Her younger sister, Tanishaa, is also an actress. Her mother, Tanuja, is an actress, while her father Shomu Mukherjee was a film director and producer. Kajol was born in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) on 5 August 1974. Kajol said that Tanuja was her inspiration to be an actress. Kajol with her mother Tanuja (centre) and sister Tanishaa (right) at actress Esha Deol's wedding reception in 2012. Kajol has been married to the actor and filmmaker Ajay Devgn, with whom she has two children, since 1999. She has featured as a talent judge for the reality show Rock-N-Roll Family in 2008, and holds a managerial position at Devgn Entertainment and Software Ltd.

In addition to acting in films, Kajol is a social activist and noted for her work with widows and children. Her highest-grossing releases came with the comedy Dilwale (2015) and the period film Tanhaji (2020). She won two more Best Actress awards at Filmfare for starring in the romantic thriller Fanaa (2006) and the drama My Name Is Khan (2010). (2001), which won her a third Filmfare Award, Kajol took a sabbatical from full-time acting and worked infrequently over the next decades. She also gained critical appreciation for playing a psychopathic killer in Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) and an avenger in Dushman (1998).Īfter starring in the family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Starring roles with Khan in the top-grossing romances Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) established her as a leading star in the 1990s and earned her two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She subsequently quit her studies, and had commercial successes in Baazigar (1993), opposite Shah Rukh Khan, and Yeh Dillagi (1994). The daughter of Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made her acting debut with Bekhudi (1992) while still in school. In 2011, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Filmfare Awards, among which she shares the record for most Best Actress wins with her late aunt Nutan. Kajol Devgan ( née Mukherjee born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress.

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