'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara' To 'Ek Tha Tiger': 10 Katrina Kaif's Most Loved Films

Katrina Kaif turns 39 today. In a career spanning almost 20 years, Kaif is known to have given many hit films that have cemented her position as a bankable star in Bollywood. It is amusing how she has evolved as an actor over the years, transforming from an arm candy to an impressive performer who can hold her ground against the most talented of performers in the business.

Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong and spent a lot of her early life moving around before her family finally settled in London. She made her Bollywood debut at the age of 20 with Kaizad Gustad's forgettable film Boom in 2003, after which she also starred in the Telugu film Malliswari.

Her debut film came and went and not much attention was paid to this budding star. But then came the 2005 hit Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya with Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen, and suddenly a new star was born. In the initial years of her career, Kaif was criticised for not experimenting with her roles and looks much. However, it cannot be denied that over the years, Kaif has slowly and steadily worked on her acting skills, indicating that she took the viewers' feedback seriously.

Katrina Kaif Films To Revisit On Her Birthday

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This Hindi comedy film starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles is very iconic considering that the film is still part of many popular memes. Katrina plays the only sister of two mischievous gangsters who dream of getting her married in a respectable family and approach Akshay's family for the union. However, his family refuses to marry in a family of gangsters which initiates a chain of hilarious evemts.

Ek Tha Tiger

Starring opposite Salman Khan who played the role of a RAW agent who moves to Dublin on an undercover mission to uncover the actions of an Indian nuclear scientist suspected of sharing secret information with Pakistan. Katrina plays the role of a caretaker named Zoya in the film and she and Tiger share romantic connection until she is revealed to be a Pakistani ISI agent. The movie released in 2012 was a massive and was even made into a sequel titled Tiger Zinda Hai and then another one.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara

Starring Katrina in the popular role of Laila, this movie is a favourite of many youngsters. Focusing on a friend's vacation that leads them to many important lessons of life, this movie features love, friendships and relations. Katrina's Laila was an independent, free-minded person who believed in living in the moment and her love for travelling took her to different adventures. A scene that is hard to forget from the movie is when Kaif rode a bike and made sure to give a proper send off to her love-interest Hrithik Roshan in the film. The way she took responsibility and exercised her agency is a rare sight when Bollywood films are considered.

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif played a cute couple in this romantic movie from 2009. Katrina played the role of Jenny in this movie, a Christian girl who is misunderstood by her step-parents and finds love in the son of a rich politician. Looking forward to dreams of a happily ever after with him, she gets help from Prem to save her love from kidnappers who falls in love with her. The movie and its songs became really popular.

Raajneeti

Katrina played the intense character of Indu Pratap that underwent many changes throughout the course of the film. Suffering a one sided love and a marriage without love, she is dragged in the dirty game of politics which hurts her but also leads her to conquer the chair of the Chief Minister. The movie also starred Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar and others in pivotal roles. The characters were based on the characters of Mahabharata and Indu was inspired from Draupadi.

New York

Released in 2009, this movie starred John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Imran Khan in pivotal roles. The movie was about three friends living a happy life in New York. However, the dynamics of their relationship change because of love triangle, unexpressed feelings and the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Tower. This Yash Raj movie was a hit and its songs are still popular among the audience.

Race

This action crime drama by Abbas Mustan released in 2008 and became a box office hit with popular and catchy songs and great action. Starring Katrina Kaif, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Akshay Khanna and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles, this movie was developed into a successful franchise of movies. The story of the movie features the rivalry between two horse-riding competitors, a mysterious murders and three women who hold the key to all that is happening.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Katrina Kaif and Imran Khan in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

This 2011 film starred Katrina Kaif, Imran Khan and Ali Zafar in lead roles. The movie was about Kush who is searching for the perfect bride for his brother Luv. After a lot of searching, his family finds a perfect match and when Kush is introduced to her, he is shocked to find that she is the same notorious girl he met some time back. Dimple is a carefree, independent and loud girl who does reckless things and during the wedding preparations they fall in love with each other which leads to complications.

Baar Baar Dekho

This 2016 movie starring Katrina along with Sidharth Malhotra was a romantic movie that touched on the value of love and family in life. Katrina played the role of Diya, a cheerful girl who is marrying a maths genius Jai Verma. What she is unaware of is that Jai travels in future uncontrollably and witnesses his married life with her that started on a happy note but turned toxic because of ignoring Diya's feelings and not giving his family time.

Singh Is Kinng

Another hit by Katrina and Akshay, this movie was a rom-com that featured the love story between Happy and Sonia who meet on their way to Australia accidently. Happy is a notorious Punjabi Sikh man who has always caused trouble in his town and the people are fed up of him. When sent to Australia to bring back Lucky to Punjab, he ends up succeeding his position of underworld king. With his new position, his habit of causing trouble and complicated love story, the movie finds many elements of laughter.

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