A Great Leap of Faith

Kajal Aggarwal’s refusal to be bound by limitations posed by language and platform has paid off

- Suhani Singh

When Kajal Aggarwal bagged her debut film at 21, not only did she not speak a word of Telugu, the Mumbai-born Punjabi hardly followed Hindi cinema. But then Aggarwal has never shied away from a challenge. “I have been harping [on about] language not being a barrier for acting,” she says. “I believe that cinema establishes an emotional connection regardless of language.”