Zareen Khan on comparisons with Katrina Kaif: ‘People of this industry didn’t give me chance to prove my individuality’

Zareen Khan said that comparisons with Katrina Kaif ‘backfired’ on her career as the film industry didn’t give her a chance to prove her individuality. The actor during a recent ‘Ask me Anything‘ session on Reddit, also said that she was ‘literally like a lost child’ during her early years in Bollywood as she didn’t come from a filmy background. Also read: Zareen Khan weighed over 100kg in college, was body-shaming when she entered film industry

Zareen Khan also said that initially she was ‘really happy being compared to Katrina’. She said she was a fan of the actor, and found her to be ‘really pretty’. Zareen had made her acting debut with the 2010 film Veer. She was one of the newcomers launched by Salman Khan. She was instantly compared to Katrina, who had worked in several films with Salman by then, such as Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005) and Partner (2007).

On comparisons with Katrina Kaif

A person asked Zareen on Reddit, “People compared you a lot with Katrina Kaif in your early days in Bollywood. How did it make you feel and did it have any impact on your career?”

To which, the actor replied, “So when I entered this industry, I was literally like a lost child, since I don’t come from a filmy background. So it made me feel really happy being compared to Katrina as I was her fan too, and found her really pretty. But it backfired on my career as the people of this industry didn’t give me a chance to prove my individuality.”

Zareen Khan’s career

Apart from Hindi films, Zareen has also appeared in Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil films. After her first film Veer, in which she featured alongside Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff, Zareen was seen in the 2012 comedy Housefull 2. She has acted in Hate Story 3 (2015) and the Telugu film Chanakya.

She was also seen in the 2014 Punjabi film Jatt James Bond. Directed by Rohit Jugraj, the film also featured Gippy Grewal, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Yashpal Sharma. It was Zareen’s first Punjabi film.