Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" (Hindi: करिश्मा कपूर, born 25 June, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a National Film Award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.
Making her film debut in 1991, Kapoor went on to become one of the most popular actresses of her generation. During her career years, she has been part of many commercially and critically successful films, Raja Hindustani being the most notable of them, as it was one of the biggest hits of its decade, and won Kapoor her first Filmfare Best Actress Award. She surprised critics and audiences with her performances in art films such as Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001), for which she earned a Best Actress and Best Actress (Critics) awards at the Filmfare ceremony. Since then, she has worked in several films though most of them performed poorly at the box office. In 2003, Kapoor took a break from cinema and is likely to make her comeback very soon.
Karisma made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem Qaidi,...
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Mere Jeevan Saathi (Hindi: मेरे जीवन साथी, Urdu: میرے جیون ساتھی) is a Bollywood movie released in 2006 starring Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Amisha Patel. The film was supposed to be released in 2004, and was supposed to mark Karisma Kapoor's comeback but due to delays the film was released in February 2006.
Vicky (Akshay Kumar) is an aspiring singer who is devoted to the love of his life Anjali (Amisha Patel). He soon comes across Morani (Gulshan Grover) and Torani (Ashish Vidyartri) who own a local music company but he then gets a bigger and better offer from Canada. The company called Angel International Music, gives Vicky the opportunity to do live stage shows. Not wanting to miss this opportunity he accepts and returns the advance paid to him by Morani and Torani. The duo are angered by this and target him but unfortunately they get Anjali instead.
Vicky does not want to leave Anjali in her current state but she convinces him to go. He reaches Canada and meets the owner of...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418880
Zubeidaa (Hindi: ज़ुबैदा, Urdu: زبیدہ) is a 2001 film directed by Shyam Benegal and written by Khalid Mohammed. Zubeidaa stars Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpai, Surekha Sikri, Rajat Kapoor, Lillete Dubey, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal and Shakti Kapoor.
It is the concluding chapter in a trilogy that began with Mammo (1994) and continued with Sardari Begum (1996).
The author of the books was killed when the movie came out. It is widely believed that the family of the Raja portrayed in the film did not want the story publicized. The movie hints to this at the end.
The film garnered a Best Film (Regional, Hindi) citation from the National Film Awards and won Karishma Kapoor a Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics').
Zubeidaa is the story of a young man’s search to understand his mother who is not known to him. Zubeidaa (Karisma Kapoor) is the only daughter of a filmmaker Suleman Seth (Amrish Puri). Zubeidaa acts in films secretly but when her father finds out he forbids her to carry...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255713
Fiza (Hindi: फ़ीज़ा, Urdu: فیزا) is a 2000 Indian film directed and written by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Jaya Bachchan, Karisma Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. Although the film failed at the box office, it was well acclaimed by critics. Originally Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan were supposed to have cameo appearances, but their scenes were removed due to considerations about the length of the running time.
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 re-unites with their mother (played by Jaya Bachchan). However his allegiance and thoughts make him want to join the terrorist network, led by Murad Khan (Manoj Bajpai). A confrontation with two men who harass Fiza leads to Aman revealing his involvement with the terrorist network in front of his sister,...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248012
Dil To Pagal Hai (Hindi: दिल तो पागल है, Urdu: دِل تو پاگل ہے) (The Heart Is Crazy) is a Bollywood comedy/drama, released October 31 1997, depicting the love-lives of dancers in a musical dance troupe. It was directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, with a guest appearance by Akshay Kumar. The film was first titled "Maine To Mohabbat Ki Hai." It was the first Bollywood movie to be shot in Baden-Baden, Germany, and in the German theme park Europa Park. The movie was the second highest grosser for the year 1997 in Bollywood.Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is a dancer and the director of a successful music and dance troupe. He believes that Nisha (Karisma Kapoor), one of his dancers, is his best friend; Nisha acts like his pal, but is secretly in love with him.Nisha injures her foot and Rahul needs a new dancer. He hires Pooja (Madhuri Dixit). She and Rahul are increasingly attracted to each other, but they act as if it were not happening. Pooja, unbeknown...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118983
Raja Hindustani (Hindi: राजा हिंदुस्तानी, Urdu: راجہ ہندوستانی) is a 1996 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It is a tale of cab driver from a small town who falls in love with a rich girl. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. The film became a box office hit.
Its theme is similar to the 1960s hit Jab Jab Phool Khile starring Nanda and Shashi Kapoor.
Two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds fall in love and get married against the girl's family's wishes. The girl's family then conspires to create a rift between the couple by exploiting the boy's jealous, short-tempered nature.
Wealthy Mr Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) lives with his daughter, Aarti (Karisma Kapoor), and her step-mother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) in a palatial home. Aarti wants to go for a vacation to a small hill station named Palankhet where her parents had met for the first time. Once there, she meets with taxi-driver Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), and after a short period of time, both...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117437
Andaz Apna Apna (English: Everyone has their own style) is a 1994 Bollywood movie directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor . Shakti Kapoor plays the role of 'Crime Master Gogo'. The film was released in 1994 and was intially a box office failure[1] but has since gained a strong cult following over the years.Amar (Aamir Khan) and Prem (Salman Khan) are two village ne'er-do-wells who dream of making it rich without working for it -- by marrying a rich heiress, Raveena (Raveena Tandon). They meet on a bus and discover that they are both out to win the heiress. Each of them tries various ploys to eliminate his rival, all of which fail ludicrously. In the end, Amar and Prem agree to join forces, insinuate themselves into the heiress' household, and there compete for Raveena's love.Amar starts annoying Raveena with rubbish. In the end, Raveena, quite fed up with him, hits him with a log of wood. Amar acts as if he is unconscious. He...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109117
Karisma Kapoor was born in Mumbai, India
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