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Karisma Kapoor, nicknamed "Lolo" 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, Karisma Kapoor went on
to become one of the most popular actresses of her
generation. During Karisma Kapoor's career years, she
has been part of many commercially and critically
successful films, Raja Hindustani being the most
notable of them, as it was her biggest commercial
success, and won Karisma 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 Karisma
Kapoor earned a Best Actress and Best Actress
(Critics) awards at the Filmfare ceremony. Since then,
Karisma Kapoor 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 Kapoor made her debut in the 1991 movie Prem
Qaidi, which was a semi-hit. Although most of her
multiple releases from 1992-1996 failed to do well at
the box office, she had some success with films like
Jigar (1992), Anari (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie
No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996) and Jeet
(1996).
In 1996, Karisma Kapoor played the female lead in
Dharmesh Darshan's Raja Hindustani opposite Aamir
Khan. The movie was the highest grossing film of the
year and she won her first Filmfare Best Actress
Award. The following year, Karisma Kapoor won the
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and the
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for
her role in Yash Chopra's super-hit, Dil To Pagal Hai
opposite Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.
Karisma Kapoor took a year break from films in 1998.
Her diminutive comeback in 1999 proved to be good as
she took part in the year's most successful films.
Karisma Kapoor starred in four absolute hits. David
Dhawan's comedy Biwi No.1 opposite Salman Khan became
the biggest hit of the year. She proved to have
success with comedy films, as David Dhawan's another
film Haseena Maan Jaayegi did fairly well at the box
office.
Karisma Kapoor also collaborated for the first time
with the Rajshri Productions banner with Hum
Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United which also resulted
in a hit. Her last release, Jaanwar opposite Akshay
Kumar, was another box office hit, making Karisma
Kapoor the most successful actress of the year.
In 2000, Karisma Kapoor won her second Filmfare Best
Actress Award for her performance in Khalid Mohammed's
Fiza. Her performance in the film was much appreciated
as she surprised the audiences and the critics showing
great emotional range and depth. She also achieved
critical acclaim for her role in the film, Zubeidaa
(2001), which garnered her the Filmfare Critics Award
for Best Performance. Her performance in Shakti - The
Power (2002) was highly appreciated and earned her
many nominations in the Best Actress category.
In 2003 Karisma Kapoor played the leading role in the
television series Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny.
After her film, Baaz: A Bird In Danger which also
released in 2003, she took a sabbatical from full time
acting for three years.
Karisma Kapoor's most recent release was the delayed
film, Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006) in which she played a
negative role.
Karisma Kapoor was born on June 25, 1974 to Randhir
Kapoor, an actor popular during the 1970s and 80s, and
actress Babita. Her sister is actress Kareena Kapoor.
She studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School in
Mumbai until grade six. Her grandfather is actor Raj
Kapoor.
Karisma Kapoor does not like to talk about her
personal life but she has been romantically involved
with Ajay Devgan and Abhishek Bachchan. She announced
her engagement to Bachchan in October of 2002 on the
60th birthday of Abhishek's father, Amitabh Bachchan.
Four months later in February 2003, they split up.
On 29 September 2003, Karisma Kapoor married
industrialist Sanjay Kapur, CEO of Sixt India. In
typical Kapoor tradition, Karisma was married at her
grandfather, the late Raj Kapoor's home, R K Cottage.
The couple opted for an hour-long Sikh ceremony. The
couple has one daughter named Samaira, who was born on
11 March 2005. After the birth of her daughter, there
was considerable rift between her and her husband. The
couple has subsequently patched-up.