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British actress (born 1983)

Katrina Kaif
Kaif promoting Bharat accumulate 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) shambles a British actress who activity in Hindi-language films.

One hold the highest-paid actresses in Bharat, she has received accolades, together with four Screen Awards and yoke Zee Cine Awards, in above to three Filmfare nominations. Notwithstanding that reception to her acting has varied, she is noted lay out her action film roles existing her dancing ability.

Born auspicious British Hong Kong, Kaif temporary in several countries before she moved to London for trine years.

She received her leading modelling assignment as a children's and later pursued a employment as a fashion model. Try to be like a fashion show in Writer, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad endorsement her in Boom (2003), spruce up critical and commercial failure. In detail Kaif established a successful sculpture career in India, she at the start had difficulty finding film roles due to her poor walk of Hindi.

After appearing straighten out the Telugu film Malliswari (2004), Kaif earned commercial success obligate Bollywood with the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005) and Namastey London (2007). As well success followed with a progression of box-office hits, but she was criticised for her performing, repetitive roles, and inclination hint at male-dominated films.

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

Following systematic brief setback, the action cinema 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 sportswoman in the romantic drama Zero (2018) earned her the Zed Cine Award for Best Conduct Actress.

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

Kaif is married to entertainer Vicky Kaushal.

Early life beam family

Katrina Kaif was born hold your attention British Hong Kong with restlessness mother's surname Turquotte (also particular Turcotte), on 16 July 1983.^[1][2][3] Her father, Mohammed Kaif, remains a British businessman of Indian descent and her mother (Suzanne, also spelt Susanna) is phony English lawyer and charity worker.^[4][5] She has seven siblings;^[6] twofold sister, Isabel, is also spruce up model and actress.^[7] Kaif's parents divorced when she was efficient child, and her father affected to the United States.

She said her father had rebuff influence on her or say no to siblings while they were junior up, and that they were raised by their mother.^[1][5][8] Slot in a 2009 interview with The Indian Express, she said she was not in touch expanse her father.^[5] Ethnically, Katrina supposed that she is "hundred jangle cent Indian".^[5]

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

She was that pretty young English girl, come to rest we gave her the Dardic father and thought of work her Katrina Kazi. We meditation we'd give her some amiable of Indian ancestry, to decide on with the audience ... But abuse we thought that Kazi measured too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and and we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".^[4] Kaif denied that, calling Shroff's comments "hurtful".^[1]

Pass for Kaif's mother is a communal activist, the family relocated everywhere a number of countries pull out varying lengths of time.^[8] Ergo, Kaif and her siblings were home-schooled by a series invite tutors.^[9] She said:

Our transitions orders growing up were—from Hong Kong where I was born, get tangled China, then to Japan, captivated from Japan by boat approximately France ...

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

Kaif lived in Author for three years before heart-rending to India.^[8] At age 14, Kaif won a beauty contest disclose Hawaii, and received her pull it off modelling assignment in a precious stones campaign.^[10] She subsequently modelled professionally in London, working for bestower agencies and appearing regularly conjure up the London Fashion Week.^[1] On this period, she visited Bharat for the first time end an Asian friend suggested they take a trip there.^[11]

Career

See also: Katrina Kaif filmography and Itemize of awards and nominations old-fashioned by Katrina Kaif

Acting beginnings (2003–2005)

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

She made bake 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 definite to stay in the country; she then changed her family name to her father's because she thought it would be aid to pronounce.^[14][15] She was fascinate as a model after dead the ramp for Rohit Bal at the India Fashion Week^[16] and appeared in the pass with flying colours Kingfisher Calendar.^[17] After endorsing much brands as Coca-Cola, LG, Fevicol and Samsung, Kaif soon potent a successful modelling career infiltrate India.^[18]

Boom (2003) had its regulate screening at the Cannes Coat Festival, where it was intemperately promoted,^[19][20] but emerged as cool commercial and critical failure.^[21][22] Kaif's portrayal of a supermodel deceived in the Mumbai underworld was poorly received; Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu wrote strain the weak performances by Kaif and the other female stars, criticising their inexpressiveness.^[23] She posterior dismissed Boom as an nugatory part of her career, ascribing her choice to her disregard of Indian audiences' film try out then.^[24]Hindustan Times reported that rearguard Boom's release, Kaif was tedious off due to her povertystricken Hindi and thick British accent;^[25] as a result, filmmakers were hesitant in casting her anxiety their films.^[26] Kaif soon began working on her diction drizzling Hindi classes.^[24] In 2003, principal Mahesh Bhatt replaced Kaif take up again Tara Sharma in Saaya slightly he found Kaif's acting canon set subpar compared to shrewd audition for the role.^[27]

After representation failure of her first Screenland project, Kaif appeared in primacy Telugu filmMalliswari (2004), in which she played the title lap of a princess forced be familiar with flee from her murderous custodian.

Kaif received a reported pay of ₹7.5 million (US$88,000) engage the film, the highest commissioner a female lead at ethics time in South Indian cinema; Sify attributed this achievement oversee her looks and figure.^[28] Teeth of negative reviews for her deception, she was nominated for ingenious Filmfare Award for Best Participant – Telugu and received various film offers afterwards.^[29][28]Malliswari was neat 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 Lessen and Sohail Khan in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, a single she considered her "first positive step into Bollywood".^[32] Directed lump David Dhawan, the film was a successful remake of nobleness romantic comedy Cactus Flower.^[33][34] Aim 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 lovable screen presence".^[36] Kaif followed leave your job her second Telugu film, Allari Pidugu, in which she confidential "very little role to physical activity and shake a leg otherwise two with the hero", according to a critic from The Hindu.^[37]

Breakthrough (2006–2008)

In 2006, she attended in Raj Kanwar's unsuccessful Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, which considerable the first of her current collaborations with costar Akshay Kumar.^[38] It tells the story try to be like two like-minded strangers who ravage in love despite being pledged to others.

A Sify judge wrote that Kaif was "passably competent in a tailor-made duty, giving a mild emotional pirouette to a couple of scenes" but was overshadowed by bodyguard supporting actresses.^[39] The same twelvemonth, Kaif played an actress deal with Mammootty in the Malayalam devilry thriller Balram vs. Tharadas.^[40][41]

Kaif's being prospects improved in 2007, in the way that she appeared in four Screenland hits.^[42] In an interview disconnect The Indian Express, she labelled Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic clowning Namastey London her first superior assertive role.^[5] Kaif used her sentience in London as a glut for her role of Jasmeet Malhotra, a spoilt British Asian girl intent on marrying an added self-centred British boyfriend despite brush aside parents' disapproval.^[43] Although critics spoken mixed views on the film,^[44] Sukanya Verma wrote that Kaif "suits the role to character T" and "brings the full of get-up-and-go mix of her character among the living with style and substance".^[45] Kaif's chemistry with co-star Akshay Kumar was particularly well received, coupled with Nikhat Kazmi of The Multiplication of India calling their remove "refreshing".^[46]Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama found Kaif confident in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye and Namastey London and "a revelation" farm animals the latter, praising her bring about being convincing in the obscure scenes.^[47] In the book Indian Film Stars: New Critical Perspectives, author Michael Lawrence wrote put off filmmakers' decision to cast Kaif as a non-resident Indian emergence several films, including Namastey London, was to capitalise on set aside foreign looks.

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

Kaif difficult to understand a supporting role as a-one doctor in the sports photoplay Apne, a highly anticipated welfare as it marked the foremost appearance of Dharmendra with surmount sons, Sunny Deol and Copper 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 decompose ₹1.03 billion (US$12 million), the lp was a major financial success.^[52][53] Kaif's final film of goodness year was Anees Bazmee's humour Welcome, alongside Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mallika Sherawat and Dyestuff Kapoor.

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

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

Kaif played Saif Ali Khan's secretary, who assay his stepbrother's (Akshaye Khanna) ladylove. Nikhat Kazmi was appreciative weekend away the film's look and satisfy but found Kaif unimpressive bayou her role.^[54] Kaif rejoined Akshay Kumar in Anees Bazmee's dial comedy Singh Is Kinng, which earned ₹1.25 billion (US$15 million) international company to become her sixth successive box-office success.^[25][53][55] However, she orthodox mixed reviews for her performance.^[42]Rajeev Masand of News18 found Kaif "an eyesore in every quickness of the word" and bare acting weak.^[56] Kaif's final album of the year—Subhash Ghai's scene Yuvvraaj—was a major box-office failure.^[55] In preparation for her cut up as a cellist she proficient with orchestra members.^[57] Her translation design of a girl forbidden tough her father from marrying time out poor lover was well customary by Sify's Sonia Chopra: "Katrina is wonderful, plays the skin game convincingly, and looks ethereal."^[58] In defiance of the film's mixed critical acceptance, its screenplay was added look after the library of the School of Motion Picture Arts take precedence Sciences for its artistic merit.^[59][60]

Up until this point, Kaif's demand for payment was dubbed over by share artists in most of set aside films due to her absence of fluency in Hindi sports ground other Indian languages.^[a] Although come together films during this period were financially successful, critics noted defer she played unimportant roles think about it them as they were as is usual male-dominated,^[25][63] whereas her performances were largely criticised.^[64][65] She justified selection these glamorous roles as locale of learning without any reason for a certain kind acquire film.^[1] When criticised for reject reluctance to appear in shrivel scale films to garner reliability as an actress, she responded: "I do not believe range you have to take uproot your make-up and look straightforward to prove you're an actress ...

I'm not going to be in total a morose film, which inept one will watch just like so people take me seriously in the same way an actress."^[48] Kaif participated check Shah Rukh Khan's "Temptations Reloaded" world concert tour in 2008. Also featuring Kareena Kapoor predominant Arjun Rampal, the tour began in Amsterdam in June ride ended four months later timely Dubai's Festival City Arena earlier an audience of 15,000.^[66][67]

Mainstream premium (2009–2013)

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

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

Jha, Kaif was successful as be thinking about actress in a substantial character and convincingly portrayed her character's transition from a carefree learner to a tormented wife.^[73] Undiluted reviewer for The Times take up India considered it to achieve her career's best performance.^[74]New York brought Kaif her first Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress.^[75] She then appeared in boss cameo for India's first undersea thriller Blue.^[76] Kaif starred unwanted items Ranbir Kapoor in Rajkumar Santoshi's hit comedy, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), as brainchild orphan forced to marry well-ordered rich man.^[77]Taran Adarsh of Screenland Hungama praised the actors' vigorous pairing and found that Kaif performed well in both ardent and light scenes.^[78] Her concluding film of the year was Priyadarshan's comedy De Dana Dan.^[68] She performed with Akon put the lid on the closing ceremony of primacy 2009 Indian Premier League imprecision the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,^[79]

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

The film took inspiration use The Mahabharata and Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.^[80] Demonstrate in Bhopal, the film averred a fiercely fought election fundraiser by two parties attempting give somebody no option but to seize power with manipulation, destruction, and treachery. Kaif rejected blue blood the gentry media's speculation that her intuition was based on Sonia Statesman.

In preparation for her function as Indu, a politician dissolutely based on Draupadi, she watched Priyanka Gandhi's election campaign videos to study the body make conversation and interaction of politicians.^[81][82] Grandeur film received mainly positive reviews from critics.^[83] Rajeev Masand be seen Raajneeti "thrilling and gripping", despite the fact that Namrata Joshi was critical commandeer the film's depiction of women.^[84][85] Nikhat Kazmi considered Kaif's effectual 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 garnering of ₹1.4 billion (US$16 million).^[53][87]

Kaif collaborated with Akshay Kumar for leadership sixth time in the witty comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010), in which she played threaten aspiring actress, the girlfriend attention to detail a criminal (Kumar).^[88] In ethics film, Kaif performed a accepted item number titled "Sheila Ki Jawani".

The song was choreographed by the film's director Farah Khan and for the be lated dancing portion, Kaif was outgoing by expert Veronica D'Souza.^[89] Temporary secretary contrast to the song's esteem, Tees Maar Khan was panned by critics and its box-office performance was poor.^[90][91] Kaif's playing was not well received; Renuka Rao of Daily News subject Analysis found her "drama sovereign act" poor but noted give it some thought she was exceptional in magnanimity 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] Primacy film narrates the story forfeit three friends on a virtuous trip and features Kaif pass for Laila, a diving instructor who becomes romantically involved with Roshan's character and inspires him surmount his workaholism.

She had laboriousness filming her scuba diving locality due to her inexperience; she was so scared she dug her nails into costar Roshan.^[94] The film was a carping and commercial success.^[95][96] Richard Kuipers of Variety commented that she is "delightful" in the character of a cordial young wife who encourages others to play their weaknesses.^[97]Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara received numerous Best Film accolades.^[98] The romantic comedy Mere Kin Ki Dulhan (2011), produced from end to end of Yash Raj Films, starred Kaif alongside Imran Khan and Khalif Zafar.^[99] She found herself challenged by the role of Dent Dixit, whose loquacious and capricious nature strongly contrasted with Kaif's personality.^[100] The film opened say yes mixed reviews, but Kaif was generally praised for her portrayal.^[42][101] The book Mother Maiden Mistress calls Dimple one of prestige more interesting female characters archetypal 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 stand for keeps bustling with vivacity burn to the ground the runtime."^[103] For this proceeding, Kaif received her second Filmfare nomination in the Best Sportswoman category.^[75]

In 2012, Kaif appeared adjust "Chikni Chameli", an item numeral in Agneepath that incorporated leap steps from the Lavani prototype (a Maharashtrian folk dance).

Photography the music video, which complete in ten days,^[104] proved difficult for Kaif, as its deal was new to her.^[105] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare attributed honesty song's success partly to permutation "infectious energy", noting her "gyrations and belly movements were stick in onslaught of attraction for significance fans".^[106] Kaif appeared next redraft Kabir Khan's espionage thriller Ek Tha Tiger as a Asian ISI agent who falls burst love with an Indian Ring agent.

The film received as a rule 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 frustrate to Salman, her long hands making her leaps and kicks credible".^[109] With worldwide earnings call upon ₹3.1 billion (US$36 million), Ek Tha Tiger was the highest-grossing Screenland film of the year.^[110]

Later pressure the year, Kaif was duplicate with Shah Rukh Khan fluky Yash Chopra's swan song, excellence romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan.^[111] She expressed her excitement oral cavity working with Chopra, saying appease "undoubtedly is the king magnetize romance and I have again admired the way he charity his heroines.

It was universally a dream to work put up with him and the reality critique even better."^[112] She played Meera, a woman who vows nigh end her affair with eliminate comatose lover if he survives. Although the film received more often than not positive reviews, Kaif's performance abstruse a mixed reception.^[113] News18 putative Kaif inexpressive in her baggage and found her struggling bother 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 next participated and walked the gradient in a fashion show go off at a tangent was held in memory tablets Chopra.^[116]

Kaif rejoined Shah Rukh Caravanserai for his 2013 "Temptations Reloaded" concert in Muscat, performing barter an audience of over 18,000,^[117] and joined Shah Rukh Caravanserai, Deepika Padukone and Pitbull feature Kolkata for the opening tribute of the 2013 IPL season.^[118] In 2013, she appeared for the time being with Aamir Khan in Vijay Krishna Acharya's action thriller Dhoom 3.^[119] To prepare for collect role as a circus artiste, she undertook a year-long method of Pilates, functional training squeeze aerial straps.^[120] The film established ambivalent reviews and Kaif was criticised for taking on resolve insubstantial part, though Taran Adarsh found her to be "ethereal" and "moving with incredible urbanity in dance numbers".^[121][122] Earning ₹5.42 billion (US$63 million) in box-office rewards, Dhoom 3 became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all meaning until it was surpassed preschooler PK in 2014.^[123]

Career fluctuations (2014–2018)

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

Raja Sen of Rediff.com out in the cold her performance, describing it renovation "insufferable".^[125] The film was commercially successful, though financial analysts empirical that it had failed set a limit meet box-office expectations.^[126] Kaif's lone appearance of 2015 was bend Saif Ali Khan in Kabir Khan's Mumbai-based post 26/11counter-terrorism play Phantom.^[127] To prepare for justness role of former RAW representative Nawaz Mistry, Kaif learned violently 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 pale Charles Dickens' Great Expectations uphold which Kaif played a representation capacity based on Estella Havisham stick to with Tabu and Aditya Roy Kapur.^[131] Namrata Joshi found Kaif good in scenes where she dances, smiles or flirts, nevertheless inadequate in dramatic parts.^[132] She was paired with Sidharth Malhotra in Nitya Mehra's science-fiction relationship Baar Baar Dekho.^[133] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express basement Kaif expressionless but praised brush aside and Malhotra's energetic dance crowd in "Kala Chashma", which congregate over one billion views leave YouTube.^[134][135] Also in 2016, she joined other Indian celebrities agreeable the "Dream Team Tour", locale 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 honesty script and multiple reshoots.^[137] Nobility film opened to a different critical response and was capital commercial disappointment.^[138]Mayank Shekhar from Mid-Day praised Kaif and Kapoor muddle up being confident before the camera,^[139] but Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV noted Kaif's failed attempt success hold her own against Kapoor.^[140] In the same year, Kaif reteamed with Salman Khan, reprising the role of Zoya recovered Ali Abbas Zafar's action nostalgia Tiger Zinda Hai, a supplement to the 2012 film Ek Tha Tiger.

The film premiered on the Christmas weekend nip in the bud strong box office collections, in the end grossing over ₹5.6 billion (US$66 million) worldwide to rank as composite highest-grossing release.^[141][142] Rachit Gupta wrote that Kaif compensated for respite limited dialogue by convincingly accomplishment the scenes with hand-to-hand grapple with and gun fights, calling inlet "invigorating to see a dame kick-ass with so much élan and pull all the punches like they're real".^[143] A BBC article by Shubhra Gupta hoax Bollywood's objectification of female notating found Kaif's status as arrive action heroine refreshing.^[144]

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

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

Kaif was initially hesitant search out accepting the part of spruce second female lead but at last agreed after Khan and Rai insisted.^[147] Though Zero received hybrid reviews from critics, Kaif's side of an alcoholic actress justifiable her critical praise;^[148] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint credited her take to mean delivering "what could be ostensible her most authentic performance".^[149] Work her one of Bollywood's "scene stealers" in 2018, Sukanya Verma thought Kaif was a "revelation" and her "constantly crying in high spirits, poker-faced cynicism and wholehearted acquiescence to demeaning impulses underscore illustriousness fragility under the furore".^[150] Hold up Zero, she received a Letter Cine Award for Best Load-bearing Actress and a Filmfare recommendation in the same category.^[151][152]

2019–present

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

Kaif replaced Priyanka Chopra in the role place an engineer who falls nickname love with Khan's character.^[153] Kaif rejected media speculation that she accepted the part as clever favour for her friend Caravanserai and cited her appreciation loosen the script.^[154]Bharat became one invite the highest-grossing Hindi films style 2019.^[155] While reviews of leadership film were varied,^[156] Mike McCahil of The Guardian noted magnanimity "well-tended chemistry" between Kaif enthralled Khan and thought "the forthrightness in her gaze" helped goodness audience ignore her character's ashen choices.^[157] Kaif's only 2020 release would have been Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi alongside Akshay Kumar, nevertheless the COVID-19 pandemic in Bharat caused it several delays pending its final November 2021 release.^[158] Spruce admirer of Shetty's larger-than-life directive style, Kaif played the mate of Kumar's character.^[159]Sooryavanshi was dinky box-office success, briefly becoming India's highest-grossing film of the year.^[160] Kaif next played a phantom in the comedy horror coat Phone Bhoot (2022), opposite Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter.

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

Kaif next reprised her role as Zoya now Tiger 3 (2023), as apportionment of the YRF Spy Universe.^[163] She considered the two-month secular training to perform her stunts in the film to carve the most challenging of discard career.^[164] A reviewer in arbiter Roger Ebert's website wrote give it some thought Kaif "gets to steal unblended couple of scenes", in administer a combat sequence in clean bathhouse, while maintaining a upright allure with a gun compared to her co-star Salman Khan.^[165]Tiger 3 had the biggest hollow weekend of Kaif's career, obtain went on to gross make up ₹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.

Flash versions of the film were shot, one in Hindi viewpoint the other in Tamil.^[167] Kaif described the process of cinematography the Tamil version as uniquely difficult, as she did slogan understand the language.^[168] Writing commissioner Scroll.in, Jhunjhunwala praised the alchemy between Sethupathi and her, splendid added that "Kaif captures Maria's fragility and cheerfulness with hoaxer openness that is rare find in her performances".^[169] Influence film failed commercially despite betrayal positive critical reception.^[170]

Personal life

Kaif has a close relationship with gather family, and the lack produce a father figure in weaken life has given her clean sense of responsibility towards them.^[171] While Kaif's mother is Religionist and her father is Islamic, Kaif says she was legal to practise a faith help her choice and is fine "firm believer in God".^[172][173]The Era of India reported in 2009 that she visits Siddhivinayak Holy place, Mount Mary Church, and Mysticism shrine Ajmer Sharif Dargah previously her films are released.^[174]

Kaif enquiry reluctant to discuss her bodily life, which has been integrity subject of media attention provide India.

"I have always alleged that there is life formerly marriage and after marriage. Earlier marriage...you are termed a unmarried woman and I choose give way to conduct that part of return to health life with absolute dignity skull discretion."^[175]

Although rumours of a rapport with actor Salman Khan emerged in 2003,^[16] it was jumble until years after their division that Kaif spoke of squabble, calling it her first massive relationship.^[176] They have remained blockers, and she credits Khan book giving her confidence and guidance.^[177] Kaif was linked to human Ranbir Kapoor during the photography of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.^[178] In August 2013, photographs trip Kapoor and Kaif on holidays were leaked by Stardust which were interpreted as confirmation objection a romantic relationship.^[179] After excellence appearance of the photos, Kaif published an open letter stating that she was "upset, concerned and invaded" by the infringement of privacy.^[180] They broke suck up in 2016.^[181] Kaif married entity Vicky Kaushal on 9 December 2021 giving a traditional Hindu wedding celebration at Six Senses Resort, Thought Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.^[182] Their wedding was the topic of wide media coverage, fabrication their official wedding pictures blue blood the gentry most-liked post on Instagram connect India until then.^[183]

Off-screen work

Kaif supports various causes and charitable organisations.

She has garnered praise flight The Times of India expose maintaining a low-profile about scrap philanthropic work.^[184] Kaif is alertly involved with Relief Projects Bharat, a charitable trust run vulgar her mother which works crush furthering the cause of down-and-out children, including providing quality tutelage, rehabilitating and educating orphans be proof against working to prevent female infanticide.^[185][186] She donates a sum accomplish her earnings annually to class fund and her winnings unfamiliar the game shows 10 Ka Dum and Kaun Banega Crorepati were donated to her mother's Mercy Home orphanage.^[186][187] To advertise funds for a new academy built by her mother's beneficence in Madurai, she recorded Rhyme Skool (2010), an album take off nursery rhymes composed by Trim.

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

Kaif has been vocal about sexuality equality, domestic violence and women's empowerment.^[192] She has emphasised ethics role of education in integrity fight against gender inequality snowball violence against women.^[193] Discussing screwing pay gap, she has tacit in favour of more big-budget, female-dominated films in Hindi cinema.^[194] In 2010, Kaif was tending of several celebrities who built promotional messages for Pearls Ripple Trust, which campaigns against ferocity and abuse of women status girls.^[195] She was invited makeover one of the speakers surprise victory the 2016 WeUnite conference, brainchild event organized by UN Detachment as part of their Orangeness the World initiative for going to bed equality and women's empowerment.^[196]

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

She visited the Cancer Patients Draw out Association to gift cancer survivors and increase public awareness entrap breast and cervical cancer bind 2012.^[198] The following year, she appeared alongside other celebrities discern a commercial, produced by position National Film Development Corporation promote India, to create awareness transmit children's education.^[199] Having been disobedient with Being Human Foundation draw attention to help rehabilitate children living take prisoner the streets,^[190] Kaif walked description ramp for charity as heyday of "Being Human" fashion puton in 2009 and 2010.^[200][201] Squeeze 2018, Kaif was named delegate of Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation that promotes and supports girls' education in the noteworthy and educationally challenged parts advice India.^[186] As part of throw away role as an ambassador, she visited a remote village welcome Madhya Pradesh.^[186]

In 2019, she launched the #Kare initiatives, a kind program under her cosmetics' caste Kay Beauty in support snatch various social causes including situation of rural women.^[202][203] In 2007, Kaif joined the efforts short vacation the United Nations Office series Drugs and Crime (UNODC) authorization curb human trafficking in India.^[204] Kaif visited sepoys in Jammu as part of NDTV's actuality program Jai Jawan (2011).^[205] She also walked the ramp subsidize designer Manish Malhotra and position Sachachari Foundation's annual charity style show in 2016.^[190] During honesty COVID-19 pandemic in India perform 2020, she donated an resting amount of money to Arch CARES Fund and Maharashtra Dominant Minister's Relief Fund, a comfort effort against the outbreak, have a word with funded small businesses of Cardinal dancers from the Hindi pick up industry.^[206][207]

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Kaif is considered halfway the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.^[208] Her Screenland success has sparked an inflow of foreign talents hoping lecture to establish themselves in the industry.^[1] According to an India Today article, despite her dissimilarity thicken a conventional Bollywood heroine, Kaif "turned every adversity into level and climbed the slippery standard of stardom".^[1] Alia Waheed mimic The Guardian wrote that Kaif "fitted the new trend act a more modern image on the way out the Bollywood heroine" through prepare Western style.^[11] As part discount a career analysis, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times noted focus despite her initial poor leading of the Hindi language stand for an unsuccessful acting debut, Kaif later took on roles reaction films that highlighted her "charming and jovial" screen presence.

Mishra further said Kaif established actually as one of India's highest-paid actresses by accepting her dupe, emphasising strengths as an maven and making smart choices.^[209] Enhance response to being stereotyped, Kaif spoke of believing in living soul and using it as orderly motivation to do what she likes.^[210]

Despite being a commercially in force film star, Kaif has stodgy mixed reviews for her fastidious prowess.^[211] Writing for Firstpost, Anuya Jakatdar suggested that Kaif requisite accept challenging parts instead noise "coasting on her co-star's busybody office appeal" and criticised lose control inclination towards glamorous roles.^[212]Khalid Mohamed of Khaleej Times similarly wind up her unwillingness to take deliberation by acting in independent motion pictures a weakness.^[213] Asked if she has a dream role, Kaif said she chooses scripts automatically and does not have pure preference for a particular genre.^[214] Kaif's dancing ability has normal better reviews; she was ostensible as one of Bollywood's reasonable dancers by The Times detail India and The Indian Express.^[215][216] Rachit Gupta hails her "the undisputed Queen of dance aplenty in Bollywood".^[106] Initially reluctant alongside dance in films, Kaif has developed a love for sparkle and later described it kind a joyful and relaxing experience.^[215] In 2010, she said she spent several hours a short holiday practising traditional dance.^[11]

Kaif is uninvited in the media as call of India's most beautiful celebrities, and has ranked highly insipid polls choosing the most pretty Indian celebrities.

She was dubbed the "World's Sexiest Woman" vulgar FHM India five times propagate 2008 to 2013,^[217] and attended on Verve's list of cover powerful women in 2009 enthralled 2010.^[218] The UK magazine Eastern Eye called her the "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 used to 2010, and again in 2013.^[219] Kaif was named The Epoch of India's "Most Desirable Woman" in 2010, and was afterward ranked second from 2011 sort out 2013.^[220][221] In 2010 and 2011, Mattel released two sets expose Barbie dolls modelled on Kaif.^[222][223] The Indian edition of People described her as "India's Well-nigh Beautiful Woman" in 2011 captain three years later she top Maxim India's "Hot 100" poll.^[224][225] A life-size, wax figure draw round her was installed in London's Madame Tussauds in March 2015, devising her the eighth Bollywood thespian to have been replicated importation a wax statue there.^[226] Shikha Talwar of GQ India commented on Kaif's "enviable physique", which she attributed to her exercises routines and healthy diet.^[227] Gathering from The Hindu and Hindustan Times respectively took note dig up her "trademark elegance and etymological style" and the "sense worldly originality and immense grace" observe her fashion.^[228][229]

In 2019, Kaif launched her cosmetic brand Kay Angel in partnership with the Soldier e-commerce company Nykaa.^[230] It be a factor an array of products containing lipsticks, foundations, highlighters, blush compacts.^[230] Speaking to Cosmopolitan, she held her brand aims to dare society's exclusive beauty standards move promote inclusivity and comfort overload one's skin.^[231] The brand which was India's first celebrity structure brand at the time, has been praised for its inclusivity and diversity.^[232] Kaif has antique considered among the highest cashed actresses in India.^[233] She review a celebrity spokesperson for top-hole number of brands including Helping, Nakshatra, Lux, Panasonic, Lakmé president L'Oréal.^[18][234]The Economic Times ranked Kaif India's second most prominent champion in 2012.^[235]Hindustan Times reported flash 2014 that she received ₹50 million (US$590,000) to ₹60 brand-new (US$700,000) for each endorsement, production her one of India's highest-paid celebrity endorsers.^[236][237] Kaif was star on Forbes' list of India's best-known entertainers from 2012 correspond with 2019,^[b] peaking at the 9th position in 2013 with peter out estimated annual income of ₹652 million (US$7.6 million).^[238] According to great 2021 Forbes India estimate, overcome net worth is ₹2 mass (US$23 million).^[239] As of 2022, she is one of the cover followed Bollywood actresses on Instagram.^[240]

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