Babita Kapoor
Babita With Her Daughters Karisma & Kareena
Born	(1948-04-20) April 20, 1948 (age 64) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Randhir Kapoor (1971–Present)
Children	Karisma Kapoor Kareena Kapoor

Babita (Sindhi: بابیتا) (or Bhambhani) (born 20 April 1948, in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. Babita was born to actor Hari Shivdasani into a Sindhi family. Shivdasani organized a screen test for her with veteran producer G.P. Sippy. He liked her screen test and gave her the opportunity to star in his film. Babita is the mother of today's actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, she is the wife of actor Randhir Kapoor, and the eldest daughter-in-law of actor Raj Kapoor also she is the great-daughter-in-law of actor Prithviraj Kapoor.

Early life[link]

Babita was born to actor Hari Shivdasani into a Sindhi family. Shivdasani organized a screen test for her with veteran producer G.P. Sippy. He liked her screen test and gave her the opportunity to star in his film. Babita is the mother of today's actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, she is the wife of actor Randhir Kapoor, and the eldest daughter-in-law of actor Raj Kapoor also she is the great-daughter-in-law of actor Prithviraj Kapoor, she is the sister-in-law of actors Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, she is also the sisters-in-law of actress Neetu Singh, her are uncle-in-laws are actors Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, she is also the aunt of actor Ranbir Kapoor.

Career[link]

In her short career she appeared in 78 films including: Dus Lakh (1966), Raaz (1967), Farz (1967), Aulad (1968), Haseena Maan Jayegi (1969), Kab Kyon Aur Kahan (1970) and many more. She starred with her future husband Randhir Kapoor in the hit film Kal Aaj Aur Kal. Her biggest box-office successes were Haseena Maan Jayegi (1968) with her future uncle-in-law Shashi Kapoor, Farz with Jeetendra and Kismat with Vishwajeet.

Personal life[link]

She married Randhir Kapoor on 6 November 1971. After their marriage, Babita had to leave the film industry, as part of the Kapoor tradition which forbids women from acting in films. The marriage produced 2 children: Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.

After the birth of their daughters, their relationship was under strain and finally after a few years they separated. Babita walked out taking her daughters with her. She would eventually break the tradition for which she was forced to leave the industry. Her two daughters went on to become stars of their generation while she could never reach that kind of success.

After 20 years of separation, Babita re-united with husband Randhir Kapoor in 2007 and moved in with him from her old household.

Babita became a grandmother when elder daughter, Karisma gave birth to a baby girl, Samaira Kapoor, who was born on 11 March 2005. Babita became a grandmother for a second time when Karisma gave birth to her second child, son Kiaan Raj Kapoor on 12 March 2010. She now lives in Mumbai with Kareena Kapoor.

Filmography[link]

Trivia[link]

• Babita was offered the author-backed role of a widow (eventually played by Hema Malini) in Ramesh Sippy's Andaaz, but her father thought it was contrary to her glamour girl image and prevailed upon Babita to turn it down.
• She worked in at least one film with all the top stars of the day, including Shammi Kapoor in Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai, Rajendra Kumar in Anjaana, Manoj Kumar in Pehchaan and Dharmendra in Kab, Kyon Aur Kahan.
• Around the jubilee week, the censor board scissored off a portion of the song Hum to tere ashiq hain. After a lot of public hue and cry, the song was reinstated which gave the film a lease of an additional 25 weeks.

Says her daughter Kareena "She now does a lot of charity work with charitable institutions like the Mount Mary Old Age Home in Bandra. She is a very giving woman. I should know. She sacrificed her own career and joys to bring up my sister and me."

Not too many people know Babita is half-Christian. Reveals Kareena, "Her mother was a Christian and father was a Sindhi. So we are as fond of the church as we're of the temple. Christmas is a big event for us. That's why I needed to rush home at this time from Philadelphia to be home for Christmas before taking off for my holiday."

After Babita separated from her husband Randhir Kapoor, it is said that she moved in with the then villain Ranjeet. But, it is still debated whether or not her daughters accompanied her.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Babita at the Internet Movie Database