Kajol made her acting debut at the age of seventeen in the year 1992 for a romantic drama called the ' Bekhudi' opposite to Kamal Sadanah . Her mother Tanuja who is also in the film played her mother's role. Although the film turned out to be a Box-office flop, Kajol's performance wa .. Read More
Kajol made her acting debut at the age of seventeen in the year 1992 for a romantic drama called the ' Bekhudi' opposite to Kamal Sadanah . Her mother Tanuja who is also in the film played her mother's role. Although the film turned out to be a Box-office flop, Kajol's performance was noticed and she signed a Romantic Thriller film 'Bazigar' in 1993 by Abbas Mustan which emerged as a major commercial success , inspired by the English film, A kiss before Dying. She co-starred with ShahRukh Khan and thereafter did many films in collaboration with Shahrukh Khan. In 1994, Kajol featured in the melodrama film Udhaar Ki Zindagi as the granddaughter of Jeetendra and Moushumi. The film was a remake of a Telegu film and failed to do well at the Box office. Though Kajol's role was and performance received praise and she subsequently won the BFJA Award for Best Actress. She earned public recognition with Yash Raj Films and each of her films were super hits , whether it was Yeh Dillagi opposite to Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali. The success of this film proved a breakthrough for Kajol and her performance in the film fetched her the first Best Actress nomination at the Annual Filmfare Awards and there after she climbed the ladder of success. She rose to prominence by playing the lead female roles in several romantic films including Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ) in 1995, The film eventually emerged as the second highest grossing film of the year.In 1988, Pyar To Hona Hi Tha in 1993, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 . Kajol earned critical acclaim for playing her double role in the film Gupt and psychological thriller Dushman. In 1995, Kajol also starred in two major commercial blockbuster and successful films, Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun Kajol,s next three releases Taaqat, Hulchul and Gundaraj failed to do well commercially and the latter two were opposite to her future husband Ajay Devgn. Kajol's firth and final release that year DDLJ was not only the biggest commercial successful film but also one of the highest grossing films of all times in India. The film earned a worldwide gross of 1.23 billion Rs. at the time of its release and has been continuously running in Mumbai theatres ever since. It won her ten Filmfare Awards and her performance as the foreign returned Simran from London was praised and was considered as a trendsetter of sorts. Not to mention Shahrukh Khan and Kajol's on screen chemistry that had become a stuff of the legend. In 1996 she played a role opposite to Saif Ali Khan for the film Bambai ka Babu which failed miserably and was a commercial disaster. Kajol's matured role in the film Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain emerged as a critical and commercial success, starring with Anil Kapoor for which she received another Best Actress nomination at the filmfare ceremony . She did several films in this period and established herself as a leading actress of contemporary Hindi Cinema by featuring in three of the top grossing productions in the year 1998. Kajol starred opposite to her husband Ajay Devgn in a romantic film remake of the film ' French Kiss .and won the nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards night for her role in the film, ' Pyar to Hona Hi Tha. While she was giving films that were hit one after another , she emerged as the female superstar for her role in the multi star block buster, ' Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and ' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, both these films won the worldwide Rs. 1 billion . Kajol is listed as on the top of Indian Cinema for ' 80 most Iconic performances, for the films that are few woman-centered films to emerge as a commercial success in India. Following the success of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kajol took a sabbatical from full time acting and was selective in her roles and her decision to do so was to start a family and concentrate on her children. Kajol returned in 2006 and said she had never retired and had only taken a break for a few years.. Her film ' Fanaa' was her comeback and the film emerged as a major box-office success with worldwide grossing over a Billion Rupee the film in which she portrays of a blind girl. Kajol still has the ability to light up the screen with ease , making each of her roles stand out that leaves her audience asking for more and continue to give her the title of a leading lady in the Indian Film Cinema. In 2010 her much acclaimed role in My Name is Khan won her the fifth Filmfare Awards in the Best Actress Category. And the film that followed was her starrer in U Me Aur Hum as a woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease, opposite to Ajay Devgn, her participation in this project earned her positive critical reviews and the review said that Kajol completely comes into her own here as a superb actress for which she won the nomination for the Best Actress. Her film , My Name is Khan opposite to Shahrukh Khan a film based on the counter-terrorism drama on the ethnic profiling and discrimination faced by American Muslims post 9/11. got her highly positive reviews and the film emerged as an International success with a worldwide gross of Rs.2 billion . Kajol in the film as Mandira tops her performance with a powerful breakdown scene that literally puts her through the wringer. Kajol won her fifth Best Actress Award at the Filmfare Awards, thereafter sharing the record of the most Best Actress Wins with her deceased Aunt Nutan. Her role as the cancer patient and a mother of two children in the film We are Family an official adoption of the Hollywood film , Stepmom . Yet the pathos here is produced not from the moments, but from the performances alone a stunning Kajol's role in the film is considered superior in comparison to Susan Sarandon of the original film Stepmom, Though the film was well appreciated and gained popularity, the film was critical and commercial failure and Kajol received negative reviews for playing that role that provided her no scope to perform unlike her earlier films which gave her the fame, name and stability to be on the Top in the film industry. After portraying leading roles in a series of family drama, Kajol showed versatility as an actress and subsequently got noted in the Media for her unconventional approach in selecting projects. Her acting style is described as being Natural.
