ABOUT KAJOL

Kajol Kajol 2014 Kajol at the Kelvinator Stree Shakti Awards, 2014 BornKajol Mukherjee 5 August 1974 (age 40) Mumbai , Maharashtra , India OccupationFilm actress Years active1992–2001 2006–2010;2015 Spouse(s)Ajay Devgan  (m. 1999) Children2 Parent(s) * Shomu Mukherjee * Tanuja *Kajol Devgan* (née *Mukherjee*) (born 5 August 1974[1] [2] ), knownmononymously  as *Kajol*, is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Hindi cinema . She has received sixFilmfare Awards  from eleven nominations, and along with her late aunt Nutan , holds the record for mostBest Actress  wins at Filmfare, with five.[3]  In 2011, the Government of India  awarded her with the Padma ShrI , the fourth highest civilian award  of the country. Born to actress Tanuja  and film directorShomu Mukherjee , Kajol made her acting debut with "Bekhudi " (1992) while still in school. She quit her studies to pursue acting, and had her first commercial success with the 1993 thriller "Baazigar ". She subsequently earned wide public recognition for playing leading roles in severalblockbuster  family dramas, including"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge " (1995),"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai " (1998), and "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... " (2001). She earned critical appreciation for playing against type  in the 1997 mystery film"Gupt " and the 1998 psychological thriller "Dushman ". Following a sabbatical from full-time acting in 2001, Kajol returned to film with the 2006 romantic thriller, "Fanaa ". She continued working infrequently through the rest of the decade, and earned critical acclaim for her work in"U Me Aur Hum " (2008) and "My Name Is Khan " (2010). She, thus, established herself as one of India's most successful female actors.[4] [5] Kajol is a social activist and is noted for her work with widows and children, for which she received the Karmaveer Puraskaar  in 2008. She has featured as a talent judge for Zee TV 's reality show,"Rock-N-Roll Family " (2008) and holds a managerial position at Devgn Entertainment and Software. Kajol has been in a relationship with actor Ajay Devgan  since 1995. In 1999, they married, and she gave birth to their daughter, Nysa, in 2003 and their son, Yug, in 2010. Early life and backgroundCareerOff-screen workPersonal lifeIn the mediaFilmography and awardsEdit FilmographyEdit Main article: Kajol filmography * "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge " (1995) * "Gupt: The Hidden Truth " (1997) * "Dushman " (1998) * "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai " (1998) * "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... " (2001) * "Fanaa " (2006) * "My Name Is Khan " (2010)Awards and nominationsEdit Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kajol See alsoReferencesEdit * Kajol (4 August 1999). "Face to Face" (Television production). India:Infotainment Television . Event occurs at 2:20. * "Happy Birthday Kajol: 10 best films of her career" . "Daily News and Analysis". 5 August 2013. Retrieved19 December 2013. * "Kajol: Awards & Nominations" . Bollywood Hungama. Archived fromthe original  on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010. * Bollywood News Service (1 February 2008). "You, me aur Kajol" . "The Hindu ". Retrieved 30 May 2009. * "Women we love story Part 2/7" ."Filmfare". 12 April 2010. Archived fromthe original  on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2012. * R. Rahman A.K. Thakur (1 January 2009). "Women Entrepreneurship" . Deep & Deep Publications. p. 109.ISBN  978-81-8450-165-0 . Retrieved1 June 2012. * Bollywood Hungama News Network (10 April 2008). "Kajol's father passed away" . IndiaFM . Retrieved 12 March2008. * Varma, Anuradha (14 June 2009). "In Bollywood, everyone's related!" . "The Times of India". Retrieved 2 June 2012. * "Kajol, Rani come together" . NDTV . 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 January2012. * "Waking up Ayan" . "MidDay". 12 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January2012. * Choudhary, Anuradha (13 April 2012). "Kajol: A Mother's Role is More Defined" . iDiva. Retrieved 2 June2012. * "The agony & ecstasy of being Tanuja" . "The Times of India". 10 August 2003. Retrieved 2 June 2012. * Bamzai, Kaveree (22 May 2006)."Return of the natural" . "India Today". Retrieved 2 June 2012.["dead link "] * "When Kajol was head girl" . Rediff.com. 22 August 2007. Retrieved12 March 2012. * "Kajol shoots for a short film on education and literacydate=19 April 2012" . "MidDay". Retrieved 2 June2012. * Ramesh Dawar (1 January 2006)."Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow" . Star Publications. p. 62.ISBN  978-1-905863-01-3 . Retrieved5 June 2012. * Ravi Vasudevan (2000). "Making meaning in Indian cinema" . Oxford University Press. p. 256. ISBN  978-0-19-564545-3 . Retrieved 5 June 2012. * "Box Office 1994" . BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved10 January 2007.["dead link "] * Karen McNally (16 December 2010)."Billy Wilder, Movie-Maker: Critical Essays on the Films" . McFarland. p. 216. ISBN  978-0-7864-4211-9 . Retrieved 5 June 2012. * "Box Office 1995" . BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved12 January 2007.["dead link "]