What's Next For Kajol?

The thing about an actress like Kajol is that she seldom bestows viewers with overkill, so ensuring that every time she is seen on screen, she leaves the audiences thirsting for just that much more. Wondering when next they will get to see her again in a movie. She never promises anything, so whatever she puts out then, is eagerly devoured by a populace of cine-goers hungering to see her work. She breezes in and out of the theatres, with long gaps. But what she does leave behind, along with the fragrance of her characters, is the secure knowledge that whatever comes next, will be worth the wait. Suguna Sundaram traces the journey of the phenomenon that is Kajol.

- Suguna Sundaram

As the gray-shaded Meera in her latest release Dilwale, Kajol still managed to tug at your heart-strings. Especially when coupled with her most dynamic on-screen lover, Shah Rukh Khan, playing Raj yet another time. Raj and Meera had fans swooning when they shared tender looks, or when he folded her in his arms or when they walked together into orange sunsets. Like they did when the pairing first ignited the screens, as Raj and Simran (Kajol’s career-defining role) 20 years ago, in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. That became Rahul and Anjali, or Raj and whoever Kajol became. Kajol manages to imbue the same freshness today that she did in her early films, minus the gauche aspect, now with the addition of a glamorized sheen.