Katrina Kaif (Hindi: कत्रिना कैफ़; born 16 July 1984) is a Hong Kong-born Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Started her career with film
Boom (2003) in which she played a quiet hot role and exposed a lot. She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. Katrina saw success with the 2005 film
Sarkar where she played the brief role of Abhishek Bachchan's love interest. Her next release,
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya in this she was paired opposite
Salman Khan, in 2007 Katrina's first release was the hit movie
Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian alongside
Akshay Kumar. She then appeared in a series of box office hits that include
Apne,
Partner and
Welcome.
She played a negative role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's super hit action thriller
Race in 2008. She appeared next in Anees Bazmee's box office blockbuster
Singh Is Kinng with Akshay Kumar. Her last release of the year 2008, Subhash Ghai's
Yuvvraaj, was a surprise disaster at the box office. Her awaited forthcoming movie in 2009 is
Blue.
Awards:
2006: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
2008: British-Indian Actor award, Zee Cine Awards
2008: IIFA Awards: Best Female Style Icon
2008: Voted at the No. 1 spot in FHM India's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll
2008: Voted Sexiest Asian Woman
2008: Most searched Indian celebrity on Google
2009: Ranked 48 on Most Desired Woman List
Gul Panag won Miss India in 1999 and she also won the miss beautiful smile awards Miss Universe 1999 pageant. She worked in films like Jurm and Dhoop, but she got her fame with 2006 film, Dor in the role of Zeenat. The 2007 film, Manorama Six Feet Under, inspired from Roman Polanski's Chinatown, earned her fabulous reviews.
She has a big line up of films this year starting with Summer 2007, Straight and Lottery. She also has acted in the film Hello(2008). Gul appeared on the front page and a photo shoot for Maxim (magazine) in September 2008.
Upcoming bollywood movie Lottery wallpapers.
