Zarine Khan
(Hindi: ज़रीन खान, born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She started her acting career in 2010 with the film Veer, starring Salman Khan.[4] She has been noted for looks very similar to actress Katrina Kaif.[5]
Early life
Khan was born to a Pashtun[6][7] family in Mumbai.[8] She speaks fluent Hindi and Marathi.[9] In college she weighed almost 100 kg (220 lb).[8] Although she never planned to be model, she began to focus on losing weight and getting into shape. In order to lose weight, she began to work out at the gym, eventually reaching her target weight.[8] Her family's financial troubles forced Khan to abandon her education and begin working.[10] With no marketable skills, she tried her hand at modeling. Khan did a number of small assignments that fetched her enough money to run her family's house.[11]
Acting career
Khan's acting career began while visiting the set of Yuvraaj[12] at Subhash Ghai's film school Whistling Woods. Salman Khan noticed her and decided to cast her for his film Veer because, he said, "She looks the character - the sweet princess she is playing in Veer".[13] After a screen test, Khan was given the role of Princess Yashodhara. She gained eight kilograms in order to be more convincing as a 19th century princess.[14] Because of Veer's poor box office performance, Khan at first had trouble finding roles in big-budget films.[9] In 2011, she made a cameo appearance in Anees Bazmee's Ready, parodying characters from Mughal-e-Azam, Sholay and Shri 420. Her upcoming films include Housefull 2[9] and Partner 2.
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
2010 Veer Princess Yashodhara Hindi
2011 Ready Hindi Cameo & Item number in the song "Character Dheela"
2012 Karikalan Tamil Filming
Housefull 2 Hindi Filming
Partner 2 Hindi Pre-production
See also
List of Indian film actresses
References
^ "Zarine’s birthday wish". Times of India.
^ Dhingra, Deepali. "Old hero, young heroine?". Times of India.
^ Shah, Kunal. "No need to be insecure about Salman Khan". Ahmedabad Mirror.
^ "Zarine Khan: Veer ki Heer!". Times of India. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
^ "Katrina Kaif look-alike in Salman's Veer". Hindustan Times. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
^ "When Men Were Men". Indian Express. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ MangalDalal (8 January 2010). "‘Veer’ also has a social message behind it: Salman Khan". Express India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
^ a b c "No bikini for me: Zarine Khan". Mid-Day (IANS). 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
^ a b c Shah, Kumal (5 May 2011). "Sonakshi isn't my best friend: Zarine". Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ Nikhil Ramsubramaniam (8 January 2010). "Introducing Zarine Khan". Retrieved 2010-11-22.
^ Natasha Sahgal (11 January 2010). "Zarine Khan is living a dream as the heroine in ‘Veer’". Indian Express. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
^ Soumyadipta Banerjee (24 January 2010). "Zarine Khan is a tough cookie". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ Deepa Karmalkar (21 November 2008). "'No candlelight dinners for me...'". Screen. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ Subhadeep Bhattacharjee (16 December 2009). "Salman made Zarine Khan gain weight". One India. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
