More Picspam: Kareena Kapoor
Bringing you some Bollywood-related picspam. This time, the Bolly Beauty in question is Kareena Kapoor. I think she is quite beautiful (though not as much as Priyanka or Aishwarya) but the reason I love her is because I think she is the best mainstream Bolly actress of her generation, and one who is really good at playing strong women roles (I find her more stereotypical roles much less interesting).
So here is Kareena picspam from her various movies. It's Asoka heavy, because I think that rather Shakesperean, haunting epic is one of the best Bollywood movies I've ever seen. And Kareena as a Warrior Princess Kaurwaki, who ends up leading her people in battle, and who doesn't want to be protected but wants to learn sword play herself, is one of my all-time favorite Bolly heroines (and is very unusual for Bollywood movies, period). The fact that Asoka falls in love with her for this, and calls her "my warrior" as a pet name is...sorry, I love that movie.
Upperclass, educated, modern girl Kareena in Mani Ratnam's meditation on violence and idealism, Yuva
Kareena as Warrior Princess Kaurwaki in meditation on loss, pacifism and love that is Asoka:
So much to ogle:
In hiding with her brother Arya:
Proud of her designs in Asoka:
Being taught swordplay by Asoka:
Prepared for a fight:
Asoka/Kaurwaki is one of my favorite OTPs for a reason:
Whoa, intense:
I just love this shot:
As a fantasy of loss:
As a forever-lost memory of Asoka:
Kareena as a Muslim girl caught in sectarian violence in stark, brutal Dev, one of her best roles:
With a dissafected young student Farhaan, played by Fardeen Khan in Dev
In the aftermath of the riots and fighting off rapists in Dev
The "shocking" kiss scene in Dev:
Kareena as a weary young prostitute in Chameli, a movie taking place in one night:
Tawdry and tough in Chameli:
Enjoying the rain in Chameli:
Kareena lighting a match in the brilliant, uncertain, hopeful ending of Chameli
Grieving, loving doctor in love with a mentally disturbed patient in Kyun Ki
A young woman married to her older sister's husband in Bewafaa
Bringing charm to a more traditional role of a young girl in love in slapstick Hulchul
Uncharacteristically scared in Anjabi
Doing a Romeo & Juliet with Hrithik Roshan in Yaadein:
Poster for Kyun Ki, an angst-fest about a mental patient:
Wife/lawyer in Aitraaz:
Femme Fatale in forgettable Fida (with Fardeen Khan):
Gorgeous in Yuva:
So here is Kareena picspam from her various movies. It's Asoka heavy, because I think that rather Shakesperean, haunting epic is one of the best Bollywood movies I've ever seen. And Kareena as a Warrior Princess Kaurwaki, who ends up leading her people in battle, and who doesn't want to be protected but wants to learn sword play herself, is one of my all-time favorite Bolly heroines (and is very unusual for Bollywood movies, period). The fact that Asoka falls in love with her for this, and calls her "my warrior" as a pet name is...sorry, I love that movie.
Upperclass, educated, modern girl Kareena in Mani Ratnam's meditation on violence and idealism, Yuva
Kareena as Warrior Princess Kaurwaki in meditation on loss, pacifism and love that is Asoka:
So much to ogle:
In hiding with her brother Arya:
Proud of her designs in Asoka:
Being taught swordplay by Asoka:
Prepared for a fight:
Asoka/Kaurwaki is one of my favorite OTPs for a reason:
Whoa, intense:
I just love this shot:
As a fantasy of loss:
As a forever-lost memory of Asoka:
Kareena as a Muslim girl caught in sectarian violence in stark, brutal Dev, one of her best roles:
With a dissafected young student Farhaan, played by Fardeen Khan in Dev
In the aftermath of the riots and fighting off rapists in Dev
The "shocking" kiss scene in Dev:
Kareena as a weary young prostitute in Chameli, a movie taking place in one night:
Tawdry and tough in Chameli:
Enjoying the rain in Chameli:
Kareena lighting a match in the brilliant, uncertain, hopeful ending of Chameli
Grieving, loving doctor in love with a mentally disturbed patient in Kyun Ki
A young woman married to her older sister's husband in Bewafaa
Bringing charm to a more traditional role of a young girl in love in slapstick Hulchul
Uncharacteristically scared in Anjabi
Doing a Romeo & Juliet with Hrithik Roshan in Yaadein:
Poster for Kyun Ki, an angst-fest about a mental patient:
Wife/lawyer in Aitraaz:
Femme Fatale in forgettable Fida (with Fardeen Khan):
Gorgeous in Yuva: