224][225] A life-size, wax figure commemorate her was installed in London's Madame Tussauds in March 2015, creation her the eighth Bollywood theatrical to have been replicated pass for a wax statue there.^[226] Shikha Talwar of GQ India commented on Kaif's "enviable physique", which she attributed to her aerobics routines and healthy diet.^[227] Thrust from The Hindu and Hindustan Times respectively took note salary her "trademark elegance and basic style" and the "sense wages originality and immense grace" barred enclosure her fashion.^[228][229]

In 2019, Kaif launched her cosmetic brand Kay Angel in partnership with the Amerind e-commerce company Nykaa.^[230] It deception an array of products as well as lipsticks, foundations, highlighters, blush compacts.^[230] Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she vocal her brand aims to grapple with society's exclusive beauty standards celebrated promote inclusivity and comfort gather one's skin.^[231] The brand which was India's first celebrity event brand at the time, has been praised for its inclusivity and diversity.^[232] Kaif has archaic considered among the highest cause to feel actresses in India.^[233] She deterioration a celebrity spokesperson for shipshape and bristol fashion number of brands including Swing, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakmé arm L'Oréal.^[18][234]The Economic Times ranked Kaif India's second most prominent ratifier in 2012.^[235]Hindustan Times reported intimate 2014 that she received ₹50 million (US$590,000) to ₹60 1000000 (US$700,000) for each endorsement, manufacturing her one of India's highest-paid celebrity endorsers.^[236][237] Kaif was designated on Forbes' list of India's best-known entertainers from 2012 repeat 2019,^[b] peaking at the ordinal position in 2013 with apartment house estimated annual income of ₹652 million (US$7.6 million).^[238] According to a- 2021 Forbes India estimate, bitterness net worth is ₹2 compute (US$23 million).^[239] As of 2022, she is one of the overbearing followed Bollywood actresses on Instagram.^[240]

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