Kajol's route to success - Page 2

Originally posted by: Harley_Quinn

Kajol was a mainstream actress of her time, just like Deepika was a mainstream actress of her time.

If there were better actresses than Kajol in her time like Urmilla, Tabu and Manisha, then there were better actresses than Deepika in her time too like Vidya, Konkona and Radhika.

If Kajol benefitted by working with SRK then Deepika too benefitted by working with SRK.

True👍. But, unlike Kajol, nobody hails DP as an great actress. Everybody accepts she’s an average actress with a super stardom.

Originally posted by: Equine

True👍. But, unlike Kajol, nobody hails DP as an great actress. Everybody accepts she’s an average actress with a super stardom.

I don't and most people outside this forum thinks she's a great actress

What I can agree with is Deepika's stardom overshadows her acting skills

Originally posted by: Equine

True👍. But, unlike Kajol, nobody hails DP as an great actress. Everybody accepts she’s an average actress with a super stardom.

If there are people who hail Kajol as a great actress, then there are also people who hail Deepika as a great actress.

One example you got in this thread itself.

Originally posted by: Harley_Quinn

If there are people who hail Kajol as a great actress, then there are also people who hail Deepika as a great actress.

One example you got in this thread itself.

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Originally posted by: Harley_Quinn

If there are people who hail Kajol as a great actress, then there are also people who hail Deepika as a great actress.

One example you got in this thread itself.

Except Minty ji here, I don’t think anyone else here considers Deepika as a great actresses. 😜

If you look at interviews of both of these actresses, the interviewer questions and even Kajol hetself, are hinting at her being the “one if the finest actresses of her generation”. Whereas in Deepika’s interviews, I have never seen such delusions.

But still I say, Kajol looks effortless and natural on screen.

Yeah Kajol was overrrated/overhyped by media tbh (as most nepos from every generation are in one way or another 😆)...

But I do think she was a good actress... imo even Madhuri was good but a overrated in that era...

Kajol was very good in comedy and would have aced the "relatable girl" type roles of today if there were more of them back then...

And she may not have been classically beautiful but she was very striking looking with a good screen presence imo... she could be presented to look star-like and unique with the right clothes, makeup etc like in Suraj Hua Maddham for example...

She was definitely not an Alia for sure! Alia is an average actress in nearly everything with maybe 1 or 2 genuinely good performances, and 1 or 2 absolutely terrible ones which then balance it off... I can't remember Kajol ever giving a performace as dull as Kalank or SOTY... and unlike Kajol, Aloo is not at all striking to look at... she looks utterly bland and un remarkable in everything, not an ounce of star quality in her...

So yeah Kajol was a bit overhyped but nowhere near as overhyped as Aloo!

Originally posted by: Anjalika01

Yeah Kajol was overrrated/overhyped by media tbh (as most nepos from every generation are in one way or another 😆)...

But I do think she was a good actress... imo even Madhuri was good but a overrated in that era...

Kajol was very good in comedy and would have aced the "relatable girl" type roles of today if there were more of them back then...

And she may not have been classically beautiful but she was very striking looking with a good screen presence imo... she could be presented to look star-like and unique with the right clothes, makeup etc like in Suraj Hua Maddham for example...

She was definitely not an Alia for sure! Alia is an average actress in nearly everything with maybe 1 or 2 genuinely good performances, and 1 or 2 absolutely terrible ones which then balance it off... I can't remember Kajol ever giving a performace as dull as Kalank or SOTY... and unlike Kajol, Aloo is not at all striking to look at... she looks utterly bland and un remarkable in everything, not an ounce of star quality in her...

So yeah Kajol was a bit overhyped but nowhere near as overhyped as Aloo!

Absolutely agree Anjalika. I just liked her in Udta Punjab, that's all.

Originally posted by: mintyblue

Absolutely agree Anjalika. I just liked her in Udta Punjab, that's all.

Omg that is the exact same film I was thinking of 😂

Bit off topic but what a well made and hard hitting film that was 🙌🏽

Also about Kajol not being anyone’s fave during that period... she was actually my Grandma and Aunt’s favourite in those days... but then again they were hugely into celebrity magazines, etc, and they always buy hype 😂🤷🏽‍♀️

I have to disagree. I won't compare Kajol with Aloo who had been served films on platter since her debut.

In fair-skinned obsessed Bollywood, Kajol was a game changer of sorts and then had the most unconventional looks. She could've been easily panned down but she survived BECAUSE she was accepted by the audience, not just because of "connections".

KJO/Dharma wasn't as big a production house in the 90s as it is today, and so many directors that Kajol worked with were either newcomers or emerging.
SRK was an emerging star himself when DDLJ happened. It was his first major romantic role. If SRK-Kajol pairing worked, then shouldn't Kajol be equally credited for making the pairing work? Never understood why the "pairing" credit always go to male actors.

Also, if Kajol had connections then Tabu didn't have any lesser connections. She is Shabana Azmi's niece, Ajay Devgan's childhood friend, her sister was an actress and was always on good terms with KJO-Aditya-Farah-SRK gang.😆

Honestly, Tabu didn't find her niche until late 90 and was super-mediocre in her early 90s films.
No one took her seriously until she successfully carved her niche in off-beat roles.
She is in a league of her own now, BUT in the 90s Kajol was almost like a GIANT compared to a then-struggling Tabu.

As an actress, Kajol was quite decent too.
Dushman,
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha,
Ishq,
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,
Pyar Kiya To Darna Kiya,
Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain,
Gupt etc.......
they were NOT poor performances. 👍🏼👏

So it seems illogical to say that she was nobody's favorite actress in the 90s because during 1997-1999 phase, she saw success that no other actress at that time had seen. I'm retty sure, she became a mass-favorite during this time.

Rani......has defintely emerged as a better actress than Kajol, BUT, like all other actresses she also took some time in grooming her self/skills. She was never considered Kajols' contemprary anways. They were always kept in differnt leagues, because Rani "emerged" when Kajol stopped acting actively.

Kajol's only SOLID contemporary in the 90s I'd say was Urmila who would've eaten Kajol alive if they ever appeared in a film together, OR if Umrila ever did the roles that Kajol did.

Only thing I dislike about Kajol is her snobbish, loud and rude off-screen persoanlity, BUT she NAILED it the 90s and the audiences at that time loved her. Can't take that credit away from her.

Kajol did get too many accolades an quite frankly SRK did alot of the work

Maybe TM the karmic justice is that now the only films that she can sell in are cameos in her husbands super hits ☺️😆