Kajal Aggarwal is a popular Indian actress who mainly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She also performs on stage in India. Let’s take a look at Kajal Aggarwal’s age, her personal life, career details and other interesting facts.
Biography/Wiki
Kajal Aggarwal was born on 19 June 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (38 years; age as of 2023). She is a well-known actress in the Indian film industry and has appeared in many popular movies such as “Magadheera” (2009), “Darling” (2010), and “Brindavanam” (2010). In addition to being an actress, she is also a trained dancer and has a good voice. She has endorsed many popular brands and products such as Lux, Samsung Mobile, Panasonic, and Green Trend.
appearance
Kajal Aggarwal is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 55 kg. She has dark brown eyes and black hair.
She is a fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym regularly.
family
Kajal Aggarwal was born into a middle-class family in Bania, Punjab.
Parents and siblings
Her father is entrepreneur Vinay Aggarwal and her mother is confectioner Suman Aggarwal. She has a younger sister Nisha Agarwal who is also a South Indian actress. Kajal Aggarwal’s roots can be traced back to Amritsar in the Indian state of Punjab.
husband and children
According to reports, she got engaged to Mumbai entrepreneur Gautam Kitchlu in August 2020 and got married on October 30, 2020. Later, Gautam Kitchlu shared a post on social media along with a picture from his engagement day.
On April 19, 2022, Kajal and Gautam welcomed a baby boy, Neil Kitchlu.
Relationships/Affairs
According to some reports, she dated Baahubali fame actor Prabhas.
Profession
Kajal Aggarwal completed her schooling from St. Anne’s High School, Mumbai and her pre-university course (10+2) from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She graduated in Mass Communication from Kishinchand Chellaram College, Mumbai, majoring in Advertising and Marketing. She got her first break during her internship at L’Oréal under Smira Bakshi in her final year of college. During one of the shoots, the photographer suggested she become a model. Her pictures were distributed and she shot her first South Indian film with Nana Patekar.
Initially, she wanted to pursue an MBA at INSEAD in Paris.
In 2004, she starred in the Bollywood movie Kyun! Ho Gaya Na…”, in which she played a supporting role. After that film, she got an opportunity to star opposite leading actor Kalyan Ram in the Telugu film “Lakshmi Kalyanam” (2007) directed by popular director Teja . Unfortunately, the film did not go well. She then played the lead role in Krishna Vamsi’s Telugu film Chandamama (2007), which did well at the box office Remarkable and brought her great fame.
Apart from working in the South Indian film industry, she has also acted in several Bollywood films such as Kyun Ho Gaya Na… (2004), Singham (2011) and Special 26 (2013) .
She made her acting debut in 2016 with the song Yenaithu from the Kannada film Chakravyuha (2016).
dispute
- Once FHM magazine published a nude photo of Kajal Aggarwal. However, the actress said that it was a doctored photo of her.
Awards
- In 2013, she won the South Indian Film Young Icon Award at the South Indian International Film Awards.
- Kajal Aggarwal has also won the Edison Award for Gorgeous Beauty of the Year 2016, Fashion Icon of the Year Award, Most Popular Female Celebrity on Social Media Award, Femina Penn Shakti Award 2013 and South Women Power List 2016.
- In 2010, she won the CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Telugu) for the film “Brindaavanam”.
Salary and Net Worth
Kajal Aggarwal charges Rs 1-1.5 crore per film. Her net worth is estimated to be Rs 66 crore. She owns four luxury cars worth Rs 3 crore and two houses worth Rs 7 crore.
Favorites
- Kajal Aggarwal loves to eat Hyderabadi Biryani.
- Kajal likes to watch Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
- She admires directors Puri Jagannadh, SS Rajamouli and Teja.
- White, red and blue are her favorite colors.
- Kajal Aggarwal enjoys reading Amish Tripathi’s The Shiva Trilogy and Robert James Walle’s “The Bridge’s Lost Dreams”.
- She enjoys vacationing in Goa and Kerala.
fact
- She is interested in dancing, reading and yoga.
- In the South Indian film industry, she is known as “Miss Friendly” for her friendly nature.
- She suffers from Cynophobia.
- In 2017, she launched her own app Kajal Aggarwal Official App to connect with her fans.
- She supports PETA’s initiative to ban animal circuses to stop the torture animals suffer in circuses.
- Kajal Aggarwal is so impressed with Lancome & Kiehl’s and Loreal business unit head Smira Bakshi that she reveals she aspires to be like her.
- Her father is her role model. Kajal Agarwal revealed in an interview that her father, despite being an authoritative and conservative man, convinced her to pursue a career in films.
- Kajal Aggarwal is closest to her mother. Every time she goes abroad for filming, her mother will accompany her.
- In October 2021, Kajal Aggarwal and her husband Gautam Kitchlu introduced their puppy Mia to their friends and fans as their “first child”.
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Source: HIS Education