Kareena Kapoor Khan: Top 10 performances of the actress

While her fandom is busy working out the logistics of the hows and the whats of her role, we take a trip down memory lane, and dig out ten of Kareena Kapoor's most memorable performances.

  • Satyagraha
    Kareena played the role of a journalist, Yasmin Ahmed, in the film Satyagraha. The Prakash Jha multi-starrer had the actress playing her part to the hilt.

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  • Talaash
    As Rosie, the friendly sex-worker, who helps Surjan Singh Shekhawat (Aamir Khan) unravel a mystery, Kareena Kapoor was quite the brilliant actress. Her role earned her much acclaim from viewers and critics alike.

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  • Heroine
    Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine saw Kareena in the role of a superstar in the Hindi film industry. Kareena did justice to her bipolar disorder-ed Mahi.

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  • 3 Idiots
    Kareena's helmet-clad, scooty-driving-through-Rajpath avatar is one that Indians will remember as long as they remember the actress. The young doctor, Pia, her fiance Suhas, and the final reunion with Rancho - 3 Idiots has too many un-miss-able Kareena moments!

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  • Kurbaan
    Her role as Avantika in this Rensil D'Silva film helped Kareena Kapoor get best actress nominations across numerous awards. Kurbaan saw Kareena in a role across her husband, Saif Ali Khan.

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  • Jab We Met
    Geet. Everyone who has watched Jab We Met, had sure fallen in love with this character of Kareena's. The actress played the bubbly, too-talkative-for-her-own-good, crazy-in-love Geet with much elan, and managed to win many accolades and more hearts with the same.

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  • Omkara
    Vishal Bharadhwaj's adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello saw Kareena playing the role of Dolly Mishra, nee Desdemona. She won the Filmfare critics' award for the best actress that year.

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  • Chameli
    The rainy night, the man-meets-sex-worker on the streets, and an intriguing plot. In Chameli, Kareena's eponymous character was one that is undoubtedly among the best in her career.

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  • Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
    Who can forget the oh-so-stylish Poo from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham! Her role as Pooja Sharma, opposite Hrithik Roshan in the film, set quite a few trends, as far as young Indian women of the age were concerned. From the mismatched shoes to her 'It's raining men' dance, Kareena came across as the quintessential diva in this film.

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  • Kareena Kapoor Khan's cinematic journey began in the year 2000, with the film Refugee. Over the last decade-and-a-half, the actress has essayed several roles on the silver screen, ranging from quirky, peppy characters to brooding, taciturn ones. After a somewhat dull phase at the Box Office, the actress is now looking forward to a film with No One Killed Jessica director Raj Kumar Gupta, in which she plays the role of a schizophrenic. While her fandom is busy working out the logistics of the hows and the whats of her role, we take a trip down memory lane, and dig out ten of her most memorable performances. Here are the films that have helped Kareena make an impact on the minds of her viewers.

    Refugee
    The actress' debut in JP Dutta's Refugee helped her clinch the Filmfare for the Best Newcomer that year. Kareena was seen with Abhishek Bachchan in the film.

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