Did you know Kareena Kapoor was initially named Siddhima?

Born on 21 September 1980, Kareena Kapoor Khan wanted to become an actress since childhood

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Kareena was initially named Siddhima by her grandfather Raj Kapoor to rhyme with her cousin Riddhima, who was born 6 days before

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However, mother Babita opted to change her name from Siddhima to Kareena

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The name was inspired from book ‘Anna Karenina’ which Babita was reading when she was pregnant with Kareena

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Kareena was initially slated to make her Bollywood debut with ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai’, but she withdrew from the film midway

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Kareena made her debut with the ‘Refugee’ opposite Abhishek Bachchan in 2000

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Before Bollywood debut, Kareena took acting classes from Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute

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Kareena Kapoor played a negative character for the first time in her career in the film Fida

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Kareena turned vegetarian when she got into a relationship with Shahid Kapoor

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Kareena has also sung the song ‘Jab Nahin Aaye The Tum’ for the film ‘Dev’ released in 2002

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