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Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian Film Actress and Model. One of the most popular Indian celebrities in the Telugu and Tamil film industries and has been nominated for four Filmfare Awards South.
Kajal Aggarwal was born and brought up in Mumbai. Her father, Suman Aggarwal is an entrepreneur in textile business and her mother Vinay Aggarwal is a confectioner and also Kajal’s business manager. Kajal has a younger sister Nisha Aggarwal, a popular actress in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam cinema, who is now married to Karan Valecha (Managing director Golds gyms, Asia). She studied at St. Anne’s high school, fort and completed her pre-university education at Jai Hind College. She pursued her graduation in mass media, with specialization in marketing and advertising, from K.C College.
Aggarwal made her acting debut with the 2004 Bollywood film ‘Kyun! Ho Gaya Na…’ and had her first Telugu film release in 2007 ‘Lakshmi Kalyanam’. In the same year, she starred in the box office hit ‘Chandamama’, which earned her recognition. The 2009 historical fiction Telugu film ‘Magadheera’ marked a turning point in her career, earning her critical acclaim. It ranks among the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time and fetched her Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies including Filmfare.
She subsequently rose to prominence by starring in several critical and commercially successful Telugu films like ‘Darling’ (2010), ‘Brindavanam’ (2010), ‘Mr. Perfect’ (2011), ‘Businessman’ (2012), ‘Naayak’ (2013), ‘Baadshah’ (2013), ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’ (2014), ‘Temper’ (2015), ‘Janatha Garage’ (2016), ‘Khaidi No. 150’ (2017) and established herself as one of the leading and highest-paid actresses in Tollywood.
Kajal gained further recognition by featuring as the female lead in the high-profile Tamil projects ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ (2010), ‘Maattrraan’ (2012), ‘Thuppakki’ (2012), ‘Jilla’ (2014), and emerged as a leading actress in Kollywood as well. She made a comeback to Bollywood with ‘Singham’ (2011) which was a blockbuster while her ‘Special 26’ (2013) was also declared a box-office success.
In addition to acting, Kajal participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
