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Kajol was born in
Mumbai of
Bengali-
Marathi descent. Her mother
Tanuja is an actress, while her late father
Shomu Mukherjee was a film director and producer. Her maternal aunt is the late actress
Nutan, with whom she holds the record for the most wins (five times) of the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and her maternal grandmother
Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother
Rattan Bai had both been involved in Hindi cinema.
Her paternal uncles are film producers;
Joy Mukherjee and
Deb Mukherjee. Kajol's paternal grandfather,
Sashadhar Mukherjee, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi, Kajol's paternal grandmother, was the sister of
Ashok Kumar,
Anoop Kumar and
Kishore Kumar. Kajol's cousins
Rani Mukerji,
Sharbani Mukherjee and
Mohnish Behl are also Bollywood actors; whereas her cousin
Ayan Mukerji is a director. Kajol's younger sister
Tanisha Mukherjee is also an actress.
Kajol married Bollywood actor
Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999. The couple have 2 children, a daughter named Nysa (born in 2003) and a son named Yug (born in 2010).
On April 10, 2008, Kajol's father died after suffering from a
cardiac arrest. His funeral was held the same day and was attended by other Bollywood personalities.
Career
Kajol left her school St. Josephs convent at Panchgani and started her career at the age of seventeen. Her debut film was 1992's
Bekhudi, which was a box office failure.
In 1993, she shot to fame with her second film,
Abbas-Mustan's thriller
Baazigar. The film saw her co-starring alongside
Shahrukh Khan, with whom she later went on to make a popular pairing in a number of films, all of which were box office successes.
Her first release in 1994,
Udhaar Ki Zindagi, was a box-office failure,
but her performance in the film won the
BFJA Best Actress Award. She next starred in her first collaboration with
Yash Raj Films, the romantic drama
Yeh Dillagi (1994). Her performance as Sapna, a strong dreamy girl who leaves her paternal home to make her own life in the big city, earned her a first nomination for
Best Actress at the
Filmfare Awards.
In 1995 Kajol appeared in the two biggest hits of the year in India. Her first release was
Rakesh Roshan's
Karan Arjun. The film, which dealt with
reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year.
While her next three releases that year failed commercially, her last release,
Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, the romance
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, was not only the biggest hit of that year, but one of Hindi cinema's most successful films.
In 2008, the film entered its twelfth year in
Mumbai theaters, grossing over 12
billion rupees overall, making it one of the biggest blockbusters in Bollywood.
[10] Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was also a major critical success; it won ten Filmfare Awards, and Kajol's performance as a young
NRI who falls for
Shahrukh Khan's character was praised, earning her a first
Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In 2005,
Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the
25 Must See Bollywood Films, citing it as a "trendsetter of sorts".
In that same year's retrospective review by
Rediff, Raja Sen stated "Aditya [Chopra] ... wisely picked Kajol to play Simran, the real-as-life actress bringing warmth and credulity to the initially prudish and reluctant Simran. Not to mention the on-screen chemistry that has become the stuff of legend."
Kajol had only one release in 1996,
Bambai Ka Babu, opposite Saif Ali Khan, which was a box office failure.
In 1997, Kajol starred in
Gupt: The Hidden Truth. Co-starring actors
Bobby Deol and
Manisha Koirala, the film was one of the highest grossing films of that year.
Apart from that, her performance was a significant development for female actors in Bollywood; she was the first female actor to win the
Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Her next film release that year was
Hameshaa. Like
Karan Arjun, the film dealt with reincarnation, but unlike the latter, it failed at the box office.
She next starred in her first
Tamil film,
Minsaara Kanavu. Her final release of that year was the romantic-comedy
Ishq, where she was paired with her then-future husband
Ajay Devgan. It performed well at the box office.
Kajol had further success in 1998, as she was the main lead starred in three of the year's biggest hits.
She first starred opposite
Salman Khan in the comedy
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya. The film was the fourth highest grossing film of the year. Her next release,
Dushman alongside
Sanjay Dutt, did moderately well at the box office. She had a double role in the film, and won her first
Star Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance. She next starred opposite Ajay Devgan in the romance
Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, which was the second biggest hit of that year. However, her biggest success that year came with her final release,
Karan Johar's directorial debut,
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which paired her again with Shahrukh Khan and went on to become the biggest hit of the year in both India and overseas.
She played the role of Anjali, a young college student who is secretly in love with her closest friend, and many years after breaking contact meets him again after the death of his wife. She won her second
Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance.
Kajol's first release in 1999 was the drama film
Dil Kya Kare. She played the supporting role of Nandita Rai, which was well received. She had a hit with her second release, the family drama
Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain. Starring alongside
Anil Kapoor, Kajol received another
Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare.
She had an unsuccessful year in 2000, as her only release that year,
Raju Chacha went unnoticed.
Kajol had only two films released in 2001. She first played a double role in the drama
Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi, which was a commercial failure. However, she reinvented her success in her second venture with
Karan Johar,
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, which was a major grosser in India and the top-grossing Indian production of all-time in the overseas market until 2006.
Kajol's role was that of Anjali, a young
Punjabi woman from
Delhi's market
Chandni Chowk, who falls for the rich Rahul, played by Shahrukh Khan. Her
comic-dramatic performance won her several awards, including her third
Filmfare Award for Best Actress and her second
Star Screen Award for Best Actress. Critic
Taran Adarsh wrote of her performance in the film, "Kajol is first-rate in the role of a typical Chandni Chowk lass. Her Punjabi dialect will win her immense praise."
The Hindu wrote, "Kajol ... steals the thunder from under very high noses indeed. With her precise timing and subtle lingering expression, she is a delight all the way."
This was Kajol's last collaboration with Khan until they would be cast again by Johar as a lead pair in early 2010.
Following the success of
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kajol took a sabbatical from full-time acting for five years. She gave birth to her daughter Nysa in 2003. She made a successful comeback in 2006 with
Kunal Kohli's drama
Fanaa, one of the highest grossing films of the year.
Portraying a blind
Kashmiri girl who falls in love with a Kashmiri terrorist (played by
Aamir Khan) in the film, she won her fourth
Filmfare Best Actress Award.
U, Me aur Hum, which released on 11 April 2008, marked her husband
Ajay Devgan's directorial debut. For her performance as an
Alzheimer's patient in the film, she received her tenth
Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. Raja Sen wrote in his review, "... Kajol ... can span through happy-breezy with her eyes closed, and so the first half doesn't even pose her a challenge, but when Alzheimer's strikes Piya and she begins to forget all that matters in her life, Kajol raises the bar strikingly high."
Kajol was recently seen alongside Shahrukh Khan in
Karan Johar's drama
My Name Is Khan, which is based on a true story, against the backdrop of perceptions on Islam post 11 September. Filming commenced in December 2008 in Los Angeles and ended in October 2009. Upon its release in February 2010, the film received mainly positive reviews from critics and became the
highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in the overseas market. Kajol's portrayal of Mandira, a divorced single mother who marries a Muslim
autistic man was praised by critics, with
Rajeev Masand writing, "Bringing emotional depth to what is essentially Rizwan's story, Kajol is immensely likeable as Mandira, using her eyes to convey volumes, topping the performance off with a powerful breakdown scene that literally puts her through the wringer."
Kajol won her fifth Best Actress award at the Filmfare, a record which she shares with her late aunt, actress
Nutan.
She next starred alongside
Kareena Kapoor and
Arjun Rampal in
We Are Family, an Indian adaptation of the Hollywood movie
Stepmom (1998). Directed by Siddharth Malhotra,
Hindustan Times critic Mayank Shekhar stated, "The premise is stuff dry tissues are made for. Yet, the pathos here is produced not from moments, but from performances alone: a stunning Kajol’s in particular. She appears superior to Susan Sarandon, I suspect."
Her next film,
Toonpur Ka Superhero, a live-action/animated film, was released in December 2010.
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