
Her green eyes are the trademark of the Kapoor family.

Was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Her great grandfather (Prithviraj Kapoor), her grandfather (Raj Kapoor) and his two brothers (Shammi & Shashi), her mother (Babita), her father (Randhir) and his two brothers (Rishi & Rajiv) have all been film stars over the last fifty years and her sister (Kareena) have been acting in Bollywood flicks keeping it all within the family. 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.

She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress 1996 for her role as Arthi in Raja Hindustani (1996). Spouse: Sanjay Kapur (29 September 2003 - present) 1 child Cottage, where all Kapoor marriages have taken place.Īfter a break of 3 years, Karisma has returned to acting during 2006. On September 29, 2003, she married Delhi-based industrialist, Sanjay Kapur, at the R.K. So far she has bagged 10 awards for her performance in 'Dil To Pagal Hai', 'Raja Hindustani', 'Fiza', & 'Zubeidaa'. She has also lent her voice in 'Papi Gudia'. Karisma began appearing on the silver screen during 1991 to date, with a total of over 60 movies to her credit. The Kapoor family, who have all been major actors in their own rights, including great-grandfather, Prithviraj grandfather, Raj Uncles, Shammi and Shashi aunt Jennifer Paternal uncles, Rishi & Rajiv Rishi's wife, Neetu Singh Shashi's sons Kunal and Karan. Karisma studied in the Cathedral and John Cannon School in Bombay until the sixth standard. The first being her aunt, Sanjana Kapoor, daughter of actor Shashi Kapoor, followed by her sister, Kareena. Karisma is the third Kapoor female to appear on the silver screen in India. Karisma was born on Jto Punjabi-speaking Randhir and his Sindhi-speaking wife, Babita, who is the daughter of actor Hari Shivdasani, and cousin to Sadhana. In Fiza (2000) she surprised many with an excellent performance showing great emotional range and depth. Today she is the reigning megastar of Hindi cinema leaving her contemporaries like Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon far behind. She hit the big time with the super success of Raja Hindustani (1996) and further consolidated her career with Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). 1 (1997) with Govinda and director David Dhawan. She had a series of hit comedies between 1994 and '97 starting with Raja Babu (1994) and ending with Hero No. 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. Born into Bombay filmdom's legendary Kapoor clan, Karisma Kapoor made her film debut with Prem Qaidi (1991) opposite Harish.
