Kajal Aggarwal
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Kajal Aggarwal is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 films. She has also appeared in Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 films.

Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam is an 2007 Telugu movie that is directed by Teja. Kalyan Ram plays the lead roles with Kajal. The film released on 15 February 2007.-Plot:...

 (2007). She had her first commercial success with Chandamama
Chandamama (film)
Chandamama is a 2007 Telugu movie directed by Krishna Vamsi with Navdeep and Shiva Balaji in the lead roles. Kajal Agarwal, known for playing the lead role in Lakshmi Kalyanam, is paired opposite Navdeep, while Sindhu Menon is playing the female lead opposite Shiva Balaji.The movie is produced by...

 (2007) and rose to prominence after her performance in Magadheera
Magadheera
Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...

 (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
Darling (2010 film)
Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...

 (2010), Brindaavanam (2010) and Mr. Perfect (2011), she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu cinema.

Early life

She was born in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal. She has a sister named Nisha Aggarwal
Nisha Aggarwal
Nisha Aggarwal is an Indian film actress. She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal, who has appeared in Telugu language films. Nisha is the younger sister of prominent Indian actress, Kajal Aggarwal. She is best known for featuring alongside Varun Sandesh in Emaindi Ee...

, who is appearing in Telugu films as well. She finished her studies in Mumbai and started her modeling career while she was in college.

Career beginnings (2004–08)

Kajal made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, in which she enacted minor supporting role as the friend of Diya, the film’s lead, played by Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss World pageant in 1994...

, following which she signed veteran Tamil director Bharathiraja
Bharathiraja
P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....

's Bommalattam
Bommalattam
Bommalattam is a Tamil film directed by the director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles of the protagonists. The film is released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Rana...

. The film, however, got delayed and released in late 2008.

She made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in 2007 in Teja
Teja (film director)
Teja is an Indian film director, writer, producer and cinematographer. He directed many blockbusters Such as Jayam, Nijam, Nuvvu Nenu, Chitram etc. He is one of the most popular and top directors of tollywood. He has won many awards. Director Teja made a slam-bang entry into Tollywood with a...

's Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam is an 2007 Telugu movie that is directed by Teja. Kalyan Ram plays the lead roles with Kajal. The film released on 15 February 2007.-Plot:...

 alongside Kalyan Ram
Kalyan Ram
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is a Telugu actor and producer. He is one of the grandsons of the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was an actor, a statesman, founder of the Telugu Desam Party, and the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Nandamuri Harikrishna and Lakshmi. He has one...

, which did not fare well at the box office. Later that year, she appeared in the Krishna Vamsi
Krishna Vamsi
Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti is an award-winning Indian film director in Telugu Cinema.-Early life and background:...

-directed film Chandamama
Chandamama (film)
Chandamama is a 2007 Telugu movie directed by Krishna Vamsi with Navdeep and Shiva Balaji in the lead roles. Kajal Agarwal, known for playing the lead role in Lakshmi Kalyanam, is paired opposite Navdeep, while Sindhu Menon is playing the female lead opposite Shiva Balaji.The movie is produced by...

, which opened to positive reviews and became her first major successful film. In 2008, she had her first Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film release, Perarasu
Perarasu
Perarasu is a Tamil film director. He has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some of his ventures. He has mentioned that all his movies will be named after cities in Tamil Nadu, India. He is from Nattarasankottai, near Sivaganga in Tamil...

's action entertainer Pazhani
Pazhani (film)
Pazhani is a Tamil action movie with Bharath in lead role. It is directed by Perarasu and produced by director Shakthi Chidambaram under the banner Cinema paradise. Srikanth Deva scores music. Bharath plays the role of a car driver...

, co-starring Bharath
Bharath
Bharath is an Indian actor, who appears in Tamil films. He is probably best known for his critically acclaimed performances in Kaadhal, Pattiyal, Veyil and Kanden Kadhalai.-Early life:...

. Following this film, she had two more Tamil releases that year with Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...

’s comedy-thriller Saroja, in which she did a guest appearance, and Bharathiraja’s investigative thriller Bommalattam
Bommalattam
Bommalattam is a Tamil film directed by the director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles of the protagonists. The film is released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Rana...

. Although the former went on to become a commercial as well as a critical success, both films failed to boost her career as her roles were too insignificant. Both her Telugu releases, Pourudu
Pourudu
Pourudu is a 2008 Telugu film released on Jan 13th 2008. Sumanth and Kajal Agarwal acted in the lead roles. The film was directed by the late Raaj Aditya and produced by Sumanth's sister, Supriya under the Annapurna Studios banner...

 and Aatadista
Aatadista
Aatadista is a 2008 Telugu film, starring Nitin, Kajal Aggarwal, Jayasudha, Nagababu and others. Directed by A S Ravi Kumar, it was produced by C Kalyan and S Vijayanand, and scored by Chakri. The film was released on 20 March 2008.-Story:...

 opposite Sumanth
Sumanth
Sumanth is a Telugu film actor. He is the nephew of actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and grandson of actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He is also a partner in Annapurna Studios, a prominent film studio/production house that was established in 1975 by his grandfather....

 and Nitin
Nitin
Nitin Reddy , born 30 March 1983 in Hyderabad,native of Karimnagar is a Tollywood and Bollywood film actor. His father N. Sudhakar Reddy is a popular film distributor and a producer in the Nizam area...

, respectively, neither received positive reviews nor were successul at the box office.

Success (2009–present)

She had four releases in 2009; she first starred in another Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu
Modhi Vilayadu
Modhi Vilayadu is a Tamil language film released on 24 July 2009. It stars Vinay Rai and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. The film opened to mixed reviews with Indiaglitz.com rating it highly while Behindwoods said "The game lacks excitement". The film flopped miserably at the box office.The...

, which garnered mixed reviews and was a financial failure, following which she appeared in the high-budget Telugu historical drama Magadheera
Magadheera
Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...

, which saw her essaying double roles for the first time. The film, directed by S. S. Rajamouli
S. S. Rajamouli
S.S. Rajamouli is a screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu cinema. He was introduced as a director by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starting from his first venture as a director, all his movies have had great success at the box office...

, received universal critical acclaim, while Kajal, particularly, was praised for her portrayal of a princess
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

 in the film. Rediff wrote that she "was quite a surprise package, [...] sweet and charming and looked like an 'ethereal' princess. She carries off both the roles fairly well", while NDTV
NDTV
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 cited that "Kajal Agarwal is also an asset to the film. She is very apt for the character of the princess. Besides filling the glamour slot, she has proven that given a chance, she too can give an excellent performance". The film was also highly commercially successful and broke several records, emerging as the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time. Magadheeras enormous success turned Kajal into one of the most sought-after actresses in the Telugu film industry and catapulted her into the main foray of lead Telugu actresses. Her subsequent releases Ganesh Just Ganesh and Arya 2
Arya 2
Arya 2 is a 2009 Telugu romance film film directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, Arya. Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal play the lead roles while Navdeep and Shraddha Das play supporting roles...

 received mixed reviews from critics, while her performance garnered positive feedback.

Kajal's first 2010 release was A. Karunakaran
A. Karunakaran
A. Karunakaran is a Telugu film director.-Background:Before entering Telugu Film Industry, his parents forced him to join polytechnics. After finishing polytechnics in 1989, he went to Madras. He became an assistant director to a few successful directors like Shankar.-Career:Karunakaran's first...

's Darling
Darling (2010 film)
Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...

 which featured her alongside Prabhas and received favorable response, becoming a commercial success at the box office, with Kajal receiving her second Filmfare nomination for Best Actress for her performance. In August, she appeared in the Tamil thriller film Naan Mahaan Alla opposite Karthi, which was based on a real life incident and opened to unanimously positive reviews. The film performed well at the box office and was declared a blockbuster. Kajal's final release in 2010 was Brindavanam opposite NTR Jr. and Samantha
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Born to Malayali and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in Chennai and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens...

, which received critical acclaim and went on to become an economical success as well, while fetching Kajal the CineMAA Award for Best Actress.

In 2011, she was paired with Prabhas for the second time in Mr. Perfect, directed by Dasaradh. The film opened to positive reviews, while Kajal won appraisal by critics with Times Of India  writing, "What is applause-worthy in the movie is Kajal Agarwal's performance. She looks great, expresses well and fits into the role perfectly". In May, she appeared in Veera
Veera (2011 film)
Veera is a 2011 Telugu-language directed by A. Ramesh Varma which features Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Taapsee Pannu and Shaam in the lead roles. The film featured music by Thaman and released on May 20, 2011 to poor reviews.It became controversial movie because of the vulgar language.-Story:Shyam...

 opposite Ravi Teja
Ravi Teja
Ravi Teja is an Indian Telugu film actor. He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for the film Neninthe in 2008. He has participated in other films including Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru, Idiot,Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Venky, Bhadra, Vikramarkudu, Krishna, Kick, and Mirapakaay...

 that received negative reviews. She subsequently made her Bollywood debut in a leading role with Singham, a remake of the same-titled 2010 Tamil film, opposite Ajay Devgn. The film received mixed reviews from critics, as did her portrayal of a Goan girl Kavya Bhosle, but became a success at the box office, collecting within three weeks.

She is also making her debut in Kannada in Raju Hasan's Thathasthu opposite Chirag, and would play the female lead role opposite Surya in Maatraan
Maatraan
Maatraan is an upcoming Tamil action film directed and co-written by K. V. Anand and scripted by writers Subha. It stars Suriya, portraying five different roles, with Kajal Aggarwal playing the female lead, and features music by Harris Jayaraj. The film, produced by Kalpathi S...

. She is also scheduled to appear in V. V. Vinayak
V. V. Vinayak
Veera Venkata Vinayak is a Telugu cinema director. His father is Krishna Rao.-Filmography:Veera Venkata Vinayak is a Telugu cinema director. His father is Krishna Rao.-Filmography:...

's untitled project opposite Ram Charan Tej.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language |Notes
2004 Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na  Hindi  Diya's friend
2007 Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam
Lakshmi Kalyanam is an 2007 Telugu movie that is directed by Teja. Kalyan Ram plays the lead roles with Kajal. The film released on 15 February 2007.-Plot:...

 
Lakshmi Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 
2007 Chandamama
Chandamama (film)
Chandamama is a 2007 Telugu movie directed by Krishna Vamsi with Navdeep and Shiva Balaji in the lead roles. Kajal Agarwal, known for playing the lead role in Lakshmi Kalyanam, is paired opposite Navdeep, while Sindhu Menon is playing the female lead opposite Shiva Balaji.The movie is produced by...

 
Mahalakshmi Telugu
2008 Pourudu
Pourudu
Pourudu is a 2008 Telugu film released on Jan 13th 2008. Sumanth and Kajal Agarwal acted in the lead roles. The film was directed by the late Raaj Aditya and produced by Sumanth's sister, Supriya under the Annapurna Studios banner...

 
Samyukhta Telugu
2008 Pazhani
Pazhani (film)
Pazhani is a Tamil action movie with Bharath in lead role. It is directed by Perarasu and produced by director Shakthi Chidambaram under the banner Cinema paradise. Srikanth Deva scores music. Bharath plays the role of a car driver...

 
Deepti Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 
2008 Aatadista
Aatadista
Aatadista is a 2008 Telugu film, starring Nitin, Kajal Aggarwal, Jayasudha, Nagababu and others. Directed by A S Ravi Kumar, it was produced by C Kalyan and S Vijayanand, and scored by Chakri. The film was released on 20 March 2008.-Story:...

 
Sunnanda Telugu
2008 Saroja  Pooja Tamil Cameo appearance
2008 Bommalattam
Bommalattam
Bommalattam is a Tamil film directed by the director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles of the protagonists. The film is released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Rana...

 
Anitha Tamil
2009 Modhi Vilayadu
Modhi Vilayadu
Modhi Vilayadu is a Tamil language film released on 24 July 2009. It stars Vinay Rai and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. The film opened to mixed reviews with Indiaglitz.com rating it highly while Behindwoods said "The game lacks excitement". The film flopped miserably at the box office.The...

 
Easwari Lakshmiram Tamil
2009 Magadheera
Magadheera
Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...

 
Yuvarani Mithravindha Devi,
Indira (Indu)
Telugu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2009 Ganesh Just Ganesh  Divya Telugu
2009 Arya 2
Arya 2
Arya 2 is a 2009 Telugu romance film film directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, Arya. Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal play the lead roles while Navdeep and Shraddha Das play supporting roles...

 
Geethanjali Telugu
2010 Om Shanti  Meghana Telugu
2010 Darling
Darling (2010 film)
Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...

 
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
2011 Veera
Veera (2011 film)
Veera is a 2011 Telugu-language directed by A. Ramesh Varma which features Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Taapsee Pannu and Shaam in the lead roles. The film featured music by Thaman and released on May 20, 2011 to poor reviews.It became controversial movie because of the vulgar language.-Story:Shyam...

 
Chitti Telugu
2011 Singham
Singham (2011 film)
Singham is a 2011 Bollywood action film directed by Rohit Shetty starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2010 Tamil film Singam featuring Suriya and 2011 bengali flim Shotru featuring bengali superstar Jeet. The film is produced by Reliance...

 
Kavya Bhosle Hindi
2011 Dhada  Rhea Telugu
2012 The Business Man
The Business Man (film)
Business Man is an upcoming Telugu film co-written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film has Mahesh Babu and Kajal Agarwal playing the lead roles. The film started shooting since September 2011 and will release on January 11, 2012.Super Star Mahesh Babu is donning the singer’s avatar for the...

 
Telugu Filming
2012 Maatraan
Maatraan
Maatraan is an upcoming Tamil action film directed and co-written by K. V. Anand and scripted by writers Subha. It stars Suriya, portraying five different roles, with Kajal Aggarwal playing the female lead, and features music by Harris Jayaraj. The film, produced by Kalpathi S...

 
Kastury Tamil Filming
2012 Thathasthu Kannada
Kannada language
Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

 
Filming
2012 Untitled V. V. Vinyak project Telugu Announced
2012 Thuppakki Tamil filming.

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