Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She made her debut with a minor role in the Hindi film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... (2004). Aggarwal debuted in Telugu cinema with Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), and was a box office failure. The year's other Telugu film, Chandamama, became a commercial success. Her first Tamil release Pazhani came the following year.
The next year, she had four releases. One of them, S. S. Rajamouli's Telugu film Magadheera - became a major breakthrough for her, and earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. Aggarwal's first release of 2010 was the romantic comedy Darling, which became a commercial success at the box office, and earned her another Filmfare nomination for Best Actress in Telugu. Her other two releases of the year — the Tamil thriller Naan Mahaan Alla and the romantic comedy Brindavanam - were also successful, with the latter fetching her the CineMAA Award for Best Actress. In 2011, she appeared in Mr. Perfect, which earned her a third Filmfare nomination for Best Actress in Telugu. In the same year, she starred in the Hindi film Singham, a remake of the 2010 Tamil film Singam and she received a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination. Aggarwal's performance in AR Murugadoss' Thuppakki (2012) won her the CineMAA Award for Best Tamil Actress, and Govindudu Andarivadele (2014) earned her a fourth Filmfare nomination for Best Telugu Actress. She made her television debut with the Tamil-language streaming series Live Telecast (2021).
Films
Year Title Role Language Notes 2004 Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... Diya's sister HindiMinor role 2007Lakshmi Kalyanam Lakshmi Telugu Debut in a lead role Chandamama Maha Lakshmi 2008Pourudu Samyukhta Aatadista Sunanda Pazhani Deepthi Tamil Saroja PoojaCameo BommalattamAnitha 2009Modhi Vilayadu Easwari Lakshmi Ram Magadheera Yuvaraani Mithravindha Devi / Indira Indu’ Telugu Ganesh Divya Arya 2 Geethanjali 2010Om Shanti Meghana Darling Nandini Brindavanam Bhumi Naan Mahaan Alla Priya Sudharsan Tamil 2011Singham Kaavya BhosleHindi Mr. Perfect Priya/AmmuluTelugu credited as Kajal Veera Chitra Dhada Rhea 2012Businessman Chitra Bhardwaj Sarocharu Sandhya Maattrraan Anjali Akhilan Tamil Thuppakki Nisha 2013Naayak MadhuTelugu Baadshah Janaki Special 26 Priya Chauhan Hindi All in All Azhagu Raja Chithra Devi Priya Tamil 2014Jilla Shanthi Yevadu Deepti Telugu Cameo Govindudu Andarivadele Satya 2015Temper Shanvi credited as Kajal Size ZeroHerself Guest appearance; Bilingual filmInji Iduppazhagi TamilMaari Sri Devi Paayum Puli Sowmya 2016 Sardaar Gabbar Singh Arshi Devi Telugu Brahmotsavam Kasi Annapurna Janatha Garage Herself Special appearance in the song "Pakka Local" Do Lafzon Ki Kahani Dr. Jenny Mathias Hindi Final Cut of Director Anitha Kavalai Vendam Divya Priyadharshini Tamil 2017Vivegam Yazhini Ajay Kumar MersalAnu Pallavi Khaidi No. 150 Lakshmi Telugu Nene Raju Nene Mantri Radha Jogendra 2018Awe Kali MLA Indu Kavacham Samyuktha Chaganti2019SitaV. Sita Maha Lakshmi Ranarangam Geetha Comali Rithika MohanTamil 2021Mumbai SagaSeema Rao Naik Hindi Mosagallu Anu Mukund Telugu2022Hey Sinamika Dr. MalarvizhiTamil 2023Ghosty Aarthi Karungaapiyam Karthika Bhagavanth KesariDr. KathyayaniTelugu2024 SatyabhamaSatyabhama "Satya" IPS Indian 2 Dakshayini Tamil Cameo 2025Sikandar Vaidehi Rangachari Hindi Kannappa Parvathi / Sati Telugu Guest appearance 2026scope="row" MandodariHindi Post production 2027scope="row" Filming rowspan="1" scope="row" Filming
Television
Year Title Role Language 2021 Live Telecast Jennifer "Jenny" Matthew Tamil
Discography Year Film Song Language Composer 2016 Chakravyuha "Yenaithu" Kannada S. Thaman
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