Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in South Indian cinema. Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Bollywood film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam(2007). She had her first commercial success with Chandamama (2007) and rose to prominence after her performance in Magadheera (2009), which remains her biggest commercial success, and fetched her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. Following further consecutive successes with Darling(2010), Brindavanam (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), Business Man(2012), Naayak (2013) and Baadshah (2013) she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Tollywood. She has also acted in Tamil films, Naan Mahaan Alla (2010) being her first notable project, but with Maattrraan (2012) and Thuppakki (2012), she emerged as a leading actress in Kollywood as well. She made a comeback to Bollywood with Singham(2011) which was a blockbuster while her next film Special Chabbis (2013) was also declared a box-office success.
Kajal was born in Mumbai to Vinay Agarwal, an entrepreneur, and Suman Agarwal, a confectioner. She is of Marwari descent. She has a younger sister, Nisha Agarwal, who is also an actress appearing in Telugu and Tamil films. She studied at St. Anne's High School, Colaba, Mumbai and Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She graduated from K.C. College, Mumbai with a degree in Mass Media. She started her modelling career while she was still in college. She was planning on pursuing MBA in Brand Management before deciding to pursue acting.
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