Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian actress. She was born on 19 June 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her zodiac sign is Gemini. She completed her schooling from St Anne High School, Mumbai. She holds degrees in mass media from Jai Hind College and KC College, Mumbai. 

Her father, Vinay Aggarwal is a businessman. Her mother Suman Aggarwal runs a shop. She has a sister Nisha Aggarwal. 

She is married to Gautam Kitchlu. The couple has a son Neil Kitchlu.

Kajal’s favourites

Her hobbies include dancing, doing yoga, and reading books. 

Kajal’s favourite meal is Hyderabadi biryani.

Her favourite actors are Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Kajol, Nayanthara and Katrina Kaif.

Her favourite film is ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’.

Some of the directors she likes are Puri Jagannadh, S.S. Rajamoli and Teja.

Her favourite colours are white, red and blue.

Kajal loves the ‘The Shiva Trilogy’ by Amish Tripathi and ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ by Robert James Walle.

Kajal frequently travels to Goa and Kerala.

Kajal earns Rs 1 to 1.5 crore for one film. 

Interesting facts about Kajal

Kajal is also known as Miss Congeniality in the South Indian film industry, because of her calm personality. 

Tamannaah Bhatia and Ram Charan are her close friends. 

She has worked in many Hindi films like ‘Kyun! Ho Gaya Na,’ ‘Singham’ and ‘Special 26,’ etc.

Although she is afraid of dogs, she supports PETA's initiative to ban animal circuses to prevent animal cruelty.

Awards

In the year 2010, she was awarded the Cinema Award for Best Actress (Telugu) for the film ‘Brindavanam’.

In the year 2013, she was declared as the Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema.

Kajal’s filmography

Some of Kajal’s popular movies are, Magadheera (2002), Thuppaki (2012), No 1 Businessman (2012), Jilla (2014), Maari (2015), Comali (2019), Mersal (2017), Vivegam (2017), Sita (2019) and Nayak (2013).

Kajal was last seen in Ghosty (2023) and Karungaapiyam (2023).

In the year 2020, Kajal got married with Gautam Kitchlu. He is an entrepreneur.