Watching Katrina Kaif's films, one thing stands out above all else. She, more than likely, has no Indian blood of any sort running through her gorgeous body. Not that it really matters in the overall scheme of things, but to hold her up as a shining example of Indian heritage could be construed as a little bit hypocritical. Filmmakers in Bollywood, it could be argued, have tapped into the normal tendency to make stars of lighter skinned people. Brazil does, the US and Italy do it. It's common. So, what of the doubts of her supposed Indian heritage?
An article on Gather.com had this to say:
"Kat got her break in the industry in a film called Boom. At the time she was called Katrina Turquotte, but a producer on the film, who helped engineer Kat's entry into acting, decided Indian audiences weren't ready to accept a fully Anglo actress, so the last name "Kaif" was invented for her. She was even given a back story of having a Kashmiri father. Last year Kaizad Gustad, the director of Boom, came forward to state unequivocally that Katrina Kaif is not Indian."
A photo of Katrina, with her family, was revelatory. If there is Indian blood in her family, it left Katrina's sisters untouched. A look at the photo and you see a pretty normal looking English family. Katrina's duskier complexion in her Bollywood films, based on the Katrina in the photo, is the work of master make-up artists.
Karina's murky biography conveniently excises her father, allegedly he is of Kashmirian birth, at a young age. Courtesy of The Guardian:
"Kaif's rise to stardom could have been taken from a Bollywood plot. Born in Hong Kong, she moved as a child to the UK after her parents divorced. She has seven sisters. She grew up on old Hollywood classics like Casablanca and her first experience of Bollywood came with Channel 4's annual Bollywood season."
It may be less scientific but watch a movie with Katrina in it. She couldn't be any more English if she tried. Katrina Turquotte, indeed,
