1. Kajal A Kitchlu, known professionally as Kajal Aggarwal, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.
41 Facts About Kajal Aggarwal
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Kajal Aggarwal is a recipient of three South Indian International Movie Awards along with four Filmfare Awards South nominations.
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Kajal Aggarwal has played the female lead in high-profile Tamil projects such as Naan Mahaan Alla, Maattrraan, Thuppakki, Jilla, Vivegam, Mersal and Comali.
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In 2020, a wax figure of Kajal Aggarwal was put on display at Madame Tussauds Singapore, making it the first of an actress from South Indian cinema.
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Kajal Aggarwal was born on 19 June 1985 and raised in a Punjabi family with roots in Amritsar, settled in Bombay.
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Kajal Aggarwal's father Vinay Aggarwal, is an entrepreneur in the textile business and her mother Suman Aggarwal is a confectioner, and Kajal's business manager.
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Kajal Aggarwal studied at St Anne's High School, Fort, Mumbai, and completed her pre-university education at Jai Hind College.
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Kajal Aggarwal pursued her graduation in mass media, with specialisation in marketing and advertising, from Kishinchand Chellaram College.
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Kajal Aggarwal made her debut in Telugu films in 2007, with Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam, alongside Kalyan Ram; it had an average return at the box office.
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Kajal Aggarwal had one more Tamil release that year with Venkat Prabhu's comedy-thriller Saroja, in which she did a guest appearance.
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Kajal Aggarwal first starred opposite Vinay Rai in the Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu, which garnered mixed reviews and was a financial failure.
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Kajal Aggarwal played dual roles of Mithra, a princess and Indu, a modern woman.
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Kajal Aggarwal was sweet and charming and looked like an 'ethereal' princess.
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Kajal Aggarwal won the CineMAA Award for Best Actress for the film.
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In 2011, Kajal Aggarwal first reunited with Prabhas in the romantic comedy Mr Perfect, where she played Priya, a doctor.
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Kajal Aggarwal then appeared in Veera, replacing Anushka Shetty and starred opposite Ravi Teja.
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Later that year, Kajal Aggarwal made her comeback to Hindi films with Singham, a remake of the same-titled 2010 Tamil film, opposite Ajay Devgn.
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Kajal Aggarwal played a Goan girl Kavya Bhosle and received Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination for the same.
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Kajal Aggarwal then made her comeback to Tamil films with Maattrraan opposite Suriya.
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Kajal Aggarwal starred in the action film Naayak, opposite Ram Charan Teja, her first release of 2013.
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Kajal Aggarwal played Satya, a modern girl opposite Ram Charan.
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Kajal Aggarwal then appeared in Balaji Mohan's gangster comedy film Maari, opposite Dhanush.
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The year 2016 saw Kajal Aggarwal appear in two high-profile Telugu films.
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Critical reaction of the film was mixed to negative, though Kajal Aggarwal's performance was positive.
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Kajal Aggarwal's second Telugu release was Srikanth Addala's family drama Brahmotsavam, opposite Mahesh Babu, which was a major critical and commercial failure.
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Kajal Aggarwal next starred opposite Randeep Hooda in the romantic drama Hindi film Do Lafzon Ki Kahani.
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Kajal Aggarwal then appeared as lead female role in Spy action film, Vivegam, as Yazhini Kumar, a music teacher and loving wife of a spy.
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Kajal Aggarwal then portrayed the supporting role in Atlee's Mersal as a doctor, and featured alongside Vijay for the third time in her career and her performance received positive reviews while the film became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 2017.
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In 2018, Kajal Aggarwal had a leading role in the Telugu film MLA.
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Kajal Aggarwal starred in Awe, where she played a troubled woman.
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Kajal Aggarwal then reunited with director Teja for Sita, where she plays the titular character, an arrogant, selfish businesswoman who manipulates people for business improvement and money.
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On 6 October 2020, Kajal Aggarwal announced her upcoming marriage to Gautam Kitchlu.
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Kajal Aggarwal made her pregnancy official with an Instagram post, which was confirmed by her husband shortly.
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Kajal Aggarwal gave birth to a boy on 19 April 2022, named Neil.
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Kajal Aggarwal is considered among the most popular actors of Telugu cinema.
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Kajal Aggarwal is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema, according to various media reports.
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Kajal Aggarwal has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2015, where she debuted at 58th position with an estimated annual income of 101.3 million.
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Kajal Aggarwal stood at the 15th place on Forbes India's most influential stars on Instagram in South cinema for the year 2021.
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Kajal Aggarwal was placed 2nd in 2020 and 4th in 2021, in the most tweeted South Indian actress list.
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Kajal Aggarwal was named the Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman of 2016.
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Kajal Aggarwal is a celebrity endorser for several brands such as Panasonic, Dabur Amla Oil, Bru and Pond's.