Kajol
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| Kajol Devgan | |
| Born | August 5, 1975 (age 31) Mumbai, India |
| Years active | 1992 - 2001,2006 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Ajay Devgan |
| Filmfare Awards | |
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| Best Actress: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1996) Best Villiain: Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) Best Actress South: Minsaara Kanavu (1997) Best Actress: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) Best Actress: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) Best Actress: Fanaa (2006) |
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Kajol Devgan, née Mukherjee (Bengali: কাজল দেবগন Kajol Debgôn, Marathi: काजोल देवगण, IPA: [kāɟol], ITRANS: kAjol), born August 5, 1975 in Mumbai, India) popularly known as Kajol, is a six-time Filmfare Award winning Bollywood popular actress.
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[edit] Background
Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family (film)
Kajol comes from a family with a long history in Indian cinema. Her mother Tanuja is a Marathi/Hindi actress; Her father is Shomu Mukherjee. He is Bengali. Kajol has many cousins of which Rani Mukerji, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also part of the industry. Her aunt Nutan, grandmother Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother Rattan Bai have all been influential figures in the Bollywood film industry. Her younger sister Tanisha Mukherjee recently started a film career. Her uncles are Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee.
Kajol's paternal grandfather Sashadhar Mukherjee was a film director and producer who had left a great achievement in the Bombay film industry. His wife Satirani Devi, Kajol's grandmother, was the sister of three great film personalities, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Kajol is of Bengali-Marathi descent and married to a Punjabi Ajay Devgan and they have a daughter names Nysa.
[edit] Career
She left school and started her career at the age of seventeen. Her debut film was Bekhudi in 1992. It was not a great success at the box office. However, she went on to appear in many other films which eventually became a great box office success.
By Bollywood standards, Kajol has not appeared in many movies since her debut. From 1992 to 2006, she has acted in only twenty-six movies. This would be considered a full resume by non-Indian actresses, but in Mumbai, this is minimal exposure. Many of these movies have been indifferent performers at the box office -- however, she has also starred in some of Bollywood's most successful movies. The 1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge has been so popular that, as of 2006, it is still showing in a Mumbai cinema, an eleven-year continuous run.
In 1997 she starred in Gupt: The Hidden Truth which was one of the highest grossing films of the year and she became the first female actor to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award, for her performance. She also appeared in one Tamil film titled Minsaara Kanavu that same year. She is also the first actress to receive the same award for the same film from the Zee Cine Awards in 1998.
She also made a successful screen couple with Ajay Devgan (whom she would later marry) in movies such as Ishq (1997) and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998).
After the successful Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001, for which she won several Best Actress Awards, she took a break from acting for five years. (With one exception -- she did make a special guest appearance, lasting only a few seconds, in the 2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho). Her daughter Nysa was born during this period.
She made a comeback in the film Fanaa in 2006, for which she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and became one of the highest grossing films of the year. Later that year she made a brief appearance in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in the song "Rock n' Roll Soniye" which released in August 2006.
[edit] Television
In 2005, she appeared on the TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati (the Indian version of Who wants to be a millionaire?) hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. She was paired with her husband Ajay Devgan. They won 1 crore (10 million) rupees and donated them to a cancer hospital in Chennai. She has also appeared on Indian Idol, seasons one and two, as a guest judge.
She also appeared on her best friend Karan Johar's talk show Koffee with Karan with one of her other friends Shahrukh Khan on the first episode. The show was full of fun as the dynamic trio charmed the audience. Back again with Season 2 of Koffee with Karan, Karan's first episode started with a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai reunion. After almost a decade since his directoral debut Karan invited his two best friends Shahrukh and Kajol again for the episode. Along side them came Kajol's cousin Rani Mukerjee.
[edit] Personal life
Kajol married actor Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999. She is the mother of a baby girl, Nysa, who was born in April 2003.
[edit] Popular Awards
[edit] Filmfare Awards
- 1995, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- 1997, Filmfare Best Villain Award, Gupt: The Hidden Truth
- 1997, Filmfare Best Actress Award South, Minsaara Kanavu
- 1998, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 2001, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2006, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Fanaa
[edit] Star Screen Awards
- 1998, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Dushman
- 2002, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2002, Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, with co-star Shahrukh Khan for the film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
[edit] Zee Cine Awards
- 1998, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role, Gupt: The Hidden Truth
- 1999, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 2002, Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance- Female, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2007, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Fanaa
[edit] Other Awards
- 1995, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies), Udhaar Ki Zindagi http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/199558.htm
- 1999, Aashirwad Awards Best Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 1999, Bollywood Awards Best Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 1999, Sansui Viewers' Choice Awards Best Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- 2002, Bollywood Awards Best Actress Award, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2002, Sansui Viewers' Choice Awards Best Actress Award, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2002, 5th Annual Rajiv Gandhi Award, Excellence in active field
- 2002, Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films, Best Actress, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- 2006, Radio Sargam Bollywood Awards Best Actress Award, Fanaa
- 2006, 3rd Annual Hawaa Productions Ltd. Motion Picture Awards Winners, Best Actress Award, Fanaa
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 2007 | Main Tum Aur Hum | Announced [1] | |
| 2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Special appearance in song Rock N Roll Soniye | |
| 2006 | Fanaa | Zooni Ali Beg | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 2003 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Special appearance in song Maahi Ve | |
| 2001 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham | Anjali Sharma Raichand | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 2001 | Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi | Tina/Sweety Khanna | Double role |
| 2000 | Raju Chacha | Anna | |
| 1999 | Hote Hote Pyar Hogaya | Pinky | |
| 1999 | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte | Megha | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1999 | Dil Kya Kare | Nandita Rai | |
| 1998 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Anjali Sharma | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1998 | Dushman | Sonia/Naina Saigal | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1998 | Duplicate | Girl at train station | Guest appearance |
| 1998 | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | Muskaan Thakur | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1998 | Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha | Sanjana | |
| 1997 | Ishq | Kajal | |
| 1997 | Minsaara Kanavu | Priya | Tamil film (Sapnay is the Hindi version) Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award South |
| 1997 | Gupt: The Hidden Truth | Isha Diwan | Winner, Filmfare Best Villain Award |
| 1997 | Hamesha | Rani Sharma/Reshma | |
| 1996 | Bambai Ka Babu | Neha | |
| 1995 | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Simran Singh | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1995 | Gundaraj | Ritu | |
| 1995 | Taaqat | Kavita | |
| 1995 | Hulchul | Sharmili | |
| 1995 | Karan Arjun | Sonia Saxena | |
| 1994 | Yeh Dillagi | Sapna | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| 1994 | Udhaar Ki Zindagi | Sita | |
| 1993 | Baazigar | Priya Chopra | |
| 1992 | Bekhudi | Radhika |
[edit] Television appearances
- Koffee with Karan - 2007 (appeared February 11, 2007, in Episode #2.1 only)[2]
- The Manish Malhotra Show, 2006.
- Kaun Banega Crorepati, 2005.
- Koffee with Karan, 2004-2005 (appeared November 19, 2004 and May 27, 2005 in Episode#1.1 and Episode#1.24.
- Indian Idol, Season 1 and Season 2, Guest Judge for both seasons' Finals
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ India FM, Ajay to direct a film with Kajol, Retrieved 2006-12-29
- ^ starworld.indya.com. SRK, Rani & Kajol on Koffee With Karan. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Kajol at the Internet Movie Database
