BACKGROUND
Background
Kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an
Kashmiri Indian father
Mohammed Kaif and
an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, who
is a British citizen. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once
stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on
our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings. When
she came to India, she changed her surname to that of her father's, Kaif,
because it was Indian in origin.
Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has maintained that the actress'
original name is Katrina Turquotte. She also claims that they gave her the Indian father and also the surname Kaif after cricketer
Mohammad Kaif as he was on top at that time. She
adds that they also had thought her naming Katrina Kazi. From
Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. From there she went to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a
few months at a time in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries. Then
she moved with her family to Hawaii, and eventually to her mother's home
country of England. Although it is often assumed that Kaif
is from London, she lived there only for three years
before finally moving to Mumbai.
Kaif's personal life, including her romantic relationships, has been a great
subject to the media. After years of speculations Katrina Kaif admitted in an
2011 interview for a magazine that she was in a serious relationship with actor
Salman Khan for several years, which ended in
2010. She
has been to various religious places in India,
including Hindu, Sikh and Islamic places of worship Siddhivinayak temple, Hindu temples in Haridwar, Shirdi, Amritsar's Golden temple and Ajmer Sharif dargah.[
Kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an
Kashmiri Indian father
Mohammed Kaif and
an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, who
is a British citizen. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once
stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on
our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings. When
she came to India, she changed her surname to that of her father's, Kaif,
because it was Indian in origin.
Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has maintained that the actress'
original name is Katrina Turquotte. She also claims that they gave her the Indian father and also the surname Kaif after cricketer
Mohammad Kaif as he was on top at that time. She
adds that they also had thought her naming Katrina Kazi. From
Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. From there she went to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a
few months at a time in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries. Then
she moved with her family to Hawaii, and eventually to her mother's home
country of England. Although it is often assumed that Kaif
is from London, she lived there only for three years
before finally moving to Mumbai.
Kaif's personal life, including her romantic relationships, has been a great
subject to the media. After years of speculations Katrina Kaif admitted in an
2011 interview for a magazine that she was in a serious relationship with actor
Salman Khan for several years, which ended in
2010. She
has been to various religious places in India,
including Hindu, Sikh and Islamic places of worship Siddhivinayak temple, Hindu temples in Haridwar, Shirdi, Amritsar's Golden temple and Ajmer Sharif dargah.[