Kajol was born on 5 August 1974. She came from a Bengali family. His mother Tanuja has been an actress. Apart from this, his maternal grandmother Shobhana Samarth has also been an actress. Apart from this, his father Shomu Mukherjee has been a film producer.
Looking at the film background of the family, it could be guessed that Kajol would have wanted to act in films since childhood.
Kajol started her acting career in 1992 with the film Bekhudi. At that time Kajol was only 17 years old. His mother Tanuja also appeared with him in this film. But the film could not do well at the box office.
In the year 1993, Kajol was cast in Abbas Mustan’s film Baazigar opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film proved to be the fourth best film of that year in terms of earnings. This film not only gave recognition to Kajol but also introduced the pair of her and Shahrukh Khan to Bollywood. And later on this pair proved to be one of the best couples.
After this, Kajol appeared in several hit films one after the other with Shahrukh, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Karan Arjun, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai etc. Kajol won Filmfare Awards for her best performance in five films including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Fanaa, My Name is Khan.
Talking about Kajol’s personal life, a very interesting anecdote is associated with her name. Kajol’s parents did not want to name her as Kajol but Mercedes. This may sound funny but it is true.
Actually Kajol’s parents wanted to keep her Mercedes. Because Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee was very fond of Mercedes car. Let us tell you that the manufacturer of Mercedes had named this brand after his daughter. That is why he wanted to give the same name to his daughter. However this could not happen.
Regarding her name, actress Kajol says that her real name is Kajal. Since she comes from a Bengali background, her name was changed from Kajal to Kajol due to the pronunciation there.
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