Kareena is the great-granddaughter of Prithviraj Kapoor, the famous actor. She is the granddaughter of actor and producer Raj Kapoor and daughter of Randhir Kapoor and actress Babita. Her great uncles are Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Her uncles are Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor. Her cousins are Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Nanda who is married to Amitabh Bachchan's daughter, Shweta Nanda. Her sister Karisma Kapoor is also in the film industry.She is currently dating actor-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor(they starred together in the 2004 movie Fida which did not succeed at the box office).The first unconventional step she took was by signing Refugee immediately after rejecting Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa...Pyar Hai. Minor differences led to her walking out of the project, and wisely so, since the film did nothing for its heroine Amisha Patel. Refugee was a perfect launch for Kareena, who, with her ethereal looks managed to carve a niche for herself as a performing actress as opposed to a glamour doll.
Though her debut vehicle, Refugee, received only a lukewarm response in commercial terms, critics were unanimous in their verdict: Kareena was an actress to watch. Abhishek Bachchan, who also made his debut in Refugee, was completely overshadowed. People connected with the film desperately wanted the film to do well, but the woman in question here remains unruffled. She has nothing to fear.What can go wrong for a natural actress like Kareena? She comes from the family of the great Prithvi Raj Kapoor who founded the first family of Indian cinema. He never knew that one day his name would be synonymous with talent and beauty and the family would be respected so much by the industry as well as non-film folk.Her second release, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, with the untested Tusshar Kapoorin the male lead, has got off to a rousing start at the box office, and Kareena has cornered all the accolades. It's understandable: she's so amazingly good, everything else in the film just pales in comparison. Kareena, of course, must be already accustomed to being having critical praise heaped on her.