Kajol (birth name Kajol Mukherjee and full name Kajol Devgan) was born on August 5, 1975 in Mumbai, India. She is an award-winning popular Bollywood actress.

Biography and Career :

She is the daughter of the famous actors from Bollywood: Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee. With the help of her parents Kajol debuted at the age of sixteen in her film career with the movie Bekhudi and she was appreciated. In the next year, in 1993 she returned on the big screen with the heart-stopping thriller "Baazigar" near Shahrukh Khan.

After she appeared in other Bollywood productions she had her really big success in 1995 with Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which brought her a Filmfare Best Actress Award and put her next to the bigge st names at Bollywood.

In 1996 she made only one movie Bambai Ka Babu, opposite Saif Ali Khan, but this was a big failure. The next success movie of her was realized in 1997 and it was a romantic musical "Minsaara Kanavu" which brought her another Filmfare Best Actress Award.

In the same year she appeared in a dark role in Gupt: The Hidden Truth and she was appreciated again for her talent. In 1998 was again awarded with Best Actress honors from the Star Screen Awards for her twin sisters role in "Dushman".

Her terrific acting in "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" was very awarded in 1999 with the best actress honors from the Filmfare Awards, the Zee Cine Awards, the Aashirwad Awards, the Bollywood Awards, and the Sansui Viewers’ Choice Awards.

On February 24, 1999 she married with Ajay Devgan so her family became her priority and two years after this she shocked the Indian film world with her retirement. She has a daughter named Nyasa. In 2006 decided to return on the big screen with "Fanaa" a great movie about a woman who ventures into the world on her own for the very first time.

Trivia :

- Height: 157cm
- Her trademark is her uni-brow.
- She is the niece of Nutan Behl.
- She played in five movies with Shah Rukh Khan and all of them were block busters.

Quotes :

- "I'd rather have people watch me on screen than know me in person."

- "I don't like this celebrity stuff at all. I treat acting purely as a profession."

Filmography :

- Tashan (2008) (filming)
- U, Me Aur Hum (2008) (post-production)
- Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) (uncredited)
- Fanaa (2006)
- Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) (uncredited)
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)
- Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001)
- Raju Chacha (2000)
- Hote Hote Pyar Hogaya (1999)
- Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999)
- Dil Kya Kare (1999)
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
- Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998)
- Dushman (1998)
- Duplicate (1998)
- Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)
- Ishq (1997)
- Minsaara Kanavu (1997)
- Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)
- Hamesha (1997)
- Sapnay (1997)
- Bambai Ka Babu (1996)
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
- Gundaraj (1995)
- Hulchul (1995)
- Taaqat (1995)
- Karan Arjun (1995)
- Yeh Dillagi (1994)
- Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994)
- Baazigar (1993)
- Bekhudi (1992).

Other Actors/Actresses from Bollywood :

Karisma Kapoor

Antara Mali

Rani Mukherjee

Bipasha Basu

Amisha Patel

Aarti Chabria

Aishwarya Rai

Aamir Khan

_{Kajol Image : bizhat.com}

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Tags: 1975, mumbai, india, actress, bollywood, awards, minsaara kanavu, fanaa	[edit tags]

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Category: Actresses  - ( Actresses Archive)

Date Added: 24 August '09

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