Kajol is one of Bollywood’s most well-known and celebrated actors. The actress paved a path for herself in the industry and chose to prove her mettle in strictly commercial films and she did that really well. Throughout her 24-year-long career, she has done a variety of roles. As the actress turns 42 today, Wedding Affair brings to you her best films.
Baazigar (1993)
Ajay Sharma (Shah Rukh Khan) is a young boy who seeks revenge for his father’s death caused by the actions of his trusted employer Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil). Chopra has two daughters; the elder is Seema (Shilpa Shetty) and the younger is Priya (Kajol). Ajay murders Seema and tries to marry Priya, who herself is investigating her sister’s death. How she pieces together the clues and confronts the killer forms the crux of the film. Songs by Anu Malik were a hit as well. The film belonged to Shah Rukh Khan who blew the audience away with a strong balanced performance of a multi-layered character. Kajol too portrayed her character’s gradual maturity with grace.
Dilwale Dulhaiya Le Jayenge (1995)
This is easily the biggest romantic hit in India. It had elements of road-trip movies, boy-girl meet-cute romances, peppered with Indian values. Raj (SRK) fancies himself as a player till he meets with Simran (Kajol) on a European trip and is smitten by her. Circumstances bring them close together and they end up falling in love. Simran’s family sets off to Punjab to get her married to the son of an old family friend. Raj too travels there on his father’s advice to woo her entire family. Jatin-Lalit’s music, comprising songs like Mehndi laga ke rakhna, Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam, and Ho gaya hai tujhko to pyar sajna is still a favourite. This is one of her best works.
Gupt (1997)
Kajol rode the anti-hero wave like a pro. Gupt clearly belonged to Kajol. Despite the dark shades of her character, she ended up getting the sympathy of the audience. She exercised restraint until the duality of her personality was not discovered and later rained pure mayhem. Saahil Sinha (Bobby Deol) who is the step-son of Jaisingh Sinha (Raj Babbar), the governor of the state. He’s friends with Sheetal Chaudhary (Manisha Koirala), the daughter of a businessman, Meghnaath Chaudhary (Dalip Tahil). However, when he happens to meet Isha (Kajol) in the college, love blossoms between them. Saahil’s step-father gets murdered and the blame falls on him. He’s jailed for the crime but he escapes and tries to find the real killer.
My Name Is Khan (2010)
Shah Rukh Khan played a Muslim man suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, who due to circumstances gets accused of being a terrorist. Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) has suffered from Asperger’s syndrome since childhood. He’s brilliant at repairing things. His brother takes him to American where his sister-in-law recognises his condition. He meets a Hindu woman, Mandira (Kajol).
She takes his surname after marriage and after the 9/11 attack, that leads them into trouble. Sam is bullied by his neighbourhood kids because of his new surname and is later killed in a hate crime. A shattered Mandira wants to break all types with Rizwan. She tells him the only way he can get back in her life would be if the US president acknowledges his name is Khan and he’s not a terrorist. He begins a journey across America to fulfil his quest, experiencing many adventures along the way.
Helicopter Eela (2018)
t’s a coming-of-age film about an overprotective mother. Based on the celebrated Gujarati play Beta Kaagdo by Anand Gandhi, Helicopter Eela talks about both motherhood and womanhood. It’s hard for mothers to let go, to start living life for their own selves. That’s the film’s message. The film rests on Kajol’s reliable shoulders. As Eela, she does everything that’s required for the film.
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