It's
a
known
fact
that
Kareena
Kapoor
is
easily
ruling
from
the
top
as
far
as
the
demand
for
a
commercially
viable
glamorous
actress
with
very
good
acting
skills
is
concerned.
Satisfying
all
the
key
words
here
-
'commercial',
'glamour'
and
'acting'
-
Kareena
has
seen
it
all
pretty
up,
close
and
personal
during
last
decade
that
she
has
spent
in
the
industry.
Let's
look
at
some
of
the
many
highlights
in
her
career
that
have
made
Kareena
what
she
is
today.
We
would
be
going
through
Kareena's
early
years
in
the
industry
which
were
not
quite
her
best
and
how
a
new
phase
kick
started
in
her
career
post
films
like
Chameli
and
Yuva.
Her
initial
years
-
Not
quite
the
best
Any
actor
other
than
Kareena
Kapoor
must
have
packed
her
bags
and
said
goodbye
to
the
world
of
films
if
the
initial
reception
to
some
of
her
films
are
any
indication.
Reason
being
that
Kareena's
early
years
in
Bollywood
were
far
more
being
rosy.
Between
Refugee
(2000)
and
LOC
Kargil
(2003),
she
had
12
releases
for
herself.
However,
the
only
ones
which
turned
out
to
be
real
big
hits
were
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhi
Gham,
Ajnabee
and
Mujhe
Kuch
Kehna
Hai.
In
fact
Mujhe
Kuch
Kehna
Hai
was
actually
a
surprise
hit
because
it
was
mainly
a
launch
pad
of
Tusshar
Kapoor
and
came
with
an
unusual
subject
where
the
lead
couple
didn't
even
unite
at
the
end.
Still,
the
film
turned
out
to
be
a
runaway
box
office
hit
and
came
as
a
shot
in
the
arm
for
Kareena.
Her
spunky
act,
especially
after
the
repressed
character
she
played
in
Refugee,
was
appreciated
by
all
and
she
continued
with
her
Bollywood
journey.
She
did
pin
a
lot
of
hopes
on
Asoka
where
she
was
paired
opposite
none
other
than
Shahrukh
Khan
but
the
film
was
a
critical
and
commercial
failure.
Jeena
Sirf
Merre
Liye,
where
she
paired
up
with
Tusshar
all
over
again,
sunk
without
a
trace
while
Talaash...
The
Hunt
Begins
with
Akshay
Kumar
didn't
find
any
takers
either.
In
fact
it
stays
on
as
one
of
the
most
unknown
films
starring
Kareena
that
even
she
must
have
forgotten.
Khushi
was
criticised
for
being
a
loud
film
where
all
that
the
lead
couple
(Kareena
and
Fardeen)
did
was
scream
at
each
other
due
to
which
audience
stayed
away
from
theatres.
She
did
work
with
JP
Dutta
again
in
LOC
Kargil
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
she
was
one
of
the
30
odd
characters
that
the
war
film
boasted
of.
Also,
the
film
didn't
quite
turn
out
to
be
a
smash
success
and
hence
was
a
no
gain,
no
loss
situation
for
Kareena.
Amidst
all
this
mayhem,
the
other
success
that
Kareena
had
to
her
credit
was
Ajnabee
where
she
played
an
all-so-supportive
young
wife
of
Bobby
Deol.
The
film
was
a
hit
and
kept
Kareena
alive
and
kicking
in
the
industry.
However,
Kareena
had
decided
that
she
wanted
to
do
something
drastically
different
in
her
career.
She
wanted
to
get
out
of
the
'Poo'
or
the
sweet
girl
next
door
image.
She
was
in
mood
to
experiment
and
break
some
norms
that
are
typically
associated
with
Hindi
film
heroines.
She
decided
to
play
a
prostitute
and
that
too
in
art
house
cinema.
The
film
was
Chameli.
A
new
phase.
A
new
Kareena.
Kareena
announced
to
the
world
that
she
now
wanted
to
add
on
something
new
to
her
repertoire
in
years
to
come.
Chameli
was
a
step
in
that
direction
and
what
followed
in
quick
succession
were
movies
like
Yuva
and
Dev
that
were
not
quite
commercial
and
conventional
cinema
by
any
means.
A
new
actor
in
her
was
discovered
once
Chameli
hit
the
screens.
A
moderate
success,
it
did
make
people
stand
up
and
notice
the
confidence
with
which
she
played
a
street
walker.
What
also
caught
eye
was
the
drastically
different
portrayal
that
she
had
in
Yuva
where
she
played
an
average
girl
next
door.
She
was
totally
natural
and
though
the
film
flopped,
her
act
remained
etched
in
audience's
heart.
Her
Dev
didn't
work
well
either
but
since
it
was
anyways
an
issue
based
subject;
the
emphasis
was
on
performance
more
than
box
office
success.
In
that
context,
she
did
gain
from
this
film.
This
wasn't
all
as
she
agreed
to
play
a
vamp
soon
after
and
that
too
in
an
out
and
out
commercial
setup
where
she
came
together
with
Shahid
Kapoor.
The
film
was
Fida
and
this
was
the
beginning
of
an
on-screen
pairing
that
went
on
to
be
seen
in
five
films,
right
till
the
recent
release
of
Milenge
Milenge.
Some
of
these
outings
turned
out
to
be
successful
while
a
few
were
no-shows.
Fida
was
one
of
them
and
though
the
songs
turned
out
to
be
chartbusters,
the
film
failed
at
the
box
office.
For
audience,
it
was
a
difficult
theme
to
digest,
especially
for
those
who
were
expecting
a
romantic
outing
from
the
pair.
Kareena
was
seen
with
Shahid
again
in
films
like
36
China
Town
and
Chup
Chup
Ke.
Yet
again,
she
was
working
with
some
of
the
best
directors
in
business
-
Abbas-Mustan
and
Priyadarshan
respectively.
The
songs
were
chartbusters
again
(credit
that
to
Himesh
Reshammiya).
The
films
were
average
successes
too
but
the
magic
that
one
expects
from
a
couple
which
is
going
strong
off
the
screen
wasn't
quite
visible
on
the
screen.
The
two
worked
in
unison
with
each
other
but
audiences
weren't
really
impressed.
They
wanted
a
true
blue
romantic
film
that
got
the
best
out
of
both
of
them.
Imtiaz
Ali
listened
to
the
audiences
and
gave
them
Jab
We
Met.
Once
the
film
released,
it
became
such
a
rage
that
it
grow
at
the
box
office
week
after
week.
Despite
an
average
opening
that
it
got
for
itself,
Jab
We
Met
saw
a
positive
word
of
mouth
spread
like
fire.
There
were
talks
re-ignited
about
chemistry,
the
sense
of
togetherness,
true
love
and
meeting
of
hearts.
No
one
doubted
any
more
that
Kareena
and
Shahid
indeed
had
it
in
them
to
make
things
happen
at
the
box
office.
They
were
not
a
flop
pairing
in
any
case
but
Jab
We
Met
turned
out
to
be
something
that
belonged
to
a
different
league
altogether.
No
wonder,
even
when
their
half
a
decade
long
in
the
making
Milenge
Milenge
released
as
recent
as
last
month,
the
film
still
managed
decent
eyeballs
for
itself,
all
thanks
to
the
pairing
which
is
not
quite
expected
to
meet
ever
again!