Kajol Biography
Kajol was born on 5th August 1974 in Mumbai to Tanuja Samart a popular Indian actress and Shomu Mukherjee, a Bengali writer, producer and director. She is Marathi from her maternal side and Bengali from her paternal side. Names of her paternal uncles are Deb Mukherjee and Joy Mukherjee who are film producers by profession and her paternal grandfather name is Sashadhar Mukherjee who was a film maker. Kajol’s paternal grandmother was Satirani Devi who was sister of Anoop Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Her cousins Mohnish Behl, Sharbani Mukherjee and Rani Mukherjee also work in Bollywood, whereas Ayan Mukherjee her cousin is a director.
Tanisha Mukherjee is her younger sister who is also a Bollywood actress. Nutan one of the legendary actress in Indian film industry is her maternal aunt with whom Kajol holds record for winning five times the award for Filmfare Best Actress Award. Ratan Bai her maternal great grandmother and Shobhna Samarth her grandmother were both involved in Hindi film industry. Her father Shomu Mukherjee died on 10th April 2008 due to cardiac arrest.
Kajol was awarded Padma Shri by the government of India for her involvement and contribution to Indian Film Industry. Kajol got married to Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan on 24th February 1999. They dated each other for many years before deciding to tie the knot. They have two lovely children, one daughter named Nysa born in 2003 and son called Yug born in 2010.
Kajol studied from St. Josephs convent in Panchgani and at the age of seventeen she began her acting career. Her first movie was Bekhudi which was released in the year 1992; however the movie was a box office failure. Over the years Kajol has worked in many super hit movies with big film houses and talented co-stars. She is considered as the most natural and talented actress in Indian film industry.
Kajol Movies
1992 - Bekhudi (Co-Stars: Kamal Sadanah)
1993 - Baazigar (Co-Stars: Sushant Ray, Johnny Lever, Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Dalip Tahil, Raakhee)
1994 - Yeh Dillagi (Co-Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Kajol)
1995 - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Parmeet Sethi, Satish Shah, Mandira Bedi)
1995 - Karan Arjun (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Amrish Puri, Raakhee)
1995 - Taaqat (Co-Stars: Vikas Bhalla)
1997 - Gupt (Co-Stars: Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Raj Babbar, Om Puri, Priya Tendulkar)
1997 - Hamesha (Co-Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Aruna Irani )
1997 - Ishq (Co-Stars: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajay Devgan, Dalip Tahil )
1997 - Sapnay (Co-Stars: Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva)
1998 - Dushman (Co-Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Jas Arora, Ashutosh Rana, Tanvi Azmi )
1998 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Co-Stars: Reema Lagoo, Archana Puran Singh, Himani Shivpuri, Johnny Lever, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Salman Khan)
1998 - Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (Co-Stars: Salman Khan)
1998 - Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (Co-Stars: Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Anjala Zhaveri, Dharmendra, Kiran Kumar, Kunika)
1998 - Pyar To Hona Hi Tha (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan)
1999 - Dil Kya Kare (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan, Mahima Chaudhary, Chandrachur Singh)
1999 - Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya (Co-Stars: Jackie Shroff, Atul Agnihotri, Ayesha Jhulka)
1999 - Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (Co-Stars: Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher)
2000 - Raju Chacha (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan)
2001 - Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor)
2001 - Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (Co-Stars: Sunil Shetty)
2008 - Haal-E-Dil (Co-Stars: Amita Pathak, Nakuul Mehta, Adhyayan Suman)
2010 - My Name Is Khan (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Jimmy Shergill )
2010 - We Are Family (Co-Stars: Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor)
Aayesha Takia | Aditi Gowariker | Aishwarya Rai | Amisha Patel | Amrita Arora | Amrita Rao | Antara Mali | Anushka Sharma | Asha Parekh | Asin | Bhoomika Chawla | Bipasha Basu | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Deepti Bhatnagar | Diana Hayden | Dimple Kapadia | Divya Bharati | Diya Mirza | Esha Deol | Freida Pinto | Gauri Karnik | Gayatri Joshi | Genelia Dsouza | Gracy Singh | Hema Malini | Hrishita Bhatt | Isha Koppikar | Jaya Bachchan | Jiah Khan | Juhi Babbar | Juhi Chawla | Kajol | Kangna Ranaut | Kareena Kapoor | Karishma Kapoor | Kashmira Shah | Katrina Kaif | Kim Sharma | Kirti Reddy | Koena Mitra | Konkona Sen | Lara Dutta | Madhubala | Madhuri Dixit | Mahima Chaudhary | Mala Sinha | Malaika Arora | Mallika Sherawat | Mandakini | Mandira Bedi | Manisha Koirala | Meena Kumari | Meenakshi Seshadhri | Minisha Lambaa | Mumtaz | Namrata Shirodkar | Nandita Das | Nargis | Neetu Singh | Neha | Neha Dhupia | Nigar Khan | Nutan | Parveen Babi | Payal Rohatgi | Perizaad Zorabia | Pooja Batra | Pooja Bedi | Pooja Bhatt | Poonam Dhillon | Prachi Desai | Preeti Jhangiani | Preity Zinta | Priya Gill | Priyanka Chopra | Raima Sen | Rakhee | Rambha | Rani Mukherjee | Raveena Tandon | Reema Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Rinke Khanna | Riya Sen | Sadhana | Sameera Reddy | Sandali Sinha | Shabana Azmi | Shamita Shetty | Sharmila Tagore | Shilpa Shetty | Shweta Menon | Smita Patil | Soha Ali Khan | Sonal Chauhan | Sonali Bendre | Sonali Kulkarni | Sonam Kapoor | Sridevi | Suman Ranganathan | Sushmita Sen | Tabu | Tanisha Mukherjee | Tanushree Dutta | Tara Sharma | Tina Munim | Twinkle Khanna | Udita Goswami | Urmila Matondkar | Vaijantimala | Vidya Balan | Waheeda Rehman | Zeenat Aman
Tanisha Mukherjee is her younger sister who is also a Bollywood actress. Nutan one of the legendary actress in Indian film industry is her maternal aunt with whom Kajol holds record for winning five times the award for Filmfare Best Actress Award. Ratan Bai her maternal great grandmother and Shobhna Samarth her grandmother were both involved in Hindi film industry. Her father Shomu Mukherjee died on 10th April 2008 due to cardiac arrest.
Kajol was awarded Padma Shri by the government of India for her involvement and contribution to Indian Film Industry. Kajol got married to Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan on 24th February 1999. They dated each other for many years before deciding to tie the knot. They have two lovely children, one daughter named Nysa born in 2003 and son called Yug born in 2010.
Kajol studied from St. Josephs convent in Panchgani and at the age of seventeen she began her acting career. Her first movie was Bekhudi which was released in the year 1992; however the movie was a box office failure. Over the years Kajol has worked in many super hit movies with big film houses and talented co-stars. She is considered as the most natural and talented actress in Indian film industry.
Kajol Movies
1992 - Bekhudi (Co-Stars: Kamal Sadanah)
1993 - Baazigar (Co-Stars: Sushant Ray, Johnny Lever, Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Dalip Tahil, Raakhee)
1994 - Yeh Dillagi (Co-Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Kajol)
1995 - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Parmeet Sethi, Satish Shah, Mandira Bedi)
1995 - Karan Arjun (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Amrish Puri, Raakhee)
1995 - Taaqat (Co-Stars: Vikas Bhalla)
1997 - Gupt (Co-Stars: Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Raj Babbar, Om Puri, Priya Tendulkar)
1997 - Hamesha (Co-Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Aruna Irani )
1997 - Ishq (Co-Stars: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajay Devgan, Dalip Tahil )
1997 - Sapnay (Co-Stars: Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva)
1998 - Dushman (Co-Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Jas Arora, Ashutosh Rana, Tanvi Azmi )
1998 - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Co-Stars: Reema Lagoo, Archana Puran Singh, Himani Shivpuri, Johnny Lever, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Salman Khan)
1998 - Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (Co-Stars: Salman Khan)
1998 - Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (Co-Stars: Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Anjala Zhaveri, Dharmendra, Kiran Kumar, Kunika)
1998 - Pyar To Hona Hi Tha (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan)
1999 - Dil Kya Kare (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan, Mahima Chaudhary, Chandrachur Singh)
1999 - Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya (Co-Stars: Jackie Shroff, Atul Agnihotri, Ayesha Jhulka)
1999 - Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (Co-Stars: Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher)
2000 - Raju Chacha (Co-Stars: Ajay Devgan)
2001 - Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor)
2001 - Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (Co-Stars: Sunil Shetty)
2008 - Haal-E-Dil (Co-Stars: Amita Pathak, Nakuul Mehta, Adhyayan Suman)
2010 - My Name Is Khan (Co-Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Jimmy Shergill )
2010 - We Are Family (Co-Stars: Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor)
Aayesha Takia | Aditi Gowariker | Aishwarya Rai | Amisha Patel | Amrita Arora | Amrita Rao | Antara Mali | Anushka Sharma | Asha Parekh | Asin | Bhoomika Chawla | Bipasha Basu | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Deepti Bhatnagar | Diana Hayden | Dimple Kapadia | Divya Bharati | Diya Mirza | Esha Deol | Freida Pinto | Gauri Karnik | Gayatri Joshi | Genelia Dsouza | Gracy Singh | Hema Malini | Hrishita Bhatt | Isha Koppikar | Jaya Bachchan | Jiah Khan | Juhi Babbar | Juhi Chawla | Kajol | Kangna Ranaut | Kareena Kapoor | Karishma Kapoor | Kashmira Shah | Katrina Kaif | Kim Sharma | Kirti Reddy | Koena Mitra | Konkona Sen | Lara Dutta | Madhubala | Madhuri Dixit | Mahima Chaudhary | Mala Sinha | Malaika Arora | Mallika Sherawat | Mandakini | Mandira Bedi | Manisha Koirala | Meena Kumari | Meenakshi Seshadhri | Minisha Lambaa | Mumtaz | Namrata Shirodkar | Nandita Das | Nargis | Neetu Singh | Neha | Neha Dhupia | Nigar Khan | Nutan | Parveen Babi | Payal Rohatgi | Perizaad Zorabia | Pooja Batra | Pooja Bedi | Pooja Bhatt | Poonam Dhillon | Prachi Desai | Preeti Jhangiani | Preity Zinta | Priya Gill | Priyanka Chopra | Raima Sen | Rakhee | Rambha | Rani Mukherjee | Raveena Tandon | Reema Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Rinke Khanna | Riya Sen | Sadhana | Sameera Reddy | Sandali Sinha | Shabana Azmi | Shamita Shetty | Sharmila Tagore | Shilpa Shetty | Shweta Menon | Smita Patil | Soha Ali Khan | Sonal Chauhan | Sonali Bendre | Sonali Kulkarni | Sonam Kapoor | Sridevi | Suman Ranganathan | Sushmita Sen | Tabu | Tanisha Mukherjee | Tanushree Dutta | Tara Sharma | Tina Munim | Twinkle Khanna | Udita Goswami | Urmila Matondkar | Vaijantimala | Vidya Balan | Waheeda Rehman | Zeenat Aman