Actress · Hindi Cinema

Karisma Kapoor

Modern 1991–present

Karisma Kapoor is a Hindi film actress born into the Kapoor film dynasty as the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, granddaughter of Raj Kapoor, and elder sister of Kareena Kapoor. She debuted in 1991 with Prem Qaidi and became one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema through the 1990s and early 2000s, headlining major commercial hits alongside critically praised dramatic roles. Widely regarded as one of the era's finest dancers, she moved fluidly between mass entertainers like Raja Hindustani and Biwi No. 1 and serious films such as Fiza and Zubeidaa. She largely stepped back from full-time acting in the mid-2000s and has since returned intermittently through films and streaming projects.

Honours: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai (1997); four Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress for Raja Hindustani and Fiza, Best Supporting Actress for Dil To Pagal Hai, and Best Actress (Critics) for Zubeidaa

Filmography

45 films · compiled from Wikidata

Recent & Ongoing

2024

Murder Mubarak

2021

Zamaanat

2019

She was the first woman of the Kapoor film family to become a mainstream actress, breaking the family's long-standing unwritten rule that its women did not act in films.
Her comic on-screen pairing with Govinda in films such as Coolie No. 1, Hero No. 1 and Saajan Chale Sasural was one of the most popular jodis of 1990s Bollywood.
Her performance in Dil To Pagal Hai won her both the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award.
After a long break from full-time acting following the mid-2000s, she returned to screen through projects including the web series Mentalhood and Brown.
Raja Harishchandra (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke is regarded as the first full-length Indian feature film.
Alam Ara (1931) was India’s first sound film — the “talkie” that introduced song and dialogue to Indian screens.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) has run continuously at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema for decades — the longest theatrical run in film history.

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