A well- known talented Indian Film Actress, Kajol Devgan was born on 05-08-1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Daughter of the veteran film actress Tanuja and Late film maker, Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol has got acting as a gift from her parents. She is known for her work in Bollywood movies as well as Tamil & Telugu cinema.
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Kajol Devgan Complete Bio & Career
Kajol Devgan is one of India’s topmost actresses in the Hindi Film Industry. Fond of acting, the super talented actress quit her studies and entered the film industry when she was just 16 years old. She has given few of the super hit movies of the 90s and 2000s. She started her career with the romantic drama film Bekhudi (1992) alongside her mother Tanuja and Kamal Sadanah which didn’t do much business at the cinemas. The Sizzling combination of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol became popular when they together with Yash Chopra gave India’s highest grossing Bollywood film- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge in 1995. This was the point, which recognized Kajol as a Superstar and rose her to fame overnight. This film won 10 Filmfare Awards.
Thereafter, she formed a formidable on-screen pair with Shahrukh Khan and did films with him as his love interest in films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Karan Arjun and My Name is Khan among others. For her work, she has gained a lot of respect and recognition in the Indian Film Industry by delivering the highest quality of work. Few of her much loved movies are Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Fanaa, My Name is Khan and Dushman among others. For her contribution to films, she was awarded Padma Shri award by the government of India in the year 2001. She was recently seen in films such as Helicopter Eela and Tanhaji. She will be next seen in film titled Tribhanga.
Along with the Film career, Kajol is a social activist. She is a kind-hearted woman, who is actively involved in helping the widows and children. In 2008, she also received the Karmaveer Puraskaar for the same.
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She was born in a filmy family and belongs to the clan of Samarth-Mukherjee family of Bollywood. Actress Her mother’s name was was Tanuja and father’s name was Shomu Mukherjee. Actress Tanisha is her younger sister. She is married to Ajay Devgan since 1999 and together the couple is blessed with a daughter named Nysa Devgan and a son named Yug Devgan.
