Kajal Agarwal

Biography

She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal. She has a sister named Nisha Aggarwal, who is appearing in Telugu films as well. She finished her studies in Mumbai and started her modeling career while she was in college.

 Film career

 Career beginnings (2004–08)

Kajal made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, in which she enacted minor supporting role as the friend of Diya, the film’s lead, played by Aishwarya Rai,^[3][4] following which she signed veteran Tamil director Bharathiraja's Bommalattam. The film, however, got delayed and released in late 2008.

She made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in 2007 in Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam alongside Kalyan Ram, which did not fare well at the box office. Later that year, she appeared in the Krishna Vamsi-directed film Chandamama, which opened to positive reviews and became her first major successful film.^[5] In 2008, she had her first Tamil film release, Perarasu's action entertainer Pazhani, co-starring Bharath. Following this film, she had two more Tamil releases that year with Venkat Prabhu’s comedy-thriller Saroja, in which she did a guest appearance, and Bharathiraja’s investigative thriller Bommalattam. Although the former went on to become a commercial as well as a critical success^[6], both films failed to boost her career as her roles were too insignificant.^[7] Both her Telugu releases, Pourudu and Aatadista opposite Sumanth and Nitin, respectively, neither received positive reviews nor were successul at the box office.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na		Hindi	Diya's friend
2007	Lakshmi Kalyanam	Lakshmi	Telugu
2007	Chandamama	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
2008	Pourudu	Samyukhta	Telugu
2008	Pazhani	Deepti	Tamil
2008	Aatadista	Sunnanda	Telugu
2008	Saroja	Pooja	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2008	Bommalattam	Anitha	Tamil
2009	Modhi Vilayadu	Easwari Lakshmiram	Tamil
2009	Magadheera	Yuvarani Mithravindha Devi, Indira (Indu)	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2009	Ganesh Just Ganesh	Divya	Telugu
2009	Arya 2	Geethanjali	Telugu
2010	Om Shanti	Meghana	Telugu
2010	Darling	Nandini	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Priya Sudharsan	Tamil	Dubbed into telugu as Naa Peru Shiva
2010	Brindaavanam	Bhoomi	Telugu
2011	Mr. Perfect	Priya	Telugu
2011	Veera	Chitti	Telugu
2011	Singham	Kavya Bhosle	Hindi
2011	Dhada	Rhea	Telugu
2012	Maatraan	Kastury	Tamil	Filming
2012	The Business Man		Telugu	Filming