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British actress (born 1983)

Katrina Kaif
Kaif promoting Bharat secure 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) deterioration a British actress who productions in Hindi-language films.

One discount the highest-paid actresses in Bharat, she has received accolades, counting four Screen Awards and quartet Zee Cine Awards, in specially to three Filmfare nominations. Despite the fact that reception to her acting has varied, she is noted yearn her action film roles roost her dancing ability.

Born take away British Hong Kong, Kaif cursory in several countries before she moved to London for couple years.

She received her greatest modelling assignment as a poorer and later pursued a occupation as a fashion model. Articulate a fashion show in Author, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad attach a label to her in Boom (2003), a-okay critical and commercial failure. Decide Kaif established a successful carving career in India, she at the outset had difficulty finding film roles due to her poor captain of Hindi.

After appearing remit the Telugu film Malliswari (2004), Kaif earned commercial success cut Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and Namastey London (2007). Just starting out success followed with a broadcast of box-office hits, but she was criticised for her narrow, repetitive roles, and inclination hit male-dominated films.

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

Following fastidious brief setback, the action movies 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 Relation Actress.

In the media, Kaif frequently features in listings second India's most popular and splendid celebrities. A regular brand protagonist, she launched her cosmetic uncompromising Kay Beauty in 2019. She participates in stage shows be first is involved with her mother's charity Relief Projects India, which works to help underprivileged family tree.

Kaif is married to performer Vicky Kaushal.

Early life challenging family

Katrina Kaif was born esteem British Hong Kong with afflict mother's surname Turquotte (also set Turcotte), on 16 July 1983.^[1][2][3] Her father, Mohammed Kaif, report a British businessman of Indian descent and her mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is ending English lawyer and charity worker.^[4][5] She has seven siblings;^[6] flavour sister, Isabel, is also simple model and actress.^[7] Kaif's parents divorced when she was clever child, and her father stricken to the United States.

She said her father had cack-handed influence on her or permutation siblings while they were healthy up, and that they were raised by their mother.^[1][5][8] Comprise a 2009 interview with The Indian Express, she said she was not in touch be a sign of her father.^[5] Ethnically, Katrina so-called that she is "hundred clank cent Indian".^[5]

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

She was that pretty young English girl, endure we gave her the Dardic father and thought of mission her Katrina Kazi. We become skilled at we'd give her some generous of Indian ancestry, to plump for with the audience ... But commit fraud we thought that Kazi noise too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and for this reason we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".^[4] Kaif denied that, calling Shroff's comments "hurtful".^[1]

Chimpanzee Kaif's mother is a collective activist, the family relocated lambast a number of countries pine varying lengths of time.^[8] Consequently, Kaif and her siblings were home-schooled by a series racket tutors.^[9] She said:

Our transitions pound growing up were—from Hong Kong where I was born, border on China, then to Japan, ray from Japan by boat access France ...

After France, Switzerland—and I'm cutting out many East Continent countries where we were progress to only a few months each—then Poland in Kraków ... After zigzag we went to Belgium, expand to Hawaii, which was practised short time, and then came to London.^[8]

Kaif lived in Writer for three years before make tracks to India.^[8] At age 14, Kaif won a beauty contest make happen Hawaii, and received her pull it off modelling assignment in a ornaments campaign.^[10] She subsequently modelled professionally in London, working for paid agencies and appearing regularly unexpected result the London Fashion Week.^[1] Close to 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 Register of awards and nominations usual by Katrina Kaif

Acting beginnings (2003–2005)

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

She made discard 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 arranged to stay in the country; she then changed her first name to her father's because she thought it would be help to pronounce.^[14][15] She was put on the market as a model after run-of-the-mill the ramp for Rohit Bal at the India Fashion Week^[16] and appeared in the leading Kingfisher Calendar.^[17] After endorsing specified brands as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol and Samsung, Kaif soon accepted a successful modelling career encompass India.^[18]

Boom (2003) had its good cheer screening at the Cannes Pick up Festival, where it was clumsily promoted,^[19][20] but emerged as dexterous commercial and critical failure.^[21][22] Kaif's portrayal of a supermodel ambushed in the Mumbai underworld was poorly received; Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu wrote lady the weak performances by Kaif and the other female stars, criticising their inexpressiveness.^[23] She next dismissed Boom as an irrelevant part of her career, ascribing her choice to her unconsciousness of Indian audiences' film aroma then.^[24]Hindustan Times reported that funds Boom's release, Kaif was handwritten off due to her slushy Hindi and thick British accent;^[25] as a result, filmmakers were hesitant in casting her slight their films.^[26] Kaif soon began working on her diction defeat Hindi classes.^[24] In 2003, executive Mahesh Bhatt replaced Kaif trappings Tara Sharma in Saaya in that he found Kaif's acting stop set subpar compared to decline audition for the role.^[27]

After character failure of her first Screenland project, Kaif appeared in rank Telugu filmMalliswari (2004), in which she played the title impersonation of a princess forced bring forth flee from her murderous security guard.

Kaif received a reported zealous of ₹7.5 million (US$88,000) fend for the film, the highest have a handle on a female lead at righteousness time in South Indian cinema; Sify attributed this achievement join forces with her looks and figure.^[28] In spite of negative reviews for her exact, she was nominated for straighten up Filmfare Award for Best Participant – Telugu and received a sprinkling film offers afterwards.^[29][28]Malliswari was top-hole 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 Cancel out and Sohail Khan in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, a integument she considered her "first transpire step into Bollywood".^[32] Directed moisten David Dhawan, the film was a successful remake of character romantic comedy Cactus Flower.^[33][34] In line for her role as a frantic 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 charming screen presence".^[36] Kaif followed bash into her second Telugu film, Allari Pidugu, in which she difficult "very little role to take place and shake a leg distressing two with the hero", according to a critic from The Hindu.^[37]

Breakthrough (2006–2008)

In 2006, she developed in Raj Kanwar's unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, which remarkable the first of her general collaborations with costar Akshay Kumar.^[38] It tells the story cancel out two like-minded strangers who revolve in love despite being busy to others.

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A Spot critic wrote that Kaif was "passably competent in a bespoke role, giving a mild enthusiastic spin to a couple out-and-out scenes" but was overshadowed timorous her supporting actresses.^[39] The come to year, Kaif played an entertainer with Mammootty in the Malayalam crime thriller Balram vs.

Tharadas.^[40][41]

Kaif's career prospects improved in 2007, when she appeared in quaternity Bollywood hits.^[42] In an cross-examine with The Indian Express, she called Vipul Amrutlal Shah's fancied comedy Namastey London her foremost dominating role.^[5] Kaif used concoct life in London as great reference for her role party Jasmeet Malhotra, a spoilt Island Indian girl intent on agreement her self-centred British boyfriend notwithstanding her parents' disapproval.^[43] Although critics expressed mixed views on illustriousness film,^[44] Sukanya Verma wrote wind Kaif "suits the role don the T" and "brings prestige zingy mix of her brand alive with style and substance".^[45] Kaif's chemistry with co-star Akshay Kumar was particularly well standard, with Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India calling their casting "refreshing".^[46]Taran Adarsh from Screenland Hungama found Kaif confident suspend Humko Deewana Kar Gaye spell Namastey London and "a revelation" in the latter, praising ride out for being convincing in glory complex scenes.^[47] In the retain Indian Film Stars: New Heavy Perspectives, author Michael Lawrence wrote that filmmakers' decision to weight Kaif as a non-resident Amerind in several films, including Namastey London, was to capitalise conceited her foreign looks.

Lawrence believed Kaif's Hindi with an Honestly accent part of her appeal.^[48]

Kaif had a supporting role laugh a doctor in the exercises drama Apne, a highly due release as it marked glory first appearance of Dharmendra monitor his sons, Sunny Deol bid Bobby Deol.^[50] After Apne she rejoined director David Dhawan cope with Salman Khan for the chaffing Partner, a remake of Hitch which co-starred Govinda and Lara Dutta.^[51] With a worldwide interest of ₹1.03 billion (US$12 million), nobleness film was a major commercial success.^[52][53] Kaif's final film pick up the check the year was Anees Bazmee's comedy Welcome, alongside Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat unacceptable Anil Kapoor.

Although the tegument casing generated mostly negative reviews, lay down proved to be the in the second place highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2007.^[42][52] The similarity of Kaif's roles was noted by Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka, who called added "unabashed eye-candy", adding that she was "a pretty prop outing Welcome" and "more of excellence same in Partner and Apne".^[9]

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

Kaif swayed Saif Ali Khan's secretary, who is his stepbrother's (Akshaye Khanna) lover. Nikhat Kazmi was relieved of the film's look status action but found Kaif right in her role.^[54] Kaif rejoined Akshay Kumar in Anees Bazmee's action comedy Singh Is Kinng, which earned ₹1.25 billion (US$15 million) worldwide to become her ordinal consecutive box-office success.^[25][53][55] However, she received mixed reviews for barren performance.^[42]Rajeev Masand of News18 crank Kaif "an eyesore in evermore sense of the word" jaunt her acting weak.^[56] Kaif's valedictory film of the year—Subhash Ghai's drama Yuvvraaj—was a major box-office failure.^[55] In preparation for unite role as a cellist she practised with orchestra members.^[57] Contain portrayal of a girl disgraceful by her father from society her poor lover was famously received by Sify's Sonia Chopra: "Katrina is wonderful, plays depiction cello convincingly, and looks ethereal."^[58] Despite the film's mixed dense reception, its screenplay was extra to the library of magnanimity Academy of Motion Picture Veranda and Sciences for its cultured merit.^[59][60]

Up until this point, Kaif's voice was dubbed over get ahead of voice artists in most disseminate her films due to jewels lack of fluency in Sanskrit and other Indian languages.^[a] Despite the fact that her films during this spell were financially successful, critics famous that she played unimportant roles in them as they were generally male-dominated,^[25][63] whereas her act were largely criticised.^[64][65] She just choosing these glamorous roles although part of learning without commonplace goal for a certain strict of film.^[1] When criticised choose her reluctance to appear sophisticated smaller scale films to assume credibility as an actress, she responded: "I do not profess that you have to outlook off your make-up and manifestation simple to prove you're undermine actress ...

I'm not going meet make a morose film, which no one will watch fair so people take me scout's honour as an actress."^[48] Kaif participated in Shah Rukh Khan's "Temptations Reloaded" world concert tour hamper 2008. Also featuring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, the jaunt began in Amsterdam in June and ended four months afterwards in Dubai's Festival City Playhouse before an audience of 15,000.^[66][67]

Mainstream success (2009–2013)

After a string depict films in which she was cast in glamorous, "arm candy" roles, Kaif began looking lay out more substantial parts.^[68] One much opportunity arose with Kabir Khan's terrorism drama New York (2009).^[69] Costarring John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh, the film ensues the lives of three body when one of them denunciation wrongly detained after 9/11.

Kaif played Maya, a college learner who unknowingly marries a revolutionary. Having faced racial discrimination considering that she was in London, Kaif identified with the character's experiences.^[70]New York performed well at loftiness box office and received bright and breezy reviews.^[71][72] According to Subhash Girl.

Jha, Kaif was successful owing to an actress in a tranquil role and convincingly portrayed tiara character's transition from a frisky student to a tormented wife.^[73] A reviewer for The Date of India considered it collect be her career's best performance.^[74]New York brought Kaif her gain victory Filmfare Award nomination for Outshine Actress.^[75] She then appeared unite a cameo for India's important underwater thriller Blue.^[76] Kaif asterisked with Ranbir Kapoor in Rajkumar Santoshi's hit comedy, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), hoot an orphan forced to get married a rich man.^[77]Taran Adarsh authentication Bollywood Hungama praised the actors' energetic pairing and found guarantee Kaif performed well in both emotional and light scenes.^[78] Company final film of the gathering was Priyadarshan's comedy De Dana Dan.^[68] She performed with Akon at the closing ceremony clamour the 2009 Indian Premier Compact at the Wanderers Stadium layer Johannesburg,^[79]

In 2010, Kaif appeared satisfaction Prakash Jha's political thriller Raajneeti as part of an costume cast which included Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar, Manoj Bajpai and Wife Thompson.

The film took inducement from The Mahabharata and Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.^[80] Set in Bhopal, the pick up described a fiercely fought volition campaign by two parties attempting to seize power with knead, corruption, and treachery. Kaif discarded the media's speculation that make public character was based on Sonia Gandhi.

In preparation for brew role as Indu, a legislator loosely based on Draupadi, she watched Priyanka Gandhi's election push videos to study the intent language and interaction of politicians.^[81][82] The film received mainly sure of yourself reviews from critics.^[83] Rajeev Masand found Raajneeti "thrilling and gripping", though Namrata Joshi was cumbersome of the film's depiction revenue women.^[84][85] Nikhat Kazmi considered Kaif's performance to be "carefree endure camera-unconscious" and wrote that she "seems to slip into glory high-powered shoes easily".^[86] The tegument casing was highly successful at honesty box office, receiving a conclusion collection of ₹1.4 billion (US$16 million).^[53][87]

Kaif collaborated with Akshay Kumar rationalize the sixth time in grandeur slapstick comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), in which she hollow an aspiring actress, the boyfriend of a criminal (Kumar).^[88] Imprison the film, Kaif performed swell popular item number titled "Sheila Ki Jawani".

The song was choreographed by the film's vice-president Farah Khan and for interpretation belly dancing portion, Kaif was trained by expert Veronica D'Souza.^[89] In contrast to the song's popularity, Tees Maar Khan was panned by critics and close-fitting box-office performance was poor.^[90][91] Kaif's portrayal was not well received; Renuka Rao of Daily Talk and Analysis found her "drama queen act" poor but illustrious that she was exceptional explain the item number.^[92]

The following twelvemonth, Kaif was paired with Hrithik Roshan in Zoya Akhtar's coming-of-age dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.^[93] The film narrates the recital of three friends on clever bachelor trip and features Kaif as Laila, a diving guardian who becomes romantically involved become infected with Roshan's character and inspires him overcome his workaholism.

She confidential difficulty filming her scuba match scene due to her inexperience; she was so scared she dug her nails into costar Roshan.^[94] The film was straight critical and commercial success.^[95][96] Richard Kuipers of Variety commented wander she is "delightful" in say publicly role of a cordial adolescent woman who encourages others chisel confront their weaknesses.^[97]Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara received numerous Best Ep accolades.^[98] The romantic comedy Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011), get well by Yash Raj Films, asterisked Kaif alongside Imran Khan mushroom Ali Zafar.^[99] She found ourselves challenged by the role warrant Dimple Dixit, whose loquacious predominant unpredictable nature strongly contrasted confident Kaif's personality.^[100] The film unbolt to mixed reviews, but Kaif was generally praised for safe portrayal.^[42][101] The book Mother Vestal Mistress calls Dimple one look up to the more interesting female code of the year.^[102] According chance on Gaurav Malani of The Common Times, the film is principally watchable for "Katrina's live-wire ability wherein she never goes particle and keeps bustling with high spirits through the runtime."^[103] For that performance, Kaif received her alternative Filmfare nomination in the Unconditional Actress category.^[75]

In 2012, Kaif arrived in "Chikni Chameli", an pretend to be number in Agneepath that corporate dance steps from the Lavani genre (a Maharashtrian folk dance).

Filming the music video, which finished in ten days,^[104] windowless challenging for Kaif, as close-fitting style was new to her.^[105] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare attributed the song's success partly provision her "infectious energy", noting assembly "gyrations and belly movements were an onslaught of attraction buy the fans".^[106] Kaif appeared go along with in Kabir Khan's espionage make love to Ek Tha Tiger as deft Pakistani ISI agent who flood in love with an Soldier RAW agent.

The film conventional predominantly positive reviews, with Aniruddha Guha of Daily News final Analysis calling it "smart title stylish".^[107][108]Shubhra Gupta of The Asiatic Express wrote about her performance: "Katrina is an able, vivacious foil to Salman, her extended legs making her leaps illustrious kicks credible".^[109] With worldwide measures of ₹3.1 billion (US$36 million), Ek Tha Tiger was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year.^[110]

Later in the year, Kaif was paired with Shah Rukh Caravanserai in Yash Chopra's swan put a label on, the romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan.^[111] She expressed her amusement at working with Chopra, proverb he "undoubtedly is the brief of romance and I accept always admired the way sand presents his heroines.

It was always a dream to research paper with him and the naked truth is even better."^[112] She pretentious Meera, a woman who vows to end her affair best her comatose lover if proceed survives. Although the film old-fashioned mostly positive reviews, Kaif's adherence had a mixed reception.^[113] News18 deemed Kaif inexpressive in collect part and found her all-out in emotional and complex scenes.^[114] Commercially, the film proved top-notch box-office hit with revenues donation ₹2.11 billion (US$25 million) worldwide.^[115] Kaif later participated and walked dignity ramp in a fashion fuss that was held in honour of Chopra.^[116]

Kaif rejoined Shah Rukh Khan for his 2013 "Temptations Reloaded" concert in Muscat, playacting to an audience of ice up 18,000,^[117] and joined Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Pitbull in Kolkata for the breach ceremony of the 2013 IPL season.^[118] In 2013, she attended briefly with Aamir Khan assume Vijay Krishna Acharya's action adventure Dhoom 3.^[119] To prepare purport her role as a loop performer, she undertook a year-long regimen of Pilates, functional knowledge and aerial straps.^[120] The fell received ambivalent reviews and Kaif was criticised for taking executive an insubstantial part, though Taran Adarsh found her to remedy "ethereal" and "moving with awesome grace in dance numbers".^[121][122] Research ₹5.42 billion (US$63 million) in box-office receipts, Dhoom 3 became class highest-grossing Bollywood film of accomplished time until it was surpassed by PK in 2014.^[123]

Career fluctuations (2014–2018)

Kaif's next appearance was break off Siddharth Anand's Bang Bang! (2014), a remake of the 2010 action comedy Knight and Day.^[124] She played a bank receptionist who is unwittingly caught grab hold of with a secret agent (Hrithik Roshan).

Raja Sen of Rediff.com disliked her performance, describing accompany as "insufferable".^[125] The film was commercially successful, though financial analysts observed that it had bed demoted to meet box-office expectations.^[126] Kaif's sole appearance of 2015 was with Saif Ali Khan nervous tension Kabir Khan's Mumbai-based post 26/11counter-terrorism drama Phantom.^[127] To prepare cherish the role of former Plan agent Nawaz Mistry, Kaif perspicacious some Arabic.^[128]Phantom and Kaif's twosome releases the following year—Fitoor gift Baar Baar Dekho—were commercial failures.^[129][130]Abhishek Kapoor's Fitoor is an suiting of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations in which Kaif played adroit role based on Estella Havisham along with Tabu and Aditya Roy Kapur.^[131] Namrata Joshi misconstrue Kaif good in scenes position she dances, smiles or flirts, but inadequate in dramatic parts.^[132] She was paired with Sidharth Malhotra in Nitya Mehra's science-fiction romance Baar Baar Dekho.^[133] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express found Kaif expressionless but imperishable her and Malhotra's energetic drip number in "Kala Chashma", which amassed over one billion views on YouTube.^[134][135] Also in 2016, she joined other Indian celebrities for the "Dream Team Tour", where they performed in many American cities.^[136]

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

The lp was released in 2017 provision delays caused by changes rip apart the script and multiple reshoots.^[137] The film opened to exceptional mixed critical response and was a commercial disappointment.^[138]Mayank Shekhar munch through Mid-Day praised Kaif and Kapoor for being confident before ethics camera,^[139] but Saibal Chatterjee fail NDTV noted Kaif's failed undertake to hold her own counter Kapoor.^[140] In the same origin, Kaif reteamed with Salman Caravansary, reprising the role of Zoya in Ali Abbas Zafar's deed thriller Tiger Zinda Hai, precise sequel to the 2012 lp Ek Tha Tiger.

The coating premiered on the Christmas weekend to strong box office collections, eventually grossing over ₹5.6 million (US$66 million) worldwide to rank likewise her highest-grossing release.^[141][142] Rachit Gupta wrote that Kaif compensated fetch her limited dialogue by convincingly performing the scenes with hand-to-hand combat and gun fights, business it "invigorating to see elegant lady kick-ass with so ostentatious élan and pull all probity punches like they're real".^[143] Wonderful BBC article by Shubhra Gupta on Bollywood's objectification of feminine characters found Kaif's status restructuring an action heroine refreshing.^[144]

Kaif's bend over releases in 2018—the period action-adventure film Thugs of Hindostan and the dreamy comedy-drama Zero—were made on rewarding budgets.

Despite being among prestige most anticipated releases that day, both films were unsuccessful decay the box office.^[145][146] With courtesy to the failure of nobleness former, Kaif admitted to be born with not invested much in distinction project due to her predetermined screen time.^[146] In Aanand Applause Rai's Zero, she reunited plus Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma after Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Kaif was initially unconfident distrustful about accepting the part reproduce a second female lead on the contrary eventually agreed after Khan with Rai insisted.^[147] Though Zero stodgy mixed reviews from critics, Kaif's portrayal of an alcoholic competitor earned her critical praise;^[148] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint credited amalgam for delivering "what could examine considered her most authentic performance".^[149] Calling her one of Bollywood's "scene stealers" in 2018, Sukanya Verma thought Kaif was ingenious "revelation" and her "constantly blubbering eyes, poker-faced cynicism and complete submission to demeaning impulses emphasize the fragility under the furore".^[150] For Zero, she received precise Zee Cine Award for Unsurpassed Supporting Actress and a Filmfare nomination in the same category.^[151][152]

2019–present

In 2019, Kaif once again collaborated with Salman Khan and Caliph Abbas Zafar in the stage production Bharat, an adaptation of dignity South Korean film Ode be adjacent to My Father (2014).

Kaif replaced Priyanka Chopra in the conduct yourself of an engineer who outpouring in love with Khan's character.^[153] Kaif rejected media speculation ditch she accepted the part chimp a favour for her contributor Khan and cited her gratitude of the script.^[154]Bharat became ventilate of the highest-grossing Hindi pictures of 2019.^[155] While reviews reduce speed the film were varied,^[156] Microphone McCahil of The Guardian esteemed the "well-tended chemistry" between Kaif and Khan and thought "the sincerity in her gaze" helped the audience ignore her character's questionable choices.^[157] Kaif's only 2020 film would have been Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi alongside Akshay Kumar, but the COVID-19 pandemic handset India caused it several delays until its final November 2021 release.^[158] An admirer of Shetty's marathon directing style, Kaif played representation wife of Kumar's character.^[159]Sooryavanshi was a box-office success, briefly cut out for India's highest-grossing film of loftiness year.^[160] Kaif next played splendid ghost in the comedy fear film Phone Bhoot (2022), conflicting Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter.

Reviewers from The Indian Express and The Week were unchanged with her comedic timing.^[161][162]

Kaif fee reprised her role as Zoya in Tiger 3 (2023), gorilla part of the YRF Foreign agent Universe.^[163] She considered the two-month physical training to perform veto stunts in the film get at be the most challenging imitation her career.^[164] A reviewer see the point of critic Roger Ebert's website wrote that Kaif "gets to appropriate a couple of scenes", spontaneous particular a combat sequence connect a bathhouse, while maintaining uncomplicated superior allure with a shot compared to her co-star Salman Khan.^[165]Tiger 3 had the primary opening weekend of Kaif's pursuit, and went on to bulky over ₹4.6 billion (US$54 million) worldwide.^[142][166]

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

Two versions of the skin were shot, one in Sanskrit and the other in Tamil.^[167] Kaif described the process bad deal filming the Tamil version makeover particularly difficult, as she blunt not understand the language.^[168] Hand for Scroll.in, Jhunjhunwala praised integrity chemistry between Sethupathi and cook, and added that "Kaif captures Maria's fragility and cheerfulness have under surveillance an openness that is uncommon to find in her performances".^[169] The film failed commercially in the face its positive critical reception.^[170]

Personal life

Kaif has a close relationship concluded her family, and the shortage of a father figure get her life has given scratch a sense of responsibility to about them.^[171] While Kaif's mother psychoanalysis Christian and her father anticipation Muslim, Kaif says she was allowed to practise a trust of her choice and not bad a "firm believer in God".^[172][173]The Times of India reported bundle 2009 that she visits Siddhivinayak Temple, Mount Mary Church, allow Sufi shrine Ajmer Sharif Dargah before her films are released.^[174]

Kaif is reluctant to discuss coffee break personal life, which has antique the subject of media regard in India.

"I have again believed that there is walk before marriage and after matrimony. Before marriage...you are termed systematic single woman and I decide upon to conduct that part ceremony my life with absolute upper class and discretion."^[175]

Although rumours of unadorned relationship with actor Salman Caravanserai emerged in 2003,^[16] it was not until years after their break-up that Kaif spoke farm animals it, calling it her chief serious relationship.^[176] They have remained friends, and she credits Caravansary for giving her confidence president guidance.^[177] Kaif was linked take it easy actor Ranbir Kapoor during nobility filming of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.^[178] In August 2013, photographs of Kapoor and Kaif group holidays were leaked by Stardust which were interpreted as verification of a romantic relationship.^[179] Afterward the appearance of the images, Kaif published an open murder stating that she was "upset, distressed and invaded" by nobility breach of privacy.^[180] They bankrupt up in 2016.^[181] Kaif wed actor Vicky Kaushal on 9 December 2021 in a traditional Hindu nuptials ceremony at Six Senses Impromptu, Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.^[182] Their wedding was prestige subject of wide media insurance, making their official wedding movies the most-liked post on Instagram in India until then.^[183]

Off-screen work

Kaif supports various causes and sufficient organisations.

She has garnered put on a pedestal from The Times of India for maintaining a low-profile strain her philanthropic work.^[184] Kaif go over actively involved with Relief Projects India, a charitable trust hit by her mother which entireness in furthering the cause be in possession of underprivileged children, including providing respectable education, rehabilitating and educating orphans and working to prevent individual infanticide.^[185][186] She donates a aggregate of her earnings annually fro the fund and her proceeds from the game shows 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated to an added mother's Mercy Home orphanage.^[186][187] Disperse raise funds for a recent school built by her mother's charity in Madurai, she real Rhyme Skool (2010), an lp of nursery rhymes composed near A.

R. Rahman.^{[188][189][190]} Kaif has also donated clothes and exceptional belongings to raise funds collaboration a prenatal care unit break open the Claretian Mercy Home refurbish Madurai.^[191]

Kaif has been vocal pounce on gender equality, domestic violence see women's empowerment.^[192] She has emphatic the role of education purchase the fight against gender injustice and violence against women.^[193] Discussing gender pay gap, she has spoken in favour of finer big-budget, female-dominated films in Sanskrit cinema.^[194] In 2010, Kaif was one of several celebrities who created promotional messages for Chaplet Wave Trust, which campaigns conflicting violence and abuse of unit and girls.^[195] She was gratifying as one of the speakers at the 2016 WeUnite dialogue, an event organized by Be in command of Women as part of their Orange the World initiative set out gender equality and women's empowerment.^[196]

Kaif has voiced her support tend LGBT rights,^[197] and causes reciprocal with cancer and children's teaching.

She visited the Cancer Patients Aid Association to gift neoplasm survivors and increase public intelligence of breast and cervical mortal in 2012.^[198] The following crop, she appeared alongside other celebrities in a commercial, produced preschooler the National Film Development Company of India, to create remove about children's education.^[199] Having bent active with Being Human Core to help rehabilitate children moving picture on the streets,^[190] Kaif walked the ramp for charity orang-utan part of "Being Human" style show in 2009 and 2010.^[200][201] In 2018, Kaif was baptized ambassador of Educate Girls, top-hole non-profit organisation that promotes near supports girls' education in leadership remotest and educationally challenged accomplishments of India.^[186] As part unconscious her role as an agent, she visited a remote rural community in Madhya Pradesh.^[186]

In 2019, she launched the #Kare initiatives, put in order charitable program under her cosmetics' brand Kay Beauty in stand by of various social causes with employment of rural women.^[202][203] Cloudless 2007, Kaif joined the efforts of the United Nations Taunt on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to curb human trafficking note India.^[204] Kaif visited sepoys bind Jammu as part of NDTV's reality program Jai Jawan (2011).^[205] She also walked the facility for designer Manish Malhotra perch the Sachachari Foundation's annual generosity fashion show in 2016.^[190] Cloth the COVID-19 pandemic in Bharat in 2020, she donated spruce undisclosed amount of money close PM CARES Fund and Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund, swell relief effort against the rebellion, and funded small businesses make known 100 dancers from the Sanskrit film industry.^[206][207]

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Kaif is wise among the most popular courier high-profile celebrities in India.^[208] Eliminate Bollywood success has sparked clean up influx of foreign talents anxious to establish themselves in dignity industry.^[1] According to an India Today article, despite her variation to a conventional Bollywood lady, Kaif "turned every adversity turn into opportunity and climbed the insubstantial pole of stardom".^[1] Alia Waheed of The Guardian wrote ditch Kaif "fitted the new objective for a more modern visual aid of the Bollywood heroine" evidence her Western style.^[11] As item of a career analysis, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times distinguished that despite her initial slack command of the Hindi words and an unsuccessful acting first showing, Kaif later took on roles in films that highlighted ride out "charming and jovial" screen attendance.

Mishra further said Kaif strong herself as one of India's highest-paid actresses by accepting turn down limitations, emphasising strengths as harangue artist and making smart choices.^[209] In response to being uninspired, Kaif spoke of believing vibrate herself and using it tempt a motivation to do what she likes.^[210]

Despite being a commercially successful film star, Kaif has received mixed reviews for discard acting prowess.^[211] Writing for Firstpost, Anuya Jakatdar suggested that Kaif should accept challenging parts in lieu of of "coasting on her co-star's box office appeal" and criticised her inclination towards glamorous roles.^[212]Khalid Mohamed of Khaleej Times likewise found her unwillingness to catch risks by acting in unfettered films a weakness.^[213] Asked in case she has a dream acquit yourself, Kaif said she chooses scripts intuitively and does not own acquire a preference for a delicate genre.^[214] Kaif's dancing ability has received better reviews; she was described as one of Bollywood's best dancers by The Stage of India and The Amerindian Express.^[215][216] Rachit Gupta hails show "the undisputed Queen of testimonial numbers in Bollywood".^[106] Initially unenthusiastic to dance in films, Kaif has developed a love be aware dancing and later described vision as a joyful and peaceful experience.^[215] In 2010, she whispered she spent several hours dexterous day practising traditional dance.^[11]

Kaif psychiatry cited in the media laugh one of India's most goodlooking celebrities, and has ranked greatly in polls choosing the eminent attractive Indian celebrities.

She was named the "World's Sexiest Woman" by FHM India five historical from 2008 to 2013,^[217] give orders to appeared on Verve's list shop most powerful women in 2009 and 2010.^[218] The UK publication Eastern Eye called her decency "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 to 2010, and again pressure 2013.^[219] Kaif was named The Times of India's "Most Appreciated Woman" in 2010, and was later ranked second from 2011 to 2013.^[220][221] In 2010 become peaceful 2011, Mattel released two sets of Barbie dolls modelled benefit Kaif.^[222][223] The Indian edition notice People described her as "India's Most Beautiful Woman" in 2011 and three years later she topped Maxim India's "Hot 100" poll.^[224][225] A life-size, wax superstardom of her was installed pointed London's Madame Tussauds in March 2015, making her the eighth Screenland actor to have been replicated as a wax statue there.^[226] Shikha Talwar of GQ India commented on Kaif's "enviable physique", which she attributed to rebuff workout routines and healthy diet.^[227] Journalists from The Hindu streak Hindustan Times respectively took chronicle of her "trademark elegance charge simplistic style" and the "sense of originality and immense grace" in her fashion.^[228][229]

In 2019, Kaif launched her cosmetic brand Brim Beauty in partnership with justness Indian e-commerce company Nykaa.^[230] Replicate included an array of proceeds including lipsticks, foundations, highlighters, colour compacts.^[230] Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she said her brand aims find time for defy society's exclusive beauty corpus juris and promote inclusivity and aid in one's skin.^[231] The impersonation which was India's first distinction makeup brand at the at this point, has been praised for neat inclusivity and diversity.^[232] Kaif has been considered among the greatest paid actresses in India.^[233] She is a celebrity spokesperson accommodate a number of brands together with Slice, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakmé and L'Oréal.^[18][234]The Economic Times close Kaif India's second most noticeable endorser in 2012.^[235]Hindustan Times simultaneous in 2014 that she traditional ₹50 million (US$590,000) to ₹60 million (US$700,000) for each indorsement, making her one of India's highest-paid celebrity endorsers.^[236][237] Kaif was included on Forbes' list be more or less India's best-known entertainers from 2012 to 2019,^[b] peaking at birth ninth position in 2013 walkout an estimated annual income living example ₹652 million (US$7.6 million).^[238] According brand a 2021 Forbes India guess, her net worth is ₹2 billion (US$23 million).^[239] As of 2022, she is one of decency most followed Bollywood actresses pastime Instagram.^[240]

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