Zarine Khan

Zarine Khan

D.O.B.: 14th May, 1987

Gender: Female

Industry: Bollywood

Profession Actor

 

Biography:

Zarine Khan (born 14 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi film industry. She has also appeared in Tamil films. Khan has been noted for looks very similar to Katrina Kaif and Elli Avram.


Khan made her screen debut with a lead role in the 2010 Anil Sharma's period film Veer co-starring with Salman Khan for which she was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. Khan garnered recognition from her item number, "Character Dheela" in Ready, which was the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2011. In 2012, she earned commercial success in Bollywood with Sajid Khan's Housefull 2, which was the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2012. In late 2013, Khan made her Tamil language debut in the Tamil film Naan Rajavaga Pogiren, in which she did an item number in the song "Malgove".


As of May 2013, Khan has several projects in various stages of production. She is filming Partner 2 (which is the sequel to Partner) and the Tamil film Karikalan directed by Gandhi Krishna. She is also going to made her Punjabi film debut with Rohit Jugra's Jatt James Bond!. In addition to acting in films, she is active in humanitarian work and has a number of endorsement deals.


Early life

Khan was born on 14 May 1987 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She speaks Hindi, Urdu, English and Marathi. She completed her intermediate at Rizvi College of Science, Mumbai.


Modelling

Zarine walked the ramp as Showstopper for jewellery brand YS18 at India International Jewellery Week(IIJW), 2012.


Acting career
Debut

Khan wanted to be a doctor but joined acting. Her acting career began while visiting the set of Yuvraj at Subhash Ghai's film school Whistling Woods. Salman Khan noticed her and decided to cast her for his friend Anil Sharma's film Veer because, he said, "She looks the character — the sweet princess she is playing in Veer". After a screen test, Khan was given the lead role of Princess Yashodhara. She gained eight kilograms in order to be more convincing as a 19th-century princess. The film revolves around the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British. Veer did not do well at the Box office; however, her performance was praised by both critics and public. Khan went on to nominate for Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.

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