Born into Bombay filmdom’s legendary Kapoor clan, Karisma Kapoor made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish. Her next big hit was Anari (1993) and during this time she made news with a fight with her Andaz Apna Apna (1994) co-star, actress Raveena Tandon. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and 1997 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No. 1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil to Pagal Hai (1997). Today she is the reigning mega-star of Hindi cinema leaving her contemporaries like Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon far behind. In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth.
Karisma Kapoor
Movies
Dil To Pagal Hai
DIL TO PAGAL HAI is the story of Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), who does not believe in love. Rahul fails to understand how two people can spend their lives together. It is the story of Pooja (Madhuri Dixit), who believes that there is someone who is made for her and she…
Ek Rishta
Multi-millionaire Vijay Kapoor own and manages his factory which prospers yielding profits to provide a source of income for his family. After completing his studies abroad; Vijay’s only son, Ajay join his dad’s business. Upon the entry of Rajesh who proposes marriage to Vijay’s daughter Priti things started to go…
Sapne Saajan Ke
Shalini wants her daughter, Jyoti, to get married with son of a wealthy man, Gulu. But Jyoti doesn’t like Gulu. She meets Deepak and both fall in love. Shalini approves this match of Jyoti and Deepak. But Jyoti comes to know that Deepak is not a rich boy as he…
Fiza
Six years after Fiza’s (Karisma Kapoor) brother, Aman (played by Hrithik Roshan) disappears during the 1993 Mumbai riots, she goes to look for him. When she does find him, to her horror she sees that he has joined a terrorist group. She forces him to come home, and he finally…
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya
Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) are happily married to each other but sometimes can get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja’s imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja falls in love with…
Hum Saath Saath Hain
The trials and challenges of a joint family in India, whose parents are Ramkishen and second wife Mamta, and have three sons and a married daughter. The eldest son is handicapped since birth, and is from Ramkishen’s first wife. Mamta, the second wife, hates him, and like Kaikeyi in Ramayana…
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. His hopes seem to be coming true–until he finds out that she’s married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and…
Yeh Dillagi
Sapna (Kajol) was a frequent visitor to the Saigal mansion as her father was the most trusted driver of the family. She envied the rich, and wanted to be like them. When she is reminded of her social status by the super rich brat Vicky Saigal (Saif Ali Khan), she…
Zero
The story revolves around Bauua Singh (Shah Rukh Khan), a vertically challenged man, who is full of charm and wit, with a pinch of arrogance. Born to a wealthy family and raised in an environment of affluence and indulgence, Bauua was never failed by Meerut or its people. But when…
Dangerous Ishhq
Judwaa
Mrs. Malhotra’s (Reema Lagoo) twin sons were separated at birth, so now she only has one son beside her. Since then she has been in shock and confined to a wheelchair in the USA. Quiet and mature Prem (Salman Khan), one of the twins, returns to India with his father…
Fun Facts
She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996).
Karisma has won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dil to Pagal Hai (1997) as also the Filmfare and Zee award in the same category.
Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor), her mother (Babita Kapoor), her father (Randhir Kapoor) and his two brothers (Rishi Kapoor and Rajeev Kapoor) have all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Kareena Kapoor) have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the family.
Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor.
Hindi megastar.
Was offered Rani Mukerji's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).
Older sister of Kareena Kapoor.
Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family. She was the first woman and the fifth generation in the Kapoor's clan to have green eyes.
Daughter of actor and director Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor.
Formerly engaged to Abhishek Bachchan (2002)
Great grand-daughter of film actor Prithviraj Kapoor and great great granddaughter of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor. She is the 4th in line of a generation of filmstars (a world record).
Had her own TV series on Sahara TV called "Karishma."" She played three different roles.
Did not attend her cousin