Katrina Kaif Birthday Special: 5 Interesting Facts About The Tiger Zinda Actress That You Might Not Be Aware Of
On behalf of the entire LatestLY desk, we wish the lovely actress Many Many Happy Returns of the Day.
Katrina Kaif, one of the topmost actresses in Bollywood, is celebrating her 35th birthday today. The Bollywood star, who delivered her biggest hit last year in Tiger Zinda Hai, is considered one of the busiest actresses in B-town. Known for her pretty looks and amazing dancing skills, Katrina Kaif has a huge fan following. Though she has no Twitter account, she has made her debut on Instagram.
The actress had a disastrous debut in Bollywood when she was launched in the movie Boom in 2003. It took two more years and the help of her then-boyfriend Salman Khan, for Katrina to get that break-out role in the movie Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya. From thereon, there was no turning back for the actress, as she was a part of many hits like Partner, Welcome, Sing is Kiing, Ek Tha Tiger, Dhoom 3, Raajneeti, and other movies. This year itself, she has huge movies coming out - Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan and Shah Rukh Khan's Zero. Her romantic liaisons also made news, be it with Salman Khan or Ranbir Kapoor. Currently, she is single.
On her special day, let's look at five interesting facts about the actress, that we bet not many might know -
#1 Before she made her debut with Boom, Katrina Kaif was considered for the female lead in the 2003 film, Saaya, opposite John Abraham. However, after two days of shoot, she was replaced by Tara Sharma, with the reason speculated that the makers were not happy with her accent. Interestingly she worked with both the director, Anurag Basu (Jagga Jasoos) and lead actor, John Abraham (New York) later.
#2 Katrina Kaif's real name is Katrina Turquotte. When she was getting launched in Boom, her name was reportedly changed to Katrina Kaif. This was revealed by the producer Ayesha Shroff (Jackie Shroff's wife) that it was she who gave the new identity to the actress. She had said, "We created an identity for her. She was this pretty young English girl, and we gave her the Kashmiri father and thought of calling her Katrina Kazi. We thought we'd give her some kind of Indian ancestry, to connect with the audience ... But then we thought that Kazi sounded too ... religious? ... Mohammad Kaif was at the top, and so we said, Katrina Kaif sounds really great".
#3 Like Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, even Katrina Kaif had worked down South. She has done two Telugu movies (Malliswari and Allari Pidugu) and one Malayalam movie (Balram vs Taradas). She was almost finalised for a Tamil film, Chiyan Vikram's Bheema.
#4 Mattel released two sets of Barbie dolls inspired by Kaif in 2010 and 2011. Check it out below -
#5 Though Katrina Kaif is working here for more than a decade, she still holds a UK passport and is living here on a work visa.
On behalf of the entire LatestLY desk, we wish the lovely actress Many Many Happy Returns of the Day.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 16, 2018 12:05 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).