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Kajol Biography

Kajol Devgan popularly known as Kajol, is a six-time award-winning popular Bollywood actress. Kajol made her acting debut with Bekhudi (1992) and had her first hit with her second film Baazigar (1993) along with Shahrukh Khan, with whom she later went to deliver some of the biggest Bollywood hits like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Her performances in both the films were praised and earned her two Filmfare Best Actress Awards. After the successful Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham released in 2001, she took a sabbatical from full time acting for five years. She made a successful comeback with Kunal Kohli's Fanaa (2006), for which she received her fourth Best Actress award at the Filmfare ceremony.During her career years, she has been part of many critically and commercially successful films, and is regarded as one of India's most successful actresses.

Her mother Tanuja is a Marathi/Hindi actress whilst her father Shomu Mukherjee is a film producer.Late maternal aunt Nutan is the record holder for the most (five times) Filmfare awards for an actress. Late maternal grandmother Shobhna Samarth and great grandmother Rattan Bai had both been influential figures in the early Bollywood film industry.Her paternal uncles are also film producers; Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee. Kajol's 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 paternal grandmother, was the sister of three great film personalities, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Kajol's cousins Rani Mukerji, Sharbani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl are also Bollywood actors. Kajol's younger sister Tanisha Mukherjee has recently started a film career.Kajol is now married to Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan and has a daughter named Nysa, which means Goddess of purity. Kajol left school and started her career at the age of seventeen. Although her debut film, Bekhudi (1992) wasn't a great success at the box office, her performance was noticed and she went on to become a successful actress with many box office hits to her credit.

In 1993, she shot to fame with her second film Baazigar, which was her first major hit. She went on to make a popular pairing with her Baazigar co-star, Shahrukh Khan in Karan Arjun (1995), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was so well received that, as of April 2007, it continues to show in a Mumbai cinema for eleven continuous years. Devgan's performance was praised and she received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award.In 1997 she starred in Gupt: The Hidden Truth, which was one of the highest grossing films of that year.Her performance was a significant development for female actors in Bollywood; she was the first female actor to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her second Filmfare Best Actress Award was received for her performance in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which was the biggest hit of that year.She also made a successful screen couple with husband Ajay Devgan 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 including her third Filmfare Best Actress Award, she took a sabbatical from full time acting for five years. She gave birth to her daughter Nysa in 2003. A few months after her delivery, she made a brief cameo appearance in the 2003 film Kal Ho Naa Ho.

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Kajol Filmography

U, Me Aur Hum (2008) (filming)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) (uncredited) .... Piano dancer
Fanaa (2006) .... Zooni Z. Baig

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Krazzy 4 and U, Me Aur Hum comes with happiness and sorrow too

Krazzy 4 and U, Me Aur Hum comes with happiness and sorrow too The release of the movies Krazzy 4 and U, Me Aur Hum came with happiness for the movie makers but something disappointing was attached to both the movies. The movie Krazzy 4 was facing legal hassles when the movie was to get released [...]

Movie Review: U Me Aur Hum

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Rock and Roll family attended by Bollywood stars

Rock and Roll family attended by Bollywood stars The small screen reality show based on signing and dancing of family together, Rock and Roll family will be doing a holi episode in which the Bollywood stars like Suniel Shetty, Sameera Reddy and Tusshar Kapoor will attend the show. The show is judged by Kajol Devgan, Ajay [...]

Rock and Roll -new reality show

Rock and Roll -new reality show The new Reality show called Rock and Roll is getting hugely promoted by the Channel Zee. The show is based on dance performance on stage by 3 generations of a family and the 12 groups of candidates will be judged by Kajol, Ajay Devgan ,Tanuja and audience watching the show.

Music Review: U Me Aur Hum

Music Review: U Me Aur Hum Vishal Bhardwaj takes in Munna Dhiman as lyricist to compose the music for the movie U Me Aur Hum. The movie U Me Aur Hum is based on married couple and romance and the music will play a vital role in bringing out the effect of the movie. [...]

Movie Preview: U Me Aur Hum

Movie Preview: U Me Aur Hum Banner: Devgan Entertainment Software Ltd. Shooting Studios: Filmistan Producer: Ajay Devgan Director: Ajay Devgan Star Cast:Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Karan Khanna, Isha Sharwani, Sumeet Raghavan, Rituparna Sengupta, Sarika, Divya Dutta Music Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Cinematography: Aseem Bajaj Choreography: Ashley Lobo Editor: Dharmendra Sharma Screenplay: Sutanu Gupta, Akash Khurana, Robin Bhatt Sound: Rakesh Ranjan Dialogue: Ashwani Dheer Story Writer: Robin Bhatt The movie U [...]

U, Me Aur Hum gets promoted at Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

U, Me Aur Hum gets promoted at Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The movie U, Me Aur Hum will show the couple Kajol and Ajay Devgan together against on the screen and Ajay and Kajol are busy promoting their movie U, Me Aur Hum. Tanisha also joined the couple to promote the movie and lead [...]

Music release of U, Me Aur Hum

Music release of U, Me Aur Hum The music of the movie U, Me Aur Hum was released in Mumbai and the casts and crew of the movie were present at the release function. The movie casts Kajol and Ajay Devgan and both attended the music release ceremony.

Ajay will be playing animated Superhero

Ajay will be playing animated Superhero The muhurat of the movie Toonpur Ka Superhero was shot by Ajay Devgan, who started the shoot for his animated action movie in which he is playing a superhero. Kajol will be playing the lead actress of the movie and she said that her daughter loved animated characters and so [...]

U, Me Aur Hum: Movie Overview

U, Me Aur Hum: Movie Overview Director: Ajay Devgan Producer: Ajay Devgan Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Divya Dutta, Sumeet Raghvan, Karan Khanna, Isha Shravani Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Lyrics: Munna Dhiman Dialogues: Ashwani Dheer Story / Written by: Robin Bhatt, Sutanu Gupta, Akarsh Khurana The couple Ajay Devgan and Kajol is coming together again from a movie called U, Me Aur Hum. The [...]

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