page_title: Zareen Khan
section_title: 2010–2011: Film debut and early work
hierarchical_section_title: Zareen Khan / Career / 2010–2011: Film debut and early work
caption_attribution_description: English: Zarine Khan at the launch of Veer Libas Collection
context_page_description: Zareen Khan, also known as Zarine Khan, is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Hindi film industry, though has also appeared in Punjabi films.
  Zareen Khan made her screen debut with a leading role in the 2010 Anil Sharma's period film Veer co-starring with Salman Khan for which she was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. Khan garnered recognition from her item number "Character Dheela" in Ready, which was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2011. Khan earned commercial success in Bollywood with Sajid Khan's Housefull 2. The following year, Khan made her Tamil debut in the Tamil film Naan Rajavaga Pogiren, in which she did an item number in the song "Malgove".
  She achieved further success for her leading role in the 2014 romantic thriller Punjabi film Jatt James Bond, a box office success and followed it with a leading role in the highly successful Vishal Pandya's film Hate Story 3. In 2019, she made her Telugu debut with the action thriller film Chanakya.
context_section_description: Khan's acting career began while visiting the set of Yuvraj at Subhash Ghai's film school Whistling Woods. Salman Khan noticed her and decided to cast her for his friend Anil Sharma's film Veer because, he said, "She looks the character – the sweet princess she is playing in Veer". After a screen test, Khan was given the lead role of Princess Yashodhara. She gained eight kilograms in order to be more convincing as a 19th-century princess. The film revolves around the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British. Veer did not do well at the Box office; however, her performance received mix reviews from both critics and public. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama observed that "Zarine resembles Katrina Kaif, but wears one expression all through". Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India concluded that "Zarine is unimpressive". Rediff.com mentions that "Zarine is average". Critic Subhash K. Jha called her performance a "Zarine's charm adds to her adorable screen presence." Khan was nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.
  In 2011, Khan did the item number "Character Dheela" with Salman Khan in Anees Bazmee's Ready, parodying characters from Mughal-e-Azam, Sholay and Shri 420 and it was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011.
caption: Khan in 2010
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