Kajal Aggarwal Biography, Movies, Family, Net Worth, Awards And More!
Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian film actress and model. One of the most popular Indian celebrities, she has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries and has been nominated for four Filmfare Awards South. In addition to acting, Kajal participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
Aggarwal made her acting debut with the 2004 Bollywood film Kyun! Ho
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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), 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 Tamil cinema as well. She made a comeback to Bollywood with Singham (2011) which was a blockbuster, while another film Special 26 (2013) was also declared a box-office success.
Kajal Aggarwal’s Early life
Kajal Aggarwal was born and brought up in a Punjabi family settled in Mumbai. Her father, Vinay Aggarwal is an entrepreneur in textile business and her mother Suman 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[disambiguation needed], 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 Kishinchand Chellaram College. Having harboured MBA dreams all through her growing up years, she intends on accomplishing a post-graduation degree soon.
Brand endorsements
Aggarwal endorses a large number of popular brands. Before starting her film career, she had acted in commercials as a model. Aggarwal represents Celebrity Cricket League as a brand ambassadors. She is the brand ambassador for Lux in endorsing the beauty soap. She endorses several retail and jewelry stores in south India — RS Brothers in Hyderabad, Sri Lakshmi Jewellery in Puducherry and AVR in Salem.
She has featured in television advertisements along with Karthi endorsing Bru instant coffee. She has endorsed mobile brands like Samsung Mobile and has featured in advertisements for the Secunderabad based The Chennai Shopping Mall. In April 2012, Kajal was announced as the brand ambassador for Panasonic. In 2013, Aggarwal was signed by Dabur as the brand ambassador of its flagship hair oil brand DaburAmlaNelli. She also endorses Green Trends, a leading salon brand in India.
Kajal Aggarwal’s Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards South
The Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry.
Nominated
- 2009 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Magadheera
- 2010 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Darling
- 2011 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Mr. Perfect
- 2014 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Govindudu Andarivadele
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
2012 – Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut- Hindi for Singham
South Indian International Movie Awards
Winner
2013 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Critics) – Tamil for Thuppakki[99] 2013 – Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema[100]
Nominated
- 2012 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Mr. Perfect[101]
- 2012 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Businessman [102]
- 2013 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Baadshah[103]
- 2013 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil for Thuppakki.[104]
- 2014 – SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Govindudu Andarivadele
CineMAA Awards
The CineMAA Awards are presented annually by the Movie Artists Association Group to honour artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Telugu Cinema.
Winner
2011 – CineMAA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Brindaavanam (2010)
2013 – CineMAA Award for Best Actress -Tamil for Thuppakki (2012)
Nominations
2010 – CineMAA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Magadheera (2009)
2012 – CineMAA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Mr. Perfect (2011)
Vijay Awards
Winner
Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine-For Thuppakki (2012)
Nominated
Vijay Award for Best Actress – For Thuppakki (2012)
Edison Awards
Nominated The Gorgeous Belle – For Maari (2015)
Winner The Gorgeous Belle of the year (2016)
Zee Telugu Apsara Awards 2016
Winner Fashion Icon of the year & Most Popular Female celebrity on Social Media
Winner – Femina Penn Shakti Awards 2013
Winner – Femina Power List South 2016
“Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Women 2016 ” -Telugu