This Article is From Jun 30, 2015

This is What Kareena and Abhishek Looked Like at Refugee Premiere 15 Years Ago

This is What Kareena and Abhishek Looked Like at Refugee Premiere 15 Years Ago

A poster of Refugee featuring Abhishek and Kareena.

New Delhi: Actors Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan made their debuts in director JP Dutta's cross-border drama Refugee 15 years ago, on June 30, 2000. They were 20 and 24, respectively, at the time and the film was one of the year's most anticipated, being as it was the launch pad of the next generation of two of Bollywood's leading families - the Kapoors and the Bachchans.

Twitter is celebrating with hashtags and trends and what not, but we have something better. NDTV was at the premiere of the movie all those years ago, and we found these pictures for you.

Kareena and Abhishek, both looking very young, posed together for the photographers. Kareena wore a chartreuse outfit, her hair and make-up very simple. The days of size zero and couture were clearly still some years away.



Kareena was photographed hugging her father Randhir Kapoor. Abhishek, in black, trailed mother Jaya Bachchan through the crowd.



Proud fathers Amitabh Bachchan and Randhir Kapoor, co-stars from films like Pukar and Kasme Vaade, congratulated each other.



Abhishek's sister Shweta was also at the premiere, wearing white like mother Jaya.



Refugee co-stars Sunil Shetty and Jackie Shroff were also at the premiere.



As were lyricist Javed Akhtar and composer Anu Malik. The music of the film won National Awards, even though the movie itself was received less warmly at the box office and by critics than its cast and crew must have hoped.



Other guests included Akshaye Khanna, who was to co-stars with Abhishek and Kareena in JP Dutta's LOC Kargil; Subhash Ghai who would direct Kareena in Yaadein soon; and Karan Johar, who had directed Kuch Kuch Hota Hai just two years before.



Refugee starred Kareena as Bangladeshi Muslim Nazneen travelling through India to Pakistan, and Abhishek as the unnamed Refugee who helps her.
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