Birthday Spl: 10 Lesser known facts about Kareena Kapoor

The very gorgeous Kareena Kapoor Khan turns 34 on September 21st. With almost 15 years in Bollywood, there’s a lot to talk about Bebo and her work.

A fine actress, Kareena has proved her mettle with many power-packed performances.

Married to Saif Ali Khan, Kareena is one of the most sought after actresses of Bollwood today.

As she kick-starts another year, let’s take a look at some of the facts that you didn’t know about the actess…

Do you know how Kareena got her name? When her mommy Babita was pregnant with Kareena, one of the books that she read was Leo Tolstoy’s epic Anna Karenina, which inspired her to name her daughter.

Not many know that Kareena loves to pen down her thoughts in her spare time.

Yes, we have a budding writer in Kareena. She confessed this in one of her interviews.

Would you like to read a book by the actress?

Another rarity about Kareena’s personality is that she hates reading.

Even reading one page in a go is a great deal for her.

However, what leaves us thinking is this combination of a writer who doesn’t like to read!

Talking about her education Kareena was a studious girl, who was pretty serious about her studies, but then movies happened.

Kareena Kapoor joined Mumbai’s Mithibai College to pursue B.Com degree.

But soon she shifted to Law.

Not just that, Kareena also attended a three month’s course in Micro Computers at the famous Harvard University too.

Kareena Kapoor was the first actress to become the highest paid actresses in the recent times.

She was the first actresses to take home a pay cheque worth a whopping 8 crore post 3 Idiots.

She was the first Bollywood actress to embrace the size-zero trend in Bollywood by adopting a vegetarian diet and power yoga.

She flaunted her new found body in skimpy outfits in Tashan.

Kareena Kapoor is not at all into gadgets.

The only gadget that she loves handling is her smartphone.

Kareena has also tried her hands at singing.

She crooned a soft number in the film Dev, which turned out to be a dud but her singing talent was much appreciated.

Not many know that before Amisha Patel, Kareena Kapoor was offered Kaho Na Pyaar Hai.

However, Kareena rejected the glamourou film for the performance oriented film, Refugee opposite Abhishek Bachchan.

A self-proclaimed foodie, Kareena believes in portion control.

However, her favourite cuisine in Italian and she loves to gorge upon Sphagetti.