Bollywood beauty Kajol has managed to earn praise and accolades from fans and critics with her stellar performance since her debut with the movie, Bekhudi in 1992. She has been in the industry for over two decades and has featured in hits like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and My Name is Khan. While she enjoys a huge fans base, Kajol revealed that she never wanted to be an actor.
Kajol was on Saavn's new podcast "Take 2 with Anupama and Rajeev" along with actor Rajkummar Rao where they discussed the reasons of being in films, read a statement. "I never wanted to be an actor actually. I didn't think of it was worth the money that was being paid out. I didn't think it was worth the effort and I definitely thought my mother worked too hard for whatever she was doing and however we were at that point of time," Kajol said.
The actress added that she told her mother Tanuja -- a veteran actress -- that she wanted a "paycheck at the end of the month". Kajol says she found Bollywood a very erratic industry and acting an erratic profession.
The Bollywood diva is currently gearing up for the release of her upcoming film Helicopter Eela in which she will be playing the role of a mother. The movie is an adaptation of Anand Gandhi's Gujarati play Beta Kaagdo. The movie is set to hit the screens on October 12. Kajol was last seen on the big screen in Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
(With IANS inputs)
