Karisma Kapoor hails from a well-known biggest family of Bollywood popularly known as ‘The Kapoor Khandaan’. She is still loved by many 90s kids for making their time entertaining with her acclaiming movies like Raja Hindustani, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Hum Saath Saath Hai, and more. Here we have noted interesting facts of Karisma Kapoor that you probably didn’t know.
Karisma Kapoor Interesting Facts
- Karisma’s nickname Lolo given by her mother Babita is inspired by Hollywood actor Gina Lollobrigida. Lolo also means sweet in Sindhi which is her mother’s native tongue.
- Her breakthrough roles of Raja Hindustani and Dil Toh Pagal Hai were written for other actresses before Karisma got on board.
- Kapoor was the first choice for Juhi Chawla’s role in Ishq (1997) and Manisha Koirala’s role in Gupt (1997) to Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Asoka (2001) and Talaash (2012), and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Bride and Prejudice (2004).
- Kapoor was the first celebrity from Bollywood to endorse Coca-Cola in India as a brand ambassador in 1998.
- Before Kareena Kapoor Khan, Karisma turned radio jockey for 92.7 FM radio station. The special segment titled ‘Big Memsaab’ witnessed her talking about fashion and lifestyle.
- She had her own TV series, titled Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny which aired on Sahara One from 2003 to 2004.
- She loves Italian but her all-time favourite cuisine is North Indian.
- She too believes in numerology that she removed H from her name. She altered her name to Karisma while it was originally Karishma.
- Karisma and Ajay Devgn dated each other in 1994.
- Karisma Kapoor’s eye colour is more unique than any other, she has a green shade of eyes.
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