TRIVIA
· Kajol was born on the 5th of August 1975
· Kajol started getting film offers when she was merely 13 years of age
· Kajol signed her first hindi film bekhudi in 1991 when she was only 16, just out of school.
· Bekhudi released in the year 1992
· Kajol’s real life mother tanuja played her screen mother in her first film Bekhudi.
· Kajol’s first successful film at the box office was bazzigar which had released in the year 1994
· Kajol’s mother Tanuja, grand mother Shobhana Samarth, Aunt Nutan, Sister Tanishha, husband Ajay Devgan, Uncles Joy Mukherjee, Ashok kumar and Kishore Kumar, cousins Rani Mukherjee, Sharbani Mukherjee & Mohnish Behl are all actors.
· Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee was a popular director and producer who died on 10th of April 2008 one day before the release of daughter kajol and son in law’s home production film U ME AUR HUM.
· Kajol’s paternal grand father S.Mukherjee was also a very successful filmmaker and he was the founder of the famous Filmistan and Filmalaya studios in Mumbai.
· Kajol won her first Filmfare award for the film Dilwale dulhaniya le jayege in the year 1996.
· On the whole Kajol has won 6 filmfare trophies out of which she has won 4 best actress awards which is second to only her aunt Nutan who won 5 best actress trophies.
· Kajol was the first hindi film heroine to win the best villain award ( the category which was dominated by men)for the film Gupt in the year 1998.
· Kajol has made special appearances in 5 films so far, Duplicate, Kal ho na ho, Kank, Om shanti Om
· Kajol has promoted brands like Pepsi, Whirlpool, Tata Indicom, Asmi, Sangini, Anchor toothpaste, Marie Biscuit, Alpenliebe etc
· The only film that kajol signed with Govinda was shelved. The film was called Junglee.
· Kajol formed a successful pairing with Shahrukh with films like DDLJ, Bazzigar, Karan Arjun, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and K3G. All of these films were a blockbuster
· Kajol married actor Ajay Devgan after 4 years of courtship on the 24th of February 1999.
