Kajal made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun... Ho Gaya Na!, as a minor supporting role as the friend of lead actress Aishwarya Rai. Telugu film Chandamama became her first major successful film. In 2009 "Magadheera" which was the biggest blockbuster of all time in Telugu cinema, she played the role of Yuvarani Mitravinda Devi and Indira (Indu) by which she became one of the most sought-after actresses in the South Indian film industry.
Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian film actress, who appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.
Her first film in
the 2004 Bollywood film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and
entered the Telugu film
industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007). She had her
first commercial success with Chandamama (2007)
and rose to prominence after her performance in Magadheera (2009), which remains her
biggest commercial success, and fetched her a nomination for the Filmfare
Award for Best Telugu Actress. Following further consecutive
successes with Darling (2010),Brindavanam (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011)
and Business Man (2012),
she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Tollywood. She has also acted in
Tamil films, Naan Mahaan
Alla (2010) being her first notable project, but with Maattrraan (2012) and Thuppakki (2012), she emerged as a
leading actress in Kollywood as
well.
Kajal was born in Mumbai to Vinay Agarwal, an entrepreneur, and Suman
Agarwal, a confectioner. She is of Punjabi descent. She has a younger
sister, Nisha Aggarwal,
who is also an actress appearing in Telugu and Tamil films. She studied at
St. Anne's High School, Colaba, Mumbai and Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She
graduated from K.C.
College, Mumbai with a degree in Mass
Media. She started her modelling career while she was still in
college. She was planning on pursuing MBA in
Brand Management before deciding to pursue acting.
In early 2012, Kajal
appeared in the Telugu gangster film Business Man alongside Mahesh Babu, directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film, a Sankranthi release, opened to positive
reviews and turned out to be a blockbuster. Kajal's performance in her
role in the film, though limited, was praised by critics.
Kajal made a comeback
in Kollywood later that year with two big releases; the first was the action thriller film Maattrraan opposite Surya and directed by K. V. Anand. The film received mixed to
positive reviews from critics.The second was A. R. Murugadoss's Thuppakki, another action thriller film
opposite Vijay, where
she played the role of a boxer. The film was released on Deepavali and received mostly positive
reviews from the critics. While Maattrraan was declared as an average
success, Thuppaki was declared as a blockbuster and has become the
second Tamil film ever to enter the 100
crore club.
Kajal's next film
is Sarocharu, where she will star opposite Ravi
Teja for the second time in her career. The film will release on 21 December
2012.
In 2013, Kajal will be
seen opposite Ram Charan Teja for the second time in her career in V. V. Vinayak's Naayak. The film is scheduled to release in January
2013. She will also be seen opposite Jr. NTR for the second time in her career
in Srinu Vytla's Baadshah. Baadshah
is tentatively scheduled to release in March 2013. She is also currently
shooting for her third film in Bollywood, Special Chabbis alongside Akshay Kumar. It is said that she
would be the only female character in the film. The film is to release on 8
February 2013. Another Tamil film, All in All Azhagu
Raja has been announced, where she will again star opposite
Karthi.
It is also announced
that Kajal, along with Allu Arjun, would make a cameo appearance in the
film Yevadu, starring Ram Charan Teja, Shruthi Hassan and Amy Jackson. This film would mark the
third time she is acting alongside Ram Charan Teja and the second time
alongside Allu Arjun.
In addition to films,
Kajal also endorses a large number of popular brands. Before starting her film
career, she had acted in various commercials as a model. She is the brand
ambassador forLux, joining the
likes of Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif in endorsing the beauty
soap. She is also the brand ambassador for jewellery stores like Sri
Lakshmi Jewellery inPuducherry and AVR in Salem. She has featured in television
advertisements along with Karthi endorsing Bru instant
coffee. She has also endorsed mobile brands like Samsung Mobile and has featured in
advertisements for the Secunderabad based The
Chennai Shopping Mall, along with Samantha, Tamannaah and Nisha Aggarwal. In April
2012, Kajal was announced as the brand ambassador for Panasonic India. She is also the brand
ambassador for the Telugu Warriors cricket team in the CCL.
Filmography
Year
|
Film
|
Role
|
Language
|
Notes
|
2004
|
Kyun! Ho Gaya
Na...
|
Diya's friend
|
Hindi
|
|
2007
|
Lakshmi Kalyanam
|
Lakshmi
|
Telugu
|
|
2007
|
Chandamama
|
Mahalakshmi
|
Telugu
|
|
2008
|
Pourudu
|
Samyukhta
|
Telugu
|
|
2008
|
Pazhani
|
Deepti
|
Tamil
|
|
2008
|
Aatadista
|
Sunnanda
|
Telugu
|
|
2008
|
Saroja
|
Pooja
|
Tamil
|
Cameo appearance
|
2008
|
Bommalattam
|
Anitha
|
Tamil
|
|
2009
|
Modhi Vilayadu
|
Easwari Lakshmiram
|
Tamil
|
|
2009
|
Magadheera
|
Yuvarani Mithravindha
Devi
Indira (Indu) |
Telugu
|
Nominated- Filmfare
Award for Best Actress – Telugu
|
2009
|
Ganesh Just Ganesh
|
Divya
|
Telugu
|
|
2009
|
Arya 2
|
Geethanjali
|
Telugu
|
|
2010
|
Om Shanti
|
Meghana
|
Telugu
|
|
2010
|
Darling
|
Nandini
|
Telugu
|
Nominated- Filmfare
Award for Best Actress – Telugu
|
2010
|
Naan
Mahaan Alla
|
Priya Sudharsan
|
Tamil
|
|
2010
|
Brindaavanam
|
Bhoomi
|
Telugu
|
|
2011
|
Mr. Perfect
|
Priya
|
Telugu
|
Nominated- Filmfare
Award for Best Actress – Telugu
|
2011
|
Veera
|
Chitti
|
Telugu
|
|
2011
|
Singham
|
Kavya Bhosle
|
Hindi
|
Nominated- Filmfare
Award for Best Female Debut
|
2011
|
Dhada
|
Rhea
|
Telugu
|
|
2012
|
Business Man
|
Chitra
|
Telugu
|
|
2012
|
Maattrraan
|
Anjali
|
Tamil
|
|
2012
|
Thuppakki
|
Nisha
|
Tamil
|
|
2012
|
Sarocharu
|
Sandhya
|
Telugu
|
|
2013
|
Naayak
|
Telugu
|
Releasing on January
09, 2013
|
|
2013
|
Special Chabbis
|
Hindi
|
Releasing on February
08, 2013
|
|
2013
|
All in All
Azhagu Raja
|
Tamil
|
Filming
|
|
2013
|
Baadshah
|
Telugu
|
Filming
|
|
2013
|
Yevadu
|
Telugu
|
Filming
Cameo Appearance |
|
2013
|
Suryudu Chandrudu
|
Priya
|
Telugu
|
Releasing on August
08, 2013
|
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