Kajal Aggarwal
- Acting
- July 19, 1985 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Biography
Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema. She made a brief screen appearance in the Hindi film *Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...* (2004) before making her lead acting debut in Teja's Telugu romantic drama *Lakshmi Kalyanam* (2007), followed by her Tamil debut in *Pazhani* (2008). Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Yuvarani Mitravinda and Indira in S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film *Magadheera* (2009), for which she received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. Her subsequent film roles included *Darling* (2010), *Brindavanam* (2010), *Mr. Perfect* (2011), Rohit Shetty's action film *Singham* (2011), *Businessman* (2012), A. R. Murugadoss's action film *Thuppakki* (2012), *Naayak* (2013), Neeraj Pandey's heist thriller *Special 26* (2013), *Baadshah* (2013), *Govindudu Andarivadele* (2014), *Temper* (2015), *Khaidi No. 150* (2017), *Nene Raju Nene Mantri* (2017), *Vivegam* (2017), *Mersal* (2017), the psychological drama *Awe!* (2018), and the comedy film *Comali* (2019). In 2020, a wax statue of her was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Singapore. She later starred alongside Nandamuri Balakrishna in Anil Ravipudi's film *Bhagavanth Kesari* (2023) and played ACP Satyabhama IPS in the investigative crime thriller *Satyabhama* (2024). Her other film credits include S. Shankar's vigilante action films *Indian 2* (2024) and *Indian 3*, the mythological fantasy film *Kannappa* (2025), A. R. Murugadoss's action film *Sikandar* (2025), and the social drama *The India Story* (2026). She is also part of the ensemble cast of Nitesh Tiwari's multi-part mythological film *Ramayana*.
Known for
Filmography
- Dada
- Ramayana: Rise of a Legend · Mandodari
- The India Story
- Kannappa · Parvathy
- Sikandar · Vaidehi
- Indian 2: Zero Tolerance · Dhakshayini
- Satyabhama · Satyabhama
- Bhagavanth Kesari · Dr. Kathyayani "Kaachi"
- Manu Charitra · Presenter
- Karungaapiyam · Karthika
- Ghosty · Inspector Aarthi
- Hey! Sinamika · Malarvizhi
- Unstoppable with NBK · Self
- Mumbai Saga · Jamuna
- Mosagallu · Anu
- Live Telecast · Jennifer Mathew
- Ranarangam
- Comali · Reethika Mohan
- Sita · Sita
- Kavacham · Samyukta Chaganti
- MLA - Manchi Lakshanalunna Abbayi
- Awe! · Kali
- Mersal · Anu Pallavi
- Vivegam · Yazhini
- Nene Raju Nene Mantri · Radha Jogendra
- Khaidi No. 150 · Lakshmi
- Kavalai Vendam · Divya
- Janatha Garage · Special appearance in the song "Pakka Local"
- Do Lafzon Ki Kahani · Jenny
- Brahmotsavam · Kasi Annapurna
- The Kapil Sharma Show · Self
- Sardaar Gabbar Singh · Arshi Devi
- Comedy Nights Live · Self
- Inji Iduppazhagi · Cameo Appearance
- Paayum Puli · Sowmya
- Maari · Sridevi
- Temper · Shanvi
- Govindudu Andarivaadele · Satya
- Yevadu · Deepthi
- Jilla · Shanthi
- All in All Azhagu Raja · Chitra Devi Priya
- Baadshah · Janaki
- Special 26 · Priya Chavan
- Naayak · Madhu
- Sarocharu · Sandhya
- Thuppakki · Nisha
- Maattrraan · Anjali
- Businessman · Chitra
- Dhada · Rhea
- Singham · Kavya Bhosle
- Veera · Chitti
- Mr. Perfect · Priya
- Brindavanam · Bhumi
- Naan Mahaan Alla · Priya Sudharsan
- Darling · Nandini
- Om Shanti · Meghana
- Aarya 2 · Geetha
- Ganesh · Divya
- Magadheera · Mitravinda / Indu
- Modhi Vilayadu
- Saroja · Pooja (Cameo Appearance)
- Bommalattam · Priya
- Aatadista · Sunanda
- Pazhani · Deepti
- Pourudu
- Chandamama
- Lakshmi Kalyanam · Lakshmi
- Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... · Diya's Friend
- Uma · Uma
- Indian 3: War Mode · Dhakshayini
- Paris Paris