In the last 25 years, of bollywood Simran of b’town, Kajol has an impressive filmography to boast about. One of the most versatile artist of Hindi cinema, Kajol made her Bollywood debut with ‘Bekhudi’, and she recently talked about learning the ropes of acting on film sets.
The actress credits King Khan for guiding her so much. Sharing about the film ‘Udhar Ki Zindagi’ Kajol expressed that the film was so intense that she suffered from a burnout in “a weird way”.
“I remember having a conversation during Baazigar with Shah Rukh Khan and he told me, I should learn how to act and I was like, ‘I am doing so fabulously well’. He told me I need to burn out as an actor; I felt, he talks nonsense sometimes. But when I was shooting for Udhar Ki Zindagi, I was like, ‘I can’t do films that are so heavy, it sucks so much out of you’. I did not want to do that anymore.” –Kajol
She further expressed that later she ended up picking up lighter films like Hulchul and Gundaraj. Kajol will be next seen in Helicopter Eela with Riddhi Sen.
Kajol expressed that filmmaker Rahul Rawail also taught her the basic essentials of filmmaking.
“I learnt so much on that film. Rahul uncle was one of the best teachers in that aspect as far as the nuances were concerned. It was one of the first films in which I worked with screenwriter and fashion photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha and make-up artiste Mickey Contractor, they were amazing with me.” –Kajol