Kareena Kapoor feels the audience refuses to realise her versatility; recognises her only as Poo or Geet: ‘I tried to break away from pout, still…’

“In a way, it has not allowed the audience to know my versatility. But directors have. I still have worked with Vishal Bhardwaj, Govind Nihalani, Mani Ratnam, down to my last film, Laal Singh Chadha, where I tried to prove and break away from this whole pop culture, pretty hot and tempting, the pout or whatever,” said Kareena.

But, she also lamented the fact that despite trying to break out from the image of Poo and Geet, she never succeeds. Kareena quoted the example of her film Chameli, which she did early on in her career. “I experimented with roles right from when I was 21. I did Chameli when I was 21. But people still want to go back to Poo or Geet. Omkara happened in the middle of that. I have won awards for it, and it was a role I feel I nailed. But when you talk about Omkara, you only talk about Langda Tyagi (played by Saif Ali Khan), and you still go back to Poo and Geet,” shared the actor.

Kareena also shared that she often asks Saif why people only associate her with Poo or Geet, and he reasons, “When people look at your face, they go back to, ‘She must be like that (like Poo or Geet) as a person.'” Kareena has started to believe, “Everyone thinks Poo and Geet means Bebo.”

Kareena Kapoor Khan was last seen in the Netflix film Jaane Jaan, along with Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat. Helmed by Sujoy Ghosh, the film was appreciated by viewers.