What was so special about Kajol?

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Posted: 11 years ago
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I know she is talented, an absolute natural and definitely lights up the screen.
She made a legendary onscreen pairing with SRK.

But what amazes me most about her is how she kept getting biggies with top stars and filmmakers even after marriage and motherhood! K3G, Fanaa, MNIK.

When death knell is spelt for women around age of 30, whether they are single or married and their best efforts do not result in getting offers (no friendship or past record help them)...their former filmmaker and actor friends move on. How come Kajol managed to get such solid commercial films? Fanaa is even more amazing because she and Aamir were not exactly known to get along well with each other in 90s.

She has always been favorite for awards also.

Some actresses are written off due to their lack of PR nor attitude problems. Kajol never went through that either, no?

She has also kept getting better looking and better dressed with time.

She never had to get relegated to arthouse circuit. Other actresses get kicked out from ads, while Kajol is still popular. She had all the respect as a performer and real good commercial success.

What is it that sets her apart?

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Posted: 11 years ago
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friends with srk and kjo.
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Only Blue Ice can answer that 😳
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: ShylockHolmes

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friends with srk and kjo.


Fanaa never had SRK or K Jo.

And SRK-K Jo are friends with Rani, Preity and others too but no other actress achieved what Kajol did. MNIK was such an ambitious project for them, yet they chose only Kajol.
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Originally posted by: MoStLyHaRmLeSs

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Posted: 11 years ago
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She's like the Kareena of her generation, you can't explain her success. She connected well with the audience, which no other actress in her time could, and she also had tremendous screen presence, even if her acting potential was limited to certain roles at the time. The critics and awards jury loved her too.

She owned the loud crazy girl act though, you have to give her that. 😆
KKGSR would not have been possible without Anjali Raichand. 😳
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Originally posted by: atominis

Fanaa never had SRK or K Jo.

And SRK-K Jo are friends with Rani, Preity and others too but no other actress achieved what Kajol did. MNIK was such an ambitious project for them, yet they chose only Kajol.


Fanaa was YRF though, Kajol and Adi were thick friends then i think.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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According to me there's nothing special in Kajol. I find her an average actress with okayish looks, not a great dancer as well, also not so popular like Sridevi-Madhuri. Forget Sridevi-Madhuri, she's way behind Aishwarya as well in terms on popularity. So she's average from all aspects, now be it acting/looks/dancing/popularity!
I guess it's her great association with KJO/SRK which still keeps her in limelight ..but unfortunately that didn't work out for her recent movies like Toonpur/U Me Hum/Family which were all DISASTERS!
Her movies works with the KHANS only, otherwise no one cares about her.

But i admit she's a good actress, but overrated. I find Rani-Urmila-Manisha better than her, but unlike her they're unfortunately very underrated. 🥱
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Oh goody, another Kajol thread. Let the hating begin. 🥱
Please feel free to use the words 'Shahrukh Khan', 'Overrated', 'Experiment', 'Comfort Zone' etc. 😛
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Even her flops like U me Aur Hum, Dil kya kare, Raju chacha, Kuch Khatti Kuch meethi did not affect her or stop her from getting plum offers in future.
Sorry, I do not think she is like Kareena. She was more talented as an actor (first actress to win best villain award, speaks for her versatility) and had better box office record than Kareena.

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