The actress, unlike now, had a chubby and weighty past. From a very early age, she had been in the spotlight.
Kareena used to accompany her sister on the latter's film sets. It is there that she admits, her friendship with Salman Khan, and Saif Ali Khan began.
The actress was approached to star opposite Hrithik Roshan in his debut Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, but her mother Babita felt that the movie was a big launch for Hrithik Roshan, that might overshadow her daughter's career.