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{{Infobox person
| name = Kajol
| image = Kajol
| alt = Kajol tersenyum ke arah kamera.
| caption = Kajol
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|8|5}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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Kajol lahir di [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (sekarang Mumbai)<ref name="Kajol Devgan Mukherjee">{{cite web |last=Brahmbhatt |first=Preetee |date=8 Agustus 2008 |title=This week in entertainment history |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/08slid1.htm |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811011321/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/08slid1.htm |archive-date=11 Agustus 2008 |access-date=11 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> pada 5 Agustus 1974 dari [[keluarga Mukherjee-Samarth]].<ref name="Rediff01" /><ref name="Sit wih hitlist" /> Ayahnya, [[Shomu Mukherjee]], adalah seorang pembuat film, sementara ibunya, [[Tanuja]], adalah seorang pemeran.<ref name="Rediff01">{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/21dinesh.htm |title=Sparkling spitfire Tanuja |author=Raheja, Dinesh |authorlink=Dinesh Raheja |publisher=Rediff.com |date=21 Januari 2003 |access-date=19 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423231934/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/21dinesh.htm |archive-date=23 April 2003 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="father">{{Cite news|last=Pradhan|first=Bharathi S.|date=13 April 2008|title=Kajol, Tanu and Shomu|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/kajol-tanu-and-shomu/cid/590334|work=[[The Telegraph (Kalkuta)|The Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824122531/https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/kajol-tanu-and-shomu/cid/590334|archive-date=24 Agustus 2020|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Times News Network|date=10 Agustus 2003|title=The agony & ecstasy of being Tanuja|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-agony-ecstasy-of-being-Tanuja/articleshow/134291.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201175148/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-agony-ecstasy-of-being-Tanuja/articleshow/134291.cms|archive-date=1 Desember 2019|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Kajol tidak memiliki marga, namun dalam beberapa hal, seperti paspor, ia menggunakan nama "Kajol Mukerji".<ref name="Sit wih hitlist" /> Dari pihak ibunya, neneknya adalah [[Shobhna Samarth]] dan kakeknya adalah [[Kumarsen Samarth]] sama-sama sutradara.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Alone-and-forgotten/article12718987.ece |title=Alone and forgotten |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 Desember 2010 |author=Gupte, Pranay |access-date=31 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603023451/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Alone-and-forgotten/article12718987.ece |archive-date=3 Juni 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] (pendiri Filmalaya Studio) dan Sati Devi (seorang saudara perempuan dari [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Kishore Kumar]], dan [[Anoop Kumar]]) masing-masing adalah kakek dan nenek dari pihak ayahnya.<ref name="Tanisha">{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Kshama|date=19 Juli 2003|title=Acting intrigues me: Tanisha|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tanisha/20030719.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209160519/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tanisha/20030719.htm|archive-date=9 Februari 2012|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=N.|first=Patcy|date=29 Maret 2007|title=Know Bollywood's family ties?|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/quiz/20070329.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029164225/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/quiz/20070329.htm|archive-date=29 Oktober 2015|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Adik perempuannya [[Tanishaa Mukerji]], bibinya [[Nutan]] dan [[Nalini Jaywant]], pamannya [[Joy Mukherjee]], nenek buyutnya [[Rattan Bai]], dan sepupunya—[[Mohnish Bahl]], [[Rani Mukerji]], dan [[Sharbani Mukherjee]]—adalah pemeran.<ref name="Tanisha" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/aug/04bahl.htm |title=Actor Mohnish Behl's father dies in fire |date=4 Agustus 2004 |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=26 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040806031152/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/aug/04bahl.htm |archive-date=6 Agustus 2004 |url-status=live }}<br />{{Cite news|last=Mathur|first=Vartika|date=3 September 2009|title=Identity crisis|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Identity-crisis/article16878953.ece|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827082833/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Identity-crisis/article16878953.ece|archive-date=27 Agustus 2020|access-date=27 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite news|last=Poojary|first=Sapana Patil|date=2 Desember 2007|title=‘She just looks little’|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-she-just-looks-little-1136796|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818062522/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-she-just-looks-little-1136796|archive-date=18 Agustus 2020|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite news|last=Varma|first=Anuradha|date=14 Juni 2009|title=In Bollywood, everyone's related!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-14/news-interviews/28162188_1_fardeen-khan-zayed-khan-kajol|work=The Times of India|agency=Times News Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715073809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-14/news-interviews/28162188_1_fardeen-khan-zayed-khan-kajol|archive-date=15 Juli 2012|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kajol juga memiliki kerabat lainnya: sepupu [[Ayan Mukerji]], bibi Amrit Mukerji, dan paman [[Deb Mukherjee]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Nashrulla, Tasneem|date=10 Oktober 2009|title=Sunny Sid up|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sunny-sid-up/story-cJvaBcLxnFUf2H5McnTb6I.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817111215/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sunny-sid-up/story-cJvaBcLxnFUf2H5McnTb6I.html|archive-date=17 Agustus 2020|access-date=17 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/20130617-ayan-mukerji-bollywood-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-764016-1999-11-30 |title=The Pulp Prodigy: Ayan Mukerji ready to enter the big league of Bollywood |author=Singh, Suhani |work=[[India Today]] |date=30 November 1999 |access-date=31 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831094718/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/20130617-ayan-mukerji-bollywood-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-764016-1999-11-30 |archive-date=31 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kajol menyebut dirinya keras kepala sejak belia, menambahkan, "Jika saya mengambil [sebuah] keputusan tentang sesuatu, saya akan melakukannya [...] Saya memiliki keegoisan yang besar, saya tidak pernah meneteskan air mata [dan] saya [adalah] anak yang berbeda."<ref>{{cite web|last=Choudhary|first=Anuradha|date=13 April 2012|title=Kajol: A Mother's Role is More Defined|url=http://idiva.com/news-work-life/kajol-a-mothers-role-is-more-defined/12151|publisher=iDiva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609104853/http://idiva.com/news-work-life/kajol-a-mothers-role-is-more-defined/12151|archive-date=9 Juni 2012|accessdate=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Menurut Kajol, ibunya menanamkannya rasa kemandirian sejak dini. Dibesarkan di antara dua budaya yang berbeda, ia mewarisi "[[pragmatisme]] [[Orang Marathi|Marathi]]" dari ibunya dan "ketemperamenan [[Orang Bengali|Bengali]]" dari ayahnya. Orang tuanya berpisah sejak ia berusia muda, namun menurutnya hal tersebut tidak terlalu memberikan pengaruh terhadap masa kecilnya.<ref name="India Today01">{{cite news|last=Bamzai|first=Kaveree|date=22 Mei 2006|title=Return of the natural|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kajol-returns-to-unsettle-bollywood-reigning-deities/1/181245.html|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005183624/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kajol-returns-to-unsettle-bollywood-reigning-deities/1/181245.html|archive-date=5 Oktober 2013|accessdate=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kajol mengenyam pendidikan di [[Sekolah Biara St. Joseph, Panchgani]] dan [[Kolese untuk Wanita Sophia]], serta mengikuti beberapa kegiatan ekstrakurikuler, termasuk menari.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 Agustus 2007|title=When Kajol was head girl|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/reader/20070822.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607155714/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/reader/20070822.htm|archive-date=7 Juni 2015|accessdate=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=[[Menteri Urusan Luar Negeri (India)|Menteri Urusan Luar Negeri]]|date=Mei 2006|title=Kajol: Ready for a comeback|url=https://eoi.gov.in/kabul/?pdf0277?000.pdf|publisher=India Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904120651/https://eoi.gov.in/kabul/?pdf0277
Semasa mendampingi temannya untuk melakukan sebuah sesi foto, sutradara [[Rahul Rawail]], ketika sedang mencari seorang pemeran utama perempuan untuk proyek terbarunya ''[[Bekhudi]]'', melihat Kajol dan kemudian tertarik untuk memilihnya.<ref name="Sit wih hitlist">{{Cite news|last=Shekhar|first=Mayank|author-link=Mayank Shekhar|date=29 Januari 2019|title=Sit With Hitlist – Kajol: I Am Not Doing Movies Anymore Which Require Me To Cry|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/kajol-walks-down-memory-lane-and-gets-candid-with-mayank-shekhar/19804156|work=Mid Day|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916155222/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/kajol-walks-down-memory-lane-and-gets-candid-with-mayank-shekhar/19804156|archive-date=16 September 2018|access-date=4 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia mendapatkan peran seorang gadis perkuliahan, dan mengalami beberapa kali pergantian lawan main, termasuk [[Saif Ali Khan]] dan [[Chandrachur Singh]],<ref>{{cite web |title="The actor has taken a backseat to the star"|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04chur.htm |last=Verma |first=Sukanya |date=4 April 1997 |publisher=Rediff.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030424073709/https://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04chur.htm |archive-date=24 April 2003 |access-date=30 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> sebelum akhirnya [[Kamal Sadanah]] terpilih.<ref name="Bekhudi">{{Cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|authorlink=Sukanya Verma|date=6 Desember 2001|title=Oh Kajol!: Unraveling a phenomenon (Intro)|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/dec/06intro.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306083616/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/dec/06intro.htm|archive-date=6 Maret 2003|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bose|first=Derek|author-link=Derek Bose|date=24 Mei 2008|title=Playing Saif|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080524/saturday/main1.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033457/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080524/saturday/main1.htm|archive-date=20 Februari 2018|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Pemfilman dimulai pada 1990, dan sebagian besarnya dilakukan di Kanada; semenjak itu, Kajol memutuskan untuk keluar dari pendidikannya, sebuah hal yang kemudian disesalinya pada masa mendatang.<ref name="India Today01" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2013/feb/04/kajol-regrets-ignoring-her-education-447516.html |title=Kajol regrets ignoring her education |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |author=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] |date=4 Februari 2013 |access-date=6 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906093011/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2013/feb/04/kajol-regrets-ignoring-her-education-447516.html |archive-date=6 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dirilis pada dua tahun setelahnya, ''Bekhudi'' mengalami kegagalan finansial, namun, penampilan pendatang-pendatang barunya mendapatkan sambutan positif;<ref name="The Hindu01">{{Cite news|last=Bollywood News Service|date=1 Februari 2008|title=You, me aur Kajol|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/02/01/stories/2008020150240800.htm|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829164921/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/02/01/stories/2008020150240800.htm|archive-date=29 Agustus 2008|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> sebuah surat kabar ''[[The Indian Express]]'' menyerukan: "Kecantikan [...] tersebut membuat sebuah dampak awet dalam layar [...] Meskipun [tampil] dengan kostum minim, ia tetap memancarkan sebuah daya tarik polos."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920731&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Lovers on the run |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=31 Juli 1992 |access-date=9 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909121200/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920731&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |archive-date=9 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kajol kemudian mengutip proyek tersebut sebagai sebuah "keberuntungan besar" dalam hidupnya,<ref name="India Today01" /> dan menambahkan bagaimana film tersebut "telah mengajarinya dasar-dasar pembuatan film, mulai dari menghadap kamera hingga memperoleh pengetahuan teknis".<ref name="PTI01">{{Cite news|last=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=24 September 2018|title=When SRK told Kajol to learn how to act, and she felt he talks nonsense sometimes|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/240918/kajol-shah-rukh-khan-films-helicopter-dushman-bekhudi-kkhh-friend-funn.html|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928051404/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/240918/kajol-shah-rukh-khan-films-helicopter-dushman-bekhudi-kkhh-friend-funn.html|archive-date=28 September 2018|access-date=1 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peran terobosan|Terobosan]] kariernya datang pada 1993 setelah ''[[Baazigar]]'' karya [[Abbas–Mustan]] meraih kesuksesan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raghuvanshi|first=Aakanksha|date=12 November 2019|title=26 Years After Baazigar, Kajol 'Still' Doesn't Have Kaali Kaali Aankhen|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/26-years-after-baazigar-kajol-still-doesnt-have-kaali-kaali-aankhen-2131194|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123021206/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/26-years-after-baazigar-kajol-still-doesnt-have-kaali-kaali-aankhen-2131194|archive-date=23 November 2019|access-date=3 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Diadaptasi dari ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (film 1991)|A Kiss Before Dying]]'' (1991), [[Sridevi]] awalnya dipilih untuk memainkan peran saudara kembar Kajol dan [[Shilpa Shetty]] sekaligus, namun sutradara film tersebut membatalkannya, merasa bahwa penonton tidak akan bersimpati jika dalam salah satu adegannya Sridevi ditembak;<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=11 November 2018|title='Baazigar' was shot with two endings, reveal Abbas-Mustan|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/baazigar-was-shot-with-two-endings-reveal-abbas-mustan-118111100208_1.html|work=[[Business Standard]]|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120005950/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/baazigar-was-shot-with-two-endings-reveal-abbas-mustan-118111100208_1.html|archive-date=20 November 2018|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Roy |first=Gitanjali |date=13 Agustus 2013 |title=Sridevi@50: 10 things you didn't know|url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/sridevi-50-10-things-you-didnt-know-613364 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409153329/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/sridevi-50-10-things-you-didnt-know-613364 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |access-date=11 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> hal tersebut juga berpengaruh pada alurnya.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/fc-oral-history-baazigar/ |title=FC Oral History: Baazigar |author=Sinha, Sayoni |date=19 Januari 2017 |website=Film Companion |access-date=16 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816080124/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/fc-oral-history-baazigar/ |archive-date=16 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Baazigar'' meraih sambutan hangat kritikus, namun Kajol mendapatkan tanggapan negatif atas riasan dan selera berpakaiannya yang dianggap "mengerikan".<ref name="slides" />
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===1995–1997: Naik daun dan ekspansi peran===
Kajol mulai naik daun pada 1995, setelah dua dari lima rilisannya—''[[Karan Arjun]]'' dan ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]''—menjadi film India dengan keuntungan tertinggi pada tahun tersebut.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|author-link=Anupama Chopra|date=15 Agustus 1995|title=Stretching the Straitjacket|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950815-stretching-the-straitjacket-754213-1995-08-15|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818073323/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950815-stretching-the-straitjacket-754213-1995-08-15|archive-date=18 Agustus 2020|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BOI 1995">{{Cite web|title=Box Office 1995|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201|publisher=Box Office India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830151926/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201|archive-date=30 Agustus 2012|access-date=11 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dimulai dengan ''Karan Arjun'', sebuah cerita seru melodrama [[Rakesh Roshan]] yang bertemakan [[reinkarnasi]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&source=gbs_book_other_versions |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |author1=Gulzar |author-link1=Gulzar |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |author-link2=Govind Nihalani |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Saibal |author-link3=Saibal Chatterjee |year=2003 |page=200 |publisher=[[Popular Prakashan]] |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |access-date=12 Agustus 2020}}</ref> di mana Kajol menggantikan [[Juhi Chawla]] untuk peran Sonia Saxena (wanita idaman dari karakter [[Shah Rukh Khan]]).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rayendra|first=Panditio|date=14 Januari 2015|title=20 tahun Karan Arjun; Awal manis Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan dan Kajol|url=https://www.tabloidbintang.com/asia/bollywood/read/17036/20-tahun-karan-arjun-awal-manis-shahrukh-khan-salman-khan-dan-kajol|work=[[Bintang (tabloid)|Bintang]]|language=id|archive-url=https://archive.
[[File:Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol unveil the special coffee table book 'DDLJ'.jpg|thumb|Kajol dengan lawan mainnya [[Shah Rukh Khan]] pada 2014 ketika merayakan pemutaran berkelanjutan ke-1000 pekan dari film mereka ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]''. Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan jurnalis Rani Singh, Kajol menyatakan bahwa Khan adalah lawan main favoritnya<ref>{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Rani |date=30 Juni 2016 |title=Kajol on Shah Rukh Khan, "He owes me his life, a lot more, actually!" Dilwale film co-stars talk |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ranisingh/2016/01/30/shah-rukh-khans-dilwale-film-co-stars-talk-about-working-with-srk/#7f32c02bba66 |work=[[Forbes]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817203813/https://www.forbes.com/sites/ranisingh/2016/01/30/shah-rukh-khans-dilwale-film-co-stars-talk-about-working-with-srk/ |archive-date=17 Agustus 2020 |access-date=26 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>|alt=Shah Rukh Khan memeluk Kajol, dengan mereka berdua secara bersama-sama memegang sebuah foto yang berisi potongan adegan mereka dalam ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge''.]]
Kajol kemudian memerankan seorang [[India non-residen dan orang berdarah India|India non-residen]] (NRI) dalam film drama percintaan [[Aditya Chopra]] ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'', yang menjadi rilis terakhirnya pada 1995 dan salah satu kesuksesan karier terbesarnya.<ref name="BOI 1995" /> Judul film tersebut terinspirasi pada sebuah penggalan lirik "Le Jayenge Le Jayenge" dari ''[[Chor Machaye Shor
Kajol menggambarkan perannya dalam film cerita seru suspen 1997 ''[[Gupt: The Hidden Truth]]'', sebagai "salah satu peran tersulit" yang pernah diselesaikannya.<ref name="Interview01">{{Cite news|last=Choudhary|first=Anuradha|date=Maret 2000|title=Kajol: Dil Kya Kare...|url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/march2000/ivw1a.html|work=Filmfare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222165951/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/march2000/ivw1a.html|archive-date=25 Juli 2012|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film tersebut disutradarai dan ditulis secara bersamaan oleh [[Rajiv Rai]], dan juga dibintangi oleh [[Bobby Deol]] dan [[Manisha Koirala]]. Sebagai bagian untuk menghindari memainkan [[Typecasting|jenis peran yang sama]] secara berturut-turut, Kajol memilih untuk tampil sebagai seorang ''[[femme fatale]]'' yang memiliki sifat obsesif, Isha Diwan (peran antagonis pertamanya).<ref name="first">{{Cite news|last=Khatib|first=Hasina|date=22 April 2020|title=In pictures: Kajol’s complete beauty evolution|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/bollywood-celebrity-kajol-then-and-now-pictures-complete-beauty-evolution|work=[[Vogue (majalah)|Vogue]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724132054/https://www.vogue.in/content/bollywood-celebrity-kajol-then-and-now-pictures-complete-beauty-evolution|archive-date=24 Juli 2020|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Film tersebut dinyatakan sukes dari segi box office (meraup {{INR}}300 juta), dan membuat Kajol menjadi pemenang perempuan [[Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Penampilan Terbaik dalam sebuah Peran Negatif]] (juga dikenal sebagai Penjahat Terbaik) pertama.<ref name="villain" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Box Office 1997|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=203&catName=MTk5Nw==|publisher=Box Office India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922015923/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=203&catName=MTk5Nw==|archive-date=22 September 2012|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film tersebut mendapatkan ulasan campuran kritikus, namun kinerja Kajol ditanggapi secara positif; Mohammad Ali Ikram dari Planet Bollywood menyebut Kajol menampilkan perannya "secara brilian",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ikram|first=Mohammad Ali|title=Gupt|url=https://planetbollywood.com/Film/gupt.html|publisher=Planet Bollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990420105525/https://planetbollywood.com/Film/gupt.html|archive-date=20 April 1999|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> dan ''[[The Times of India]]'' menetapkan penampilan tersebut sebagai "penampilan terbaiknya sepanjang masa" dan menjadi penghancur citranya sebagai seorang [[wikt:goody two shoes|wanita-baik-yang-tidak-dapat-menjadi-jahat]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times News Network|date=5 Mei 2016|title=Priyanka, Katrina, Bipasha – Super hot baddies of B-Town|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/priyanka-katrina-bipasha-super-hot-baddies-of-b-town/priyanka-katrina-bipasha-super-hot-baddies-of-b-town/photostory/52129993.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://archive.
Tiga film lanjutan Kajol pada 1997 adalah ''[[Hameshaa]]'', ''[[Minsara Kanavu]]'', dan ''[[Ishq (film 1997)|Ishq]]''. Film drama percintaan bertemakan reinkarnasi ''Hameshaa'' menampilkan Kajol dalam peran ganda: Rani Sharma, seorang wanita yang dicintai oleh dua pria sekaligus (diperankan oleh Saif Ali Khan dan [[Aditya Pancholi]]), dan Reshma, seorang penari folklor. Meski dilaporkan mengalami kegagalan komersial,<ref name="filmography" /> beberapa kritikus memuji kemistri antara Kajol dan Khan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chowdhury|first=Nandita|date=22 September 1997|title=Life minus the lilt|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/22091997/cinema1.html|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205140900/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/22091997/cinema1.html|archive-date=5 Desember 2000|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Minsara Kanavu'' karya [[Rajiv Menon]], yang terinspirasi dari ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' (1965), menandai debut Kajol dalam [[perfilman Tamil]].<ref name="slides">{{Cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|date=6 Desember 2001|title=Oh Kajol! Unraveling a phenomenon (Slides)|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/dec/06slid1.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120013640/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/dec/06slid1.htm|archive-date=20 Januari 2015|access-date=30 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebuah proyek yang dideskripsikannya sebagai sebuah "pengalaman yang menyenangkan",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|date=4 April 1997|title=Dream girl|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04kajl.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715123323/http://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04kajl.htm|archive-date=15 Juli 2018|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Kajol dipilih oleh istri sutradara film tersebut, Latha Menon, untuk menggantikan [[Madhuri Dixit]] setelah menolak untuk memerankan seorang biarawati ambisius dalam film tersebut.<ref name="KajolMint" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chaugale|first=Shraddha|date=14 Mei 2020|title=Kajol's 'Minsara Kanavu': Intriguing trivia about the musical-romance film|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajols-minsara-kanavu-intriguing-trivia.html|work=Republic World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812033417/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajols-minsara-kanavu-intriguing-trivia.html|archive-date=12 Agustus 2020|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebagai bagian dari persiapan, Rajiv memberikan pekerjaan rumah setebal tiga halaman kepada Kajol untuk melatihnya melakukan dialog dalam bahasa Tamil (sebuah bahasa yang tidak dikuasai olehnya).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=26 Juni 2017|title=Did you know? Dhanush and Soundarya Rajnikanth lied to Kajol for 'VIP 2'|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-did-you-know-dhanush-and-soundarya-rajnikanth-lied-to-kajol-for-vip-2-2484020|work=Daily News and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306114024/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-did-you-know-dhanush-and-soundarya-rajnikanth-lied-to-kajol-for-vip-2-2484020|archive-date=6 Maret 2019|access-date=3 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Karena keterbatasannya dalam bahasa tersebut, suara Kajol kemudian di[[Penyulihan suara|sulih]] oleh pemeran [[Revathi]].<ref>{{citation |last=Karupiah |first=Premalatha |date=Maret 2017 |title=Voiceless Heroines: Use of Dubbed Voices in Tamil Movies |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316076624_Voiceless_Heroines_Use_of_Dubbed_Voices_in_Tamil_Movies |journal=Asian Women |publisher=[[Universitas Sains Malaysia]] |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=73–98 |access-date=12 Agustus 2020 |url-access=registration }}</ref> Setelah perilisannya, film tersebut mengalami keberhasilan dalam bahasa aslinya, namun versi alih [[bahasa Hindi]]-nya yang berjudul ''Sapnay'' mengalami hal sebaliknya.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 Agustus 2000|title=Tamil film director Rajiv Menon sets a trend with Kandukondain Kandukondain|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/20000821-tamil-film-director-rajiv-menon-sets-a-trend-with-kandukondain-kandukondain-779683-2000-08-21|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102121333/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/20000821-tamil-film-director-rajiv-menon-sets-a-trend-with-kandukondain-kandukondain-779683-2000-08-21|archive-date=2 November 2018|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Film tersebut juga disambut oleh kritikus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sitaraman|first=Srilakshmi|title=Minsara Kanavu|url=http://www.tamilentertainment.com/Reviews/articles/minsaara.htm|publisher=TamilEntertainment.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020326163730/http://www.tamilentertainment.com/Reviews/articles/minsaara.htm|archive-date=26 Maret 2002|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film dramedi romansa [[Indra Kumar]] ''Ishq'' (menampilkan pula Ajay Devgn, [[Aamir Khan]], dan Juhi Chawla) menandai rilis terakhirnya pada tahun tersebut,<ref name="filmography" /> dan komentator memuji kinerjanya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ikram|first=Mohammad Ali|title=Ishq|url=https://planetbollywood.com/Film/ishq.html|publisher=Planet Bollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980415171824/https://planetbollywood.com/Film/ishq.html|archive-date=15 April 1998|access-date=7 September 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===1998: Puncak karier dan sambutan kritis===
Pada 1998, Kajol memainkan peran utama dalam keempat filmnya, dan menolak satu proyek: ''[[Dil Se..]]''.<ref name="Sit wih hitlist" /> Portal keuangan perfilman [[Box Office India]] melaporkan tahun tersebut sebagai penanda puncak kariernya, setelah tiga filmnya—''[[Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (film 1998)|Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya]]'', ''[[Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha]]'', dan ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]''—menempati posisi sebagai film-film India berkeuntungan tertinggi pada tahun tersebut, dengan pengecualian untuk ''[[Dushman (film 1998)|Dushman]]''.<ref name="Top Actress" /><ref name="BOI 1998">{{Cite web|title=Box Office 1998|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=204&catName=MTk5OA==|publisher=Box Office India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922020014/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=204&catName=MTk5OA==|archive-date=22 September 2012|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ketiga produksi sukses tersebut juga dinominasikan untuk [[Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Film Terbaik|Film Terbaik]] di [[Penghargaan Filmfare ke-44]],<ref name="nominations 1998">{{Cite web|title=The Nominations – 1998|url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368676.cms|publisher=[[Times Internet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/
[[File:Rani Mukerji, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol at the 20 years celebration of ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Difoto bersama [[Rani Mukerji]] dan Shah Rukh Khan di perayaan 20 tahunan untuk ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' pada 2018. Film tersebut dianggap sebagai salah satu [[Daftar film yang dianggap terbaik|film terbaik yang pernah dibuat]] sepanjang masa|al=Shah Rukh Khan merangkul Rani Mukerji dan Kajol, dan mereka semua berdiri di atas sebuah karpet merah.]]
Kajol memainkan peran ganda sebagai sepasang saudara kembar dalam debut penyutradaraan [[Tanuja Chandra]] ''
Nominasi kedua Kajol di Filmfare pada tahun tersebut datang untuk penampilannya dalam ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'' (dibuat ulang dari film 1995 ''[[French Kiss (film 1995)|French Kiss]]'').<ref name="nominations 1998" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kapoor|first=Pankaj|date=4 Agustus 2000|title=Honey, we 'adapted' the idea 'While You Were Sleeping'!|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Honey-we-adapted-the-idea-While-You-Were-Sleeping/articleshow/1393885990.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812074846/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Honey-we-adapted-the-idea-While-You-Were-Sleeping/articleshow/1393885990.cms|archive-date=12 Agustus 2020|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Dirilis pada 24 Juli,<ref name="filmography" /> film tersebut menjadi produksi terlaris ketiganya pada tahun tersebut, dan menghasilkan {{INR}}303 juta.<ref name="BOI 1998" /> Meskipun kritikus memberikan ulasan campuran terhadap film tersebut, kinerja Kajol meraih sambutan positif. [[Times Internet]] menyebutnya sebagai sebuah "anugerah pementasan super-hemat", menambahkan, "Bersemangat dan spontan seperti biasa, Kajol [membuat] penampilan yang sangat seimbang [dan] menyelamatkan, bahkan adegan yang paling lantang sekalipun mencapai puncaknya."<ref>{{cite web |title=Saturday Flight Fever: Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/bollywood/filmrev/film31.htm |publisher=Times Internet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009093655/http://www.indiatimes.com/bollywood/filmrev/film31.htm |archive-date=9 Oktober 1999 |access-date=12 Agustus 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kritikus lainnya juga menyamakan kinerjanya dengan [[Meg Ryan]], yang membintangi film aslinya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramchandani|first=Avinash|title=Film Review: Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha|url=https://planetbollywood.com/Film/pthht.html|publisher=Planet Bollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205130737/https://planetbollywood.com/Film/pthht.html|archive-date=5 Desember 1998|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kajol bersama Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, dan Juhi Chawla kemudian menyelenggarakan sebuah tur dunia, "Awesome Foursome", pada 29 Agustus.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|author-link=Namrata Joshi|last2=Areau|first2=Robin|date=14 Oktober 1998|title=The big gig|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/zee-sponsors-awesome-foursome-starring-shah-rukh-khan-akshay-kumar-kajol-juhi-chawla/1/264941.html|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725220926/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/zee-sponsors-awesome-foursome-starring-shah-rukh-khan-akshay-kumar-kajol-juhi-chawla/1/264941.html|archive-date=25 Juli 2014|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Berlangsung hingga sebulan, tur tersebut menyebabkannya stres dan mendorong Kajol untuk tidak ikut serta kembali dalam sebuah tur dunia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khanna|first=Kavita|last2=Parikh|first2=Sejal|date=2 Oktober 1998|title='I'm not a movie buff'|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/oct/02kaj.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|location=Washington D. C., Amerika Serikat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309212528/https://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/oct/02kaj.htm|archive-date=9 Maret 2001|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Film drama remaja [[Karan Johar]] ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' menandai rilis terakhir Kajol pada tahun tersebut, dan menjadi sebuah tonggak sejarah dalam kariernya.<ref name="slides" /> Berperan sebagai seorang [[tomboi]], fim tersebut menjadi film India pertama yang direkam di Skotlandia.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sareen|first=Jaideep|date=18 April 1999|title=Bollywood moves to Scotland|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bollywood-moves-to-scotland-1088031.html|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817060947/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bollywood-moves-to-scotland-1088031.html|archive-date=17 Agustus 2020|access-date=17 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ketika pengambilan gambar untuk "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana", Kajol kehilangan kendali atas sepedanya. Kejadian tersebut membuatnya mengalami pingsan, dan menyebabkan sebagian ingatannya ketika syuting hilang. Ia menyatakan bahwa kecelakaan tersebut adalah bagian paling berkesan dari masa produksi.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwCGUtxikm0&list=LL1MdamL6NJu2cQLKPrBFCsg&index=1049 |title=Making of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai |date=9 Februari 2011 |publisher=[[Dharma Productions]] |time=1:28–2:10 |access-date=12 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=
===1999–2004: Pernikahan dan naik turun===
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Rilis pertama Kajol pada 1999 adalah ''[[Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain]]'', sebuah [[film wanita]] yang dibuat ulang dari drama percintaan [[perfilman Telugu|Telugu]] ''[[Pavitra Bandham]]'' (1996).<ref name="Rediff02">{{Cite web|last=Taliculam|first=Sharmila|date=23 Januari 1999|title=Till incompatibility do us part|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/23hum.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104114835/https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/23hum.htm|archive-date=4 November 2018|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Melalui film tersebut, ia melakukan sebuah percobaan dengan memainkan peran stereotip seorang wanita yang rela berkoban.<ref name="slides" /> Ia tampil sebagai Megha, seorang asisten pribadi dari karakter [[Anil Kapoor]]. Film tersebut adalah sebuah [[sleeper hit]] (berkeuntungan lebih dari {{INR}}170 juta),<ref name="Bhattacharya, Roshmila" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=205&catName=MTk5OQ== |title=Box Office 1999 |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=28 Agustus 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922015930/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=205&catName=MTk5OQ== |archive-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> dan Kajol dinominasikan untuk Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik.<ref name="Awards01" /> Mengulas untuk Rediff.com, kritikus Sharmila Taliculam menulis: "Ia mengelola perannya dengan baik, menggunakan matanya untuk memberikan efek yang baik dalam banyak adegan. Kedambaan di dalam [mata]nya sangat kuat ketika ia mencari apresiasi untuk apa yang dilakukannya."<ref name="Rediff02" /> Pada 24 Februari, Kajol menikah dengan Ajay Devgn dalam sebuah upacara sederhana bergaya Maharashtra, dan kemudian ber[[bulan madu]] selama dua bulan ke Eropa.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 April 2003|title=It takes two to tango: Bonding of the bubbly belle & the brooder|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030427/spectrum/main5.htm|work=The Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125093140/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030427/spectrum/main5.htm|archive-date=25 Januari 2020|access-date=12 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebuah konflik terjadi dengan ayahnya setelah pernikahan. Ayahnya merasa bahwa pernikahan tersebut dapat memberikan pengaruh terhadap karier Kajol, dan menurutnya, usianya pada saat tersebut, 25, terlalu muda. Perselisihan tersebut mengakibatkan ayahnya tidak ingin untuk berbicara kepada Kajol selama seminggu.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1827922/4-family-didnt-want-marry-ajay-kajol |title=My family didn't want me to marry Ajay: Kajol |date=17 Oktober 2018 |work=The Tribune |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121201226/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1827922/4-family-didnt-want-marry-ajay-kajol |archive-date=21 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Juga pada 1999, Kajol tampil dalam dua film lainnya—''[[Dil Kya Kare]]'' dan ''[[Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya]]''—dan menolak satu proyek: ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]''.<ref name="Rejected roles02" /> Debut produksi suaminya, drama musikal ''Dil Kya Kare'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rediff Entertainment Bureau|date=8 Agustus 2001|title=That brooding intensity!: Ajay Devgan promises to sear in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/aug/08ajay.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030303231659/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/aug/08ajay.htm|archive-date=3 Maret 2003|access-date=4 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> menandai rilis pertama Kajol setelah pernikahan, dan [[Sify]] memberikan sambutan positif kepadanya.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 April 2003|title=Dil Kya Kare|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/dil-kya-kare-review-bollywood-pcltRphhbhfcj.html|publisher=[[Sify]]|archive-url=
[[File:Ajay Devgn and Kajol at an event for Raju Chacha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Bersama dengan Ajay Devgn di sebuah konferensi pers untuk ''[[Raju Chacha]]'' pada 2000. Film tersebut menjadi salah satu film India beranggaran tertinggi pada masanya|al=Ajay Devgn mengenakan kaus biru, dan Kajol mengenakan baju ketat dengan bagian dada yang sedikit terbuka]]
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''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' menyebut ''[[Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi]]'' (2001) sebagai "permulaan dari babak kedua" dalam karier Kajol.<ref name="The Tribune01">{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Rakhee|date=22 Februari 2001|title=Kajol decides to ‘phase out’|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010222/main8.htm|work=The Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011212618/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010222/main8.htm|archive-date=11 Oktober 2019|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Baik film tersebut maupun penampilannya tidak ada yang ditanggapi secara positif;<ref name="filmography" /> Savera R. Someshwar mengkritik keputusan Kajol untuk membintangi film tersebut, menyebutnya hanya menjadi sebuah "alat bantu glamor" dan menggambarkan penampilannya "tidak menarik".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Someshwar|first=Savera R.|date=19 Januari 2001|title=Oh Kajol! Oh! Oh! Oh! – Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi: Fills you deep... with despair|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jan/19khatti.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010128031200/https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jan/19khatti.htm|archive-date=28 Januari 2001|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'', sebuah melodrama ansambel tahun 2001 dari [[Dharma Productions]] yang bertemakan nilai-nilai kekeluargaan, menjadi pengakhir kegagalan konsekutif tersebut.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mazumdar |first=Ranjani |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.co.id/books/about/Bombay_Cinema.html?id=xenNBrRKOGoC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City |location=Minneapolis, Amerika Serikat |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |isbn=978-0-8166-4942-6 |pages=136–140 |access-date=13 Agustus 2020 }}</ref> Diproduksi dengan biaya sebesar {{INR}}400 juta,<ref>{{cite news|last=Dhawan |first=Himanshu |title=Look who's laughing |url=http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20020128/uk-cinema.shtml |work=India Today |date=28 Januari 2002 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034427/http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20020128/uk-cinema.shtml |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> film tersebut menempati peringkat [[Daftar film India berkeuntungan tertinggi di pasar luar negeri|film India berkeuntungan tertinggi di luar India]] selama lima tahun berturut-turut.<ref name="Overseas" /> Kajol ditunjuk sebagai pengganti Rani Mukerji untuk memerankan Anjali Sharma, sebuah peran yang mengharuskannya untuk mempelajari [[bahasa Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|author-link=Subhash K. Jha|date=21 Desember 2001|title=Cherished moments in film-making|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2001/12/21/stories/2001122100870300.htm|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211170140/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2001/12/21/stories/2001122100870300.htm|archive-date=11 Februari 2012|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=April 2002|title=Interview: Best Actress – Kajol|url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/ivw3.html|work=Filmfare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222165709/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/ivw3.html|archive-date=22 Februari 2014|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kinerjanya diulas secara campuran oleh kritikus; Anjum N. dari Rediff.com merasa penampilannya "berlebihan",<ref>{{Cite web|last=N.|first=Anjum|date=14 Desember 2001|title=The Parent Trap: K3G is not about loving your parents only|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215004519/https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm|archive-date=15 Desember 2001|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> sementara menulis untuk Bollywood Hungama, Taran Adarsh menulis bahwa Kajol menjadi "[bagian] terbaik" dan memuji dialek berbahasa Punjab-nya;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adarsh|first=Taran|date=11 Desember 2001|title=Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham: Movie Review|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kabhi-khushi-kabhie-gham/critic-review/kabhi-khushi-kabhie-gham-movie-review/|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520074357/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kabhi-khushi-kabhie-gham/critic-review/kabhi-khushi-kabhie-gham-movie-review/|archive-date=20 Mei 2020|access-date=6 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> tetapi berhasil untuk membuatnya meraih Penghargaan Filmfare dan Screen untuk Aktris Terbaik,<ref name="Awards01" /> dan dinominasikan untuk [[Penghargaan IIFA untuk Aktris Terbaik|Akademi Film India Internasional]] (AFII)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goodridge|first=Mike|date=15 Maret 2002|title=Lagaan, K3G battle it out for the Indian Int'l awards|url=https://www.screendaily.com/lagaan-k3g-battle-it-out-for-indian-intl-awards/408648.article|work=[[Screen International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714063629/https://www.screendaily.com/lagaan-k3g-battle-it-out-for-indian-intl-awards/408648.article|archive-date=14 Juli 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan Zee Cine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zee Entertainment Enteprises|title=Zee Cine Awards (ZCA) 2002 – Winners and Nominees|url=https://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2002/winners/|publisher=Penghargaan Zee Cine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517012831/https://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2002/winners/|archive-date=17 Mei 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Kajol mengambil cuti dari berakting untuk mengurusi keluarganya setelah kesuksesan ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 2001|title=In Focus: Gimme Gold|url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/nov2001/ifocus10.html|work=Filmfare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109222229/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/nov2001/ifocus10.html|archive-date=9 Februari 2013|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ia juga dikabarkan tengah hamil pada masa produksi film tersebut, namun pada Desember 2001, ia [[keguguran]] setelah [[kehamilan ektopik|kehamilannya dinyatakan ektopik]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times News Network|date=21 Desember 2001|title=Kajol back home after miscarriage|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/Kajol-back-home-after-miscarriage/articleshow/1836353123.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105062529/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/Kajol-back-home-after-miscarriage/articleshow/1836353123.cms|archive-date=5 November 2019|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ia keguguran kembali setelahnya, namun tidak diketahui kapan hal tersebut terjadi.<ref>{{Cite news|last=India Today Web Desk|date=9 Januari 2020|title=Kajol opens up on miscarriages and life with Ajay Devgn: We’ve been through so much|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/kajol-opens-up-on-miscarriages-and-life-with-ajay-devgn-we-ve-been-through-so-much-1635243-2020-01-09|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109132516/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/kajol-opens-up-on-miscarriages-and-life-with-ajay-devgn-we-ve-been-through-so-much-1635243-2020-01-09|archive-date=9 Januari 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesudahnya, Kajol menolak lima proyek berturut-turut—''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'', ''[[Devdas (film Hindi 2002)|Devdas]]'', ''[[Shakti: The Power]]'', ''[[Chalte Chalte (film 2003)|Chalte Chalte]]'', dan ''[[Veer-Zaara]]''—mengatakan: "Saya tidak suka sebagian besar film yang ditawarkan kepada saya [tersebut]."<ref name="Rejected roles01" /><ref name="Rejected roles02">{{Cite news|date=30 September 2010|title=Mr Smith, who do you think makes a better Mrs Smith?|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/mr-smith-who-do-you-think-makes-a-better-mrs-smith/cid/482087|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.
===2005–2011: Kebangkitan===
[[File:Kajol at the special screening of U Me Aur Hum (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Kajol di pemutaran ''[[U Me Aur Hum]]'', 2008. Film tersebut dirilis tepat sehari setelah kematian ayahnya [[Shomu Mukherjee]]]]
Kajol meluncurkan Shiksha (sebuah kampanye pendidikan untuk anak-anak kurang mampu) pada 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IndiaFM News Bureau|date=11 April 2005|title=Education is important says Kajol|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/education-is-important-says-kajol-news-bollywood-kkfv5Tdadea.html|publisher=Sify|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209002945/http://www.sify.com/movies/education-is-important-says-kajol-news-bollywood-kkfv5Tdadea.html|archive-date=9 Februari 2016|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tahun berikutnya, Kajol memberikan penolakan terhadap dua film—''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' dan ''[[Baabul (film 2006)|Baabul]]''—dan menerima satu proyek,<ref name="Rejected roles01" /><ref name="Rejected roles02" /> ''[[Fanaa (film 2006)|Fanaa]]'' (sebuah cerita seru bertemakan terorisme yang paling diantisipasi dari sutradara [[Kunal Kohli]]).<ref name="KajolMint">{{Cite news|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|date=4 Mei 2013|title=Kajol|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PIrB95Jf8mO76uj5ZLIH7O/Kajol.html|work=[[Mint (surat kabar)|Mint]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506161554/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PIrB95Jf8mO76uj5ZLIH7O/Kajol.html|archive-date=6 Mei 2013|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fanaa">{{Cite web|last=IndiaFM News Bureau|date=3 April 2006|title=Aamir and Kajol to sing in Fanaa|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/04/03/6926/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426230429/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2006/04/03/6926/index.html|archive-date=26 April 2006|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kajol dipilih oleh lawan pemerannya Aamir Khan untuk memainkan peran Zooni Ali Beg, seorang wanita buta yang bertemu dengan pujaan hatinya dalam sebuah tur ke [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=HT Entertainment Desk|date=26 Mei 2020|title=14 years of Fanaa: Kajol recalls fun time with Aamir Khan during film’s shoot, he had suggested her name for Zooni’s role|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/14-years-of-fanaa-kajol-recalls-fun-time-with-aamir-khan-during-film-s-shoot-he-had-suggested-her-name-for-zooni-s-role/story-2jK9WJdW1HeQi27cQOOxIL.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526111154/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/14-years-of-fanaa-kajol-recalls-fun-time-with-aamir-khan-during-film-s-shoot-he-had-suggested-her-name-for-zooni-s-role/story-2jK9WJdW1HeQi27cQOOxIL.html|archive-date=26 Mei 2020|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Peran tersebut juga dianggap oleh kritikus sebagai salah satu peran terbaiknya;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/7-iconic-characters-from-kajols-career-35326.html |title=7 iconic characters from Kajol’s career |author=Seth, Analita |date=5 Agustus 2019 |work=Filmfare |access-date=13 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806154803/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/7-iconic-characters-from-kajols-career-35326.html |archive-date=6 Agustus 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kaveere Bamzai menyebutnya terlihat "sangat menggairahkan",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bamzai|first=Kaveree|date=12 Juni 2006|title=Movie review: 'Fanaa' starring Aamir Khan, Kajol|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20060612-movie-review-fanaa-starring-aamir-khan-kajol-782956-2006-06-12|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813093738/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20060612-movie-review-fanaa-starring-aamir-khan-kajol-782956-2006-06-12|archive-date=13 Agustus 2020|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan melansir dari ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Sudhish Kamath]] mengatakan bahwa Kajol "tampil layaknya ia tidak pernah mengambil cuti" sebelumnya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamath|first=Sudhish|author-link=Sudhish Kamath|date=2 Juni 2006|title=Absolute non-starter — Fanaa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/06/02/stories/2006060201010200.htm|work=The Hindu|archive-url=
Pada 2007, Kajol memulai pengambilan gambar untuk film mitologi [[Rajkumar Santoshi]] ''[[Ramayan]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bollywood-turns-to-mythology/story-6k3ZAMSyOaJo1v8v8b0IyL.html |title=Bollywood turns to mythology |author=Jain, Princy |work=Hindustan Times |date=3 Oktober 2006 |access-date=30 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830084318/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/goyal-asks-asean-nations-to-strengthen-rules-of-origin-to-check-influx-of-chinese-goods/story-x9qZTXOW9jVkU26cFNCI7M.html |archive-date=30 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> yang hingga sekarang tidak mendapatkan perilisan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Has-Rajkumar-Santoshi-lost-his-midas-touch/articleshow/13145048.cms |title=Has Rajkumar Santoshi lost his midas touch? |author=Lalwani, Vickey |work=The Times of India |date=15 Mei 2012 |access-date=30 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230015602/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Has-Rajkumar-Santoshi-lost-his-midas-touch/articleshow/13145048.cms |archive-date=30 Desember 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ia kemudian membintangi debut penyutradaraan suaminya ''[[U Me Aur Hum]]'', sebuah buat ulang dari film 2004 ''[[The Notebook
[[File:SRK Kajol & Karan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Kajol dengan Shah Rukh Khan dan [[Karan Johar]] di sebuah acara promosional untuk ''[[My Name Is Khan]]'' pada 2010. Film tersebut mewakili India di [[Festival Film Internasional Berlin ke-60]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Indo-Asian News Service|date=16 Desember 2009|title='My Name Is Khan' to screen at Berlin Film Festival|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/My-Name-Is-Khan-to-screen-at-Berlin-film-festival/article16853584.ece|work=The Hindu|location=Washington D. C., Amerika Serikat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813123015/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/My-Name-Is-Khan-to-screen-at-Berlin-film-festival/article16853584.ece|archive-date=13 Agustus 2020|access-date=13 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Kajol menyamai rekor bibinya Nutan sebagai peraih Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik terbanyak, dengan lima kemenangan, setelah membintangi ''[[My Name Is Khan]]'', sebuah drama kontroversial yang berdasarkan pada diskriminasi yang dihadapi oleh para [[Islam di Amerika Serikat|Muslim-Amerika]] setelah sebuah serangan teroris.<ref name="Awards02" /><ref name="Forbes India" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jha|first=Lata|date=30 Januari 2017|title=From ‘My Name is Khan’ to ‘PK’: 10 films that courted controversies|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/z78ADue5Gj2RtmxmKu6m4L/From-My-Name-is-Khan-to-PK-10-films-that-courted-contro.html|work=Mint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226030209/https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/z78ADue5Gj2RtmxmKu6m4L/From-My-Name-is-Khan-to-PK-10-films-that-courted-contro.html|archive-date=26 Desember 2017|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Film tersebut menampilkan Kajol sebagai Mandira Khan, seorang janda ber[[agama Hindu]] yang bekerja seorang penata rambut dan menikah dengan seorang penderita [[sindrom Asperger]] (diperankan oleh Shah Rukh Khan). Berbicara kepada jurnalis Jigar Shah, Kajol menguraikan film tersebut sebagai sebuah "pengalaman yang menegangkan", dan menjadi "film terbesar yang dibuatnya dengan [sutradara Karan Johar] sejauh ini".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/My-name-is-Kajol/article16836441.ece |title=My name is Kajol |author=Shah, Jigar |date=7 Januari 2010 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2 September 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.
Kajol melanjutkan tahun 2010 dengan dua film lainnya—''[[We Are Family (film 2010)|We Are Family]]'' dan ''[[Toonpur Ka Superrhero]]''—yang semuanya dinyatakan gagal secara komersial.<ref name="filmography" /> Sebuah buat ulang dari film 1998 ''[[Stepmom (film 1998)|Stepmom]]'',<ref name="remake" /> dalam ''We Are Family'', perannya dimodelkan berdasarkan pada aktris [[Bina Rai]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/look-who-inspired-kajol-s-character-in-waf/story-4VOq1gCK4lAMME3uzCUPAI.html |title=Look who inspired Kajol's character in WAF |author=Indo-Asian News Service |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912132107/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/look-who-inspired-kajol-s-character-in-waf/story-4VOq1gCK4lAMME3uzCUPAI.html |archive-date=12 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> dan menurutnya, peran tersebut "gila kontrol"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Pratim D.|author-link=Pratim D. Gupta|date=20 Agustus 2010|title=My name is Kajol|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100820/jsp/entertainment/story_12830576.jsp|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825173620/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100820/jsp/entertainment/story_12830576.jsp|archive-date=25 Agustus 2010|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> dan sangat berbeda dengan film aslinya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=[[Reuters]]|date=24 Agustus 2010|title=It’s easy to say no to films: Kajol|url=https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/films-music/it-s-easy-to-say-no-to-films-kajol-2010-08-24-1.282905|publisher=[[Emirates 24/7]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826015540/https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/films-music/it-s-easy-to-say-no-to-films-kajol-2010-08-24-1.282905|archive-date=26 Agustus 2010|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Kinerjanya disambut secara campur aduk,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Sanjukta|date=2 September 2010|title=Film Review: Sisterhood of tears|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pvCEqezMFzxUo8uREsbdZM/Film-Review--Sisterhood-of-tears.html|work=Mint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911195719/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pvCEqezMFzxUo8uREsbdZM/Film-Review--Sisterhood-of-tears.html|archive-date=11 September 2013|access-date=6 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan dinominasikan kategori Aktris Terburuk di [[Penghargaan Kela Emas]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 Februari 2011|title=Worst actors of the year: Kajol, Aishwarya, SRK, Hrithik?|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/worst-actors-of-the-year-kajol-aishwarya-srk-hrithik-/747115/|work=The Indian Express|location=New Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814083111/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/worst-actors-of-the-year-kajol-aishwarya-srk-hrithik-/747115/|archive-date=14 Agustus 2020|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Walaupun begitu, gaya busananya mendatangkan tanggapan positif; ''[[The Express Tribune]]'' berpendapat bahwa pakaiannya yang "sederhana" dan "elegan" sangat cocok terhadap perannya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hanif|first=Noor|date=27 September 2010|title=We are Family: A movie to watch with the kids|url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/1817/we-are-family-a-movie-to-watch-with-the-kids|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906122610/https://tribune.com.pk/article/1817/we-are-family-a-movie-to-watch-with-the-kids|archive-date=6 Agustus 2020|access-date=6 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Toonpur Ka Super Hero'', sebuah film animasi tentang sebuah keluarga yang terjebak dalam dunia kartun, menjadi rilis terakhirnya pada tahun tersebut. Film tersebut menghabiskan biaya sebesar {{INR}}400 juta,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kotwani|first=Hiren|date=31 Januari 2008|title=Ajay-Kajol start shooting for animation flick, Toonpur ka Superhero|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ajay-kajol-start-shooting-for-animation-flick-toonpur-ka-superhero/story-SK8nFo6yJeDpkDGdA9Cj1M.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814083736/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ajay-kajol-start-shooting-for-animation-flick-toonpur-ka-superhero/story-SK8nFo6yJeDpkDGdA9Cj1M.html|archive-date=14 Agustus 2020|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan sekitar 2.000 orang disewa untuk menjadi pengisi suaranya.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 Desember 2010|title=Toon time|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/toon-time/story-4VgRkqhzPLKlLXBsOF0q2K.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=
===2012–sekarang: Rintangan dan seterusnya===
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Kajol memiliki tiga proyek luar akting dari 2012–2014; mengisi suara untuk film ber[[bahasa Telugu]] ''[[Eega]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ajay-and-kajols-voice-over-in-makkhi/ |title=Ajay and Kajol’s voice-over in Makkhi |date=3 Oktober 2012 |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |author=Bollywood Hungama News Network |access-date=16 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511235150/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ajay-and-kajols-voice-over-in-makkhi/ |archive-date=11 Mei 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> membuat sebuah dokumenter tentang perlindungan anak-anak perempuan,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Sonali|date=20 Mei 2012|title=Kajol-Ajay Devgn in film on protection of girl child|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/kajol-ajay-devgn-in-film-on-protection-of-girl-child-102749-2012-05-20|work=India Today|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628200904/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/kajol-ajay-devgn-in-film-on-protection-of-girl-child-102749-2012-05-20|archive-date=28 Juni 2020|access-date=5 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan merilis sebuah film pendek terkait pendidikan dan literasi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bollywood Hungama News Network|date=19 April 2012|title=Check Out: Kajol shoots for a short film with school kids|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/3292|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018215728/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/3292|archive-date=18 Oktober 2015|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film aksi percintaan beranggaran tinggi [[Rohit Shetty]] ''[[Dilwale (film 2015)|Dilwale]]'' (bersama Shah Rukh Khan, [[Kriti Sanon]], dan [[Varun Dhawan]]) dirilis setahun berikutnya, dan menjadi penyudah cuti aktingnya setelah lima tahun.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/we-list-down-10-of-the-most-expensive-films-made-in-india-till-now-26822.html |title=We list down 10 of the most expensive films made in India till now |author=Nihalani, Akash |work=Filmfare |date=27 Februari 2018 |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907130850/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/we-list-down-10-of-the-most-expensive-films-made-in-india-till-now-26822.html |archive-date=7 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kajol dibayar sebesar {{INR}}50 juta untuk memainkan peran Meera Dev Malik, putri seorang mafia yang jatuh cinta dengan seorang pria dari keluarga saingannya.<ref name="Dilwale" /> Meskipun secara keuangan mengalami keberhasilan,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2015&pageId=5 |title=Top India Total Grossers 2015 |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=28 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702173634/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2015&pageId=5 |archive-date=2 Juli 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> film tersebut ditanggapi oleh kritikus secara negatif—untuk filmnya, ''[[Mint (surat kabar)|Mint]]'' menyebutnya sebagai "film paling membosankan pada tahun tersebut",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vasudev|first=Shefalee|date=4 Februari 2016|title=A new style resume|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rHsVfRQcF8RONFyiHFnkLJ/A-new-style-resume.html|work=Mint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106003952/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rHsVfRQcF8RONFyiHFnkLJ/A-new-style-resume.html|archive-date=6 Januari 2016|access-date=28 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan untuk penampilan Kajol, [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] menulis, "Kajol bersinar [dan] cantik [namun] ia harus [...] mempertimbangkan untuk membuang sepatu hak tinggi canggung[nya] pada masa depan."—dan meraih Penghargaan Kela Emas untuk Film Terburuk.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vetticad|first=Anna M. M.|author-link=Anna M. M. Vetticad|date=19 Desember 2015|title=Dilwale review: Even Shah Rukh-Kajol chemistry cannot save this disappointingly boring film|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dilwale-review-even-shah-rukh-kajol-chemistry-cannot-save-this-disappointingly-boring-film-2552178.html|work=[[Firstpost]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830225855/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dilwale-review-even-shah-rukh-kajol-chemistry-cannot-save-this-disappointingly-boring-film-2552178.html|archive-date=30 April 2019|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=2 April 2016|title=Golden Kela Awards 2016: Dilwale named worst film, Sonam Kapoor named worst actress|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-golden-kela-awards-2016-dilwale-named-worst-film-sonam-kapoor-named-worst-actress-2197383|work=Daily News and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030638/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-golden-kela-awards-2016-dilwale-named-worst-film-sonam-kapoor-named-worst-actress-2197383|archive-date=16 Juni 2018|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Pengulas lainnya juga berargumen bahwa kemistri antara Khan dan Kajol adalah satu-satunya hal yang dapat "dibanggakan" dari film tersebut.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Rachit|date=18 Desember 2015|title=Movie Review: Dilwale|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-dilwale-11596.html|work=Filmfare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220174425/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-dilwale-11596.html|archive-date=20 Desember 2015|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Tanggapan-tanggapan negatif tersebut kemudian mendorong Kajol untuk mengakui penyesalannya menerima proyek tersebut, ketimbang tawaran lainnya, ''[[Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/dilwale-after-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-is-disappointed-with-the-films-box-office-performance-305196-2016-01-23 |title=Dilwale: After Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol is disappointed with the film's box office performance |author=India Today Web Desk |work=India Today |date=23 Januari 2016 |location=New Delhi, India |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907020935/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/dilwale-after-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-is-disappointed-with-the-films-box-office-performance-305196-2016-01-23 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Namun, penampilannya dinominasikan untuk Aktris Terbaik di Filmfare,<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 Januari 2016|title=61st Filmfare Awards: Here is the list of nominations|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/61st-filmfare-awards-here-is-the-list-of-nominations/16855158|work=Mid Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826084216/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/61st-filmfare-awards-here-is-the-list-of-nominations/16855158|archive-date=26 Agustus 2016|access-date=2 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan kemistrinya dengan Khan meraih [[Screen Award untuk Jodi No. 1]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=DNA Web Team|date=9 Januari 2016|title=Star Screen Awards 2016: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan win big!|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-star-screen-awards-2016-deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-amitabh-bachchan-and-shah-rukh-khan-win-big-2163874|work=Daily News and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211222038/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-star-screen-awards-2016-deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-amitabh-bachchan-and-shah-rukh-khan-win-big-2163874|archive-date=11 Desember 2017|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Setelahnya pada tahun tersebut, Kajol menambahkan marga suaminya "Devgn" ke dalam namanya.<ref name="name">{{cite news|author=Jha, Subhash K.|date=23 November 2015|title=Kajol takes hubby’s name for the first time|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/151122/entertainment-bollywood/article/kajol-takes-hubby%E2%80%99s-name-first-time|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123173911/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/151122/entertainment-bollywood/article/kajol-takes-hubby%E2%80%99s-name-first-time|archive-date=23 November 2015|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Pada 2017, Kajol membuat kekembaliannya ke perfilman Tamil melalui ''[[Velaiilla Pattadhari 2]]'' (sebuah sekuel untuk ''[[Velaiilla Pattadhari]]'') semenjak tampil dalam ''Minsara Kanavu''. Film tersebut menghadapi pengunduran rilis selama sebulan akibat masalah penyensoran.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sundar|first=Priyanka|date=20 Juli 2017|title=VIP 2: Dhanush, Kajol starrer postponed due to Censor Board’s certification delays|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/vip-2-dhanush-kajol-starrer-postponed-due-to-censors-board-certification-delays-4759368/|work=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725094756/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/vip-2-dhanush-kajol-starrer-postponed-due-to-censors-board-certification-delays-4759368/|archive-date=25 Juli 2017|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Disutradarai oleh [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]], ia tampil sebagai antagonis Vasundhara Parameshwar, pemimpin dari sebuah perusahaan konstruksi. Sebagai referensi untuk pemeranannya, Kajol menggunakan penampilan [[Ramya Krishnan]] dari ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999). Diwawancarai oleh Srinivasa Ramanujam, ia menjelaskan bagaimana Rajinikanth dan lawan pemerannya [[Dhanush]] membohonginya agar membintangi film tersebut, mengatakan bahwa sebagian besar dialognya menggunakan [[bahasa Inggris]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramanujam|first=Srinivasa|date=8 Juli 2017|title=VIP2’s Vasundhara is like me, says Kajol|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vip2s-vasundhara-is-like-me-says-kajol/article19240666.ece|work=The Hindu|archive-url=https://archive.
[[File:Kajol and Ajay Devgn promoting Tanhaji (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dipotret dengan Ajay Devgn di sebuah acara untuk ''[[Tanhaji]]'' pada 2020. Film tersebut menjadi [[blockbuster (hiburan)|blockbuster]] pertama Kajol sejak ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' pada 2001<ref name="filmography" />|al=Kajol dan Ajay Devgn tersenyum menuju kamera, dengan Kajol yang memiringkan kepalanya ke arah Devgn]]
Kajol ikut serta dalam sebuah kampanye pelarangan plastik pada Juli 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bollywood Hungama News Network|date=20 Juni 2018|title=Ajay Devgn and Kajol come together to support plastic ban|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ajay-devgn-kajol-come-together-support-plastic-ban/|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929154843/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/ajay-devgn-kajol-come-together-support-plastic-ban/|archive-date=29 September 2019|access-date=27 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan film komedi-drama ''[[Helicopter Eela]]'' (diadaptasi dari [[permainan drama]] ber[[bahasa Gujarat]] ''Beta, Kaagdo'')<ref>{{Cite news|last=ET Bureau|date=15 Oktober 2018|title='Helicopter Eela' review: Kajol is a treat to watch as a doting mother & singer on the cusp of superstardom|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/helicopter-eela-review-kajol-is-a-treat-to-watch-as-a-doting-mother-singer-on-the-cusp-of-super-stardom/articleshow/66212253.cms?from=mdr|work=[[The Economic Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814133011/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/helicopter-eela-review-kajol-is-a-treat-to-watch-as-a-doting-mother-singer-on-the-cusp-of-super-stardom/articleshow/66212253.cms?from=mdr|archive-date=14 Agustus 2020|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dirilis pada tiga bulan selanjutnya. Film tersebut juga mengalami pengunduran perilisan,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=24 Agustus 2018|title=Kajol's 'Helicopter Eela' delayed, to now release on October 12|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kajol-s-helicopter-eela-delayed-to-now-release-on-october-12-118082400262_1.html|work=Business Standard|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825123741/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kajol-s-helicopter-eela-delayed-to-now-release-on-october-12-118082400262_1.html|archive-date=25 Agustus 2018|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan mengangkat tema pengasuhan orang tua dan perbedaan generasi.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/lifestyle/dont-want-to-limit-myself-to-women-oriented-films-kajol-638446 |title=Don’t want to limit myself to women-oriented films: Kajol |date=17 Agustus 2018 |location=Mumbai, India |work=The Tribune |access-date=14 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=
2020 menjadi "tahun yang besar" bagi Kajol,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Upadhyay|first=Karishma|date=5 Januari 2020|title=Kajol on being a part of Tanhaji...|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-on-being-a-part-of-tanhaji/cid/1733268|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107140037/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-on-being-a-part-of-tanhaji/cid/1733268|archive-date=7 Januari 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan menandai fase di mana baginya "pengaruh karakter lebih penting dari lamanya peran".<ref name="versatility">{{Cite news|title=Kajol: Give me three scenes, I can create magic|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kajol-give-me-three-scenes-i-can-create-magic/1753009|date=5 Maret 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live|location=Mumbai, India|author=Indo-Asian News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816132310/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kajol-give-me-three-scenes-i-can-create-magic/1753009|archive-date=16 Agustus 2020|work=Outlook}}</ref> Ia memulai dekade tersebut dengan menerima sebuah peran dalam film drama periode ''[[Tanhaji]]'', sebuah hal yang dilakukan olehnya untuk membantu suaminya mengurangi biaya produksi film tersebut.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-when-kajol-said-ajay-wanted-me-to-be-part-of-the-film-so-that-he-didn-t-have-to-pay-my-fees/story-3GVQifSRJt3KuhVPda8r8K.html |title=Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior: When Kajol said Ajay wanted ‘me to be part of the film so that he didn’t have to pay my fees’ |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 Agustus 2020 |location=New Delhi, India |author=HT Correspondent |access-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906202013/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-when-kajol-said-ajay-wanted-me-to-be-part-of-the-film-so-that-he-didn-t-have-to-pay-my-fees/story-3GVQifSRJt3KuhVPda8r8K.html |archive-date=6 September 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Karena tidak memiliki referensi, ia mengaku merasa bertanggung jawab dengan perannya (sebagai Savitri, istri dari karakter Ajay Devgn) dan melakukan sebuah riset bersama perancang [[Nachiket Barve]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=24 Desember 2019|title=Had no reference point to play Savitribai in 'Tanhaji': Kajol|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/had-no-reference-point-to-play-savitribai-in-tanhaji-kajol-119122400549_1.html|work=Business Standard|location=Mumbai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225125452/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/had-no-reference-point-to-play-savitribai-in-tanhaji-kajol-119122400549_1.html|archive-date=25 Desember 2019|access-date=6 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia juga diharuskan untuk berdandan selama sekitar dua setengah jam untuk menyesuaikan gaya perannya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sinha|first=Seema|date=12 Januari 2020|title=Kajol on working with Ajay Devgn after 10 years, in Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior — 'It felt like home'|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-on-working-with-ajay-devgn-after-10-years-in-tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-it-felt-like-home-7878411.html|work=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301203617/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-on-working-with-ajay-devgn-after-10-years-in-tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-it-felt-like-home-7878411.html|archive-date=1 Maret 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Dibuat melalui anggaran sebesar {{INR}}1,5 miliar,<ref>{{Cite news|last=India Today Web Desk|date=13 Januari 2020|title=Is Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior a bigger hit than Chhapaak? What box office says|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/is-tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-a-bigger-hit-than-chhapaak-what-box-office-says-1636480-2020-01-13|work=India Today|location=New Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114203215/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/is-tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-a-bigger-hit-than-chhapaak-what-box-office-says-1636480-2020-01-13|archive-date=14 Januari 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Tanhaji'' muncul sebagai kesukesan box office terbesarnya, dan mengumpulkan penerimaan positif kritikus;<ref name="filmography" /> menurut Devansh Sharma, "keterampilan dalam layar" dan "kecerdasan emosional" dari Kajol, membuat "bagian kecilnya bergema",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Devansh|date=10 Januari 2020|title=Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior movie review — Saif Ali Khan, Kajol's performances elevate Ajay Devgn's tepid film|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-movie-review-saif-ali-khan-kajols-performances-elevate-ajay-devgns-tepid-film-7885131.html|work=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621184553/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-movie-review-saif-ali-khan-kajols-performances-elevate-ajay-devgns-tepid-film-7885131.html|archive-date=21 Juni 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan Vinamra Mathur dari ''[[Mid Day]]'' menulis, "Selalu dipenuhi [oleh] teka-teki, [Kajol] menghembuskan jiwa ke karakternya."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathur|first=Vinamra|date=9 Januari 2020|title=Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior movie review — Ajay and Saif's face-off has some genuinely thrilling moments|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-movie-review-theres-some-thrill-to-be-had-here/22400151|work=Mid Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215080305/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-movie-review-theres-some-thrill-to-be-had-here/22400151|archive-date=15 Februari 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Beberapa bulan setelah perilisan, rumor terkait pertikaian antara Kajol dengan Saif Ali Khan pada masa syuting film tersebut bermunculan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=HT Correspondent|date=4 Maret 2020|title=Kajol laughs off rumours of fight with Saif Ali Khan over his Tanhaji comments: ‘He just talks and talks’|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/kajol-laughs-off-rumours-of-fight-with-saif-ali-khan-over-his-tanhaji-comments-he-just-talks-and-talks/story-4nhHG1loOzINecBLnHMoRM.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716092657/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/kajol-laughs-off-rumours-of-fight-with-saif-ali-khan-over-his-tanhaji-comments-he-just-talks-and-talks/story-4nhHG1loOzINecBLnHMoRM.html|archive-date=16 Juli 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Kemudian pada tahun tersebut, proyek digital pertamanya, film pendek suspen ''[[Devi (film 2020)|Devi]]'', menghadapi sebuah kontroversi plagiarisme.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 Maret 2020|title=Kajol's short film 'Devi' hit with plagiarism allegation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2020/mar/05/kajols-short-film-devi-hit-with-plagiarism-allegation-2112707.html|work=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308154919/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2020/mar/05/kajols-short-film-devi-hit-with-plagiarism-allegation-2112707.html|archive-date=8 Maret 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Dalam film tersebut, Kajol berperan sebagai Jyoti, seorang wanita parubaya yang terjebak di sebuah rumah dengan delapan wanita lainnya. Film tersebut dirilis dalam jejaring sosial [[YouTube]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Unnati|date=17 Maret 2020|title=Kajol’s comment on ‘true survivors’ of sexual abuse shows she has let down her own film Devi|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/pov/kajol-true-survivors-sexual-abuse-film-devi/381800/|work=[[ThePrint]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425031607/https://theprint.in/opinion/pov/kajol-true-survivors-sexual-abuse-film-devi/381800/|archive-date=25 April 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan ditanggapi secara positif oleh audien dan kritikus.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Basu|first=Nilanjana|date=3 Maret 2020|title=Devi, The Short Film That's Made Twitter Cry And Stars Kajol, Is A Must Watch|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/devi-the-short-film-thats-made-twitter-cry-and-stars-kajol-is-a-must-watch-2189213|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714100011/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/devi-the-short-film-thats-made-twitter-cry-and-stars-kajol-is-a-must-watch-2189213|archive-date=14 Juli 2020|access-date=3 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bawa|first=Jyoti Sharma|date=3 Maret 2020|title=Devi movie review: Kajol’s 13-minute film is the finest piece of cinema you’ll watch today|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/devi-movie-review-kajol-s-13-minute-film-is-the-finest-piece-of-cinema-you-ll-watch-today/story-6ax0hjf5tcNV5srOBZysEL.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619114109/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/devi-movie-review-kajol-s-13-minute-film-is-the-finest-piece-of-cinema-you-ll-watch-today/story-6ax0hjf5tcNV5srOBZysEL.html|archive-date=19 Juni 2020|access-date=3 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Proyek Kajol selanjutnya adalah film drama sosial [[Renuka Shahane]] ''[[Tribhanga (film)|Tribhanga]]'' (2021), yang menandai debut [[Netflix]]-nya.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/kajol-tribhanga-india-drama-netflix-1203365682/ |title=Kajol to Star in 'Tribhanga' Indian Drama for Netflix |last=Frater |first=Patrick |work=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]] |date=9 Oktober 2019 |access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref> Berlatar di Mumbai, film tersebut berkisah tentang tiga wanita (Kajol, [[Mithila Palkar]] dan [[Tanvi Azmi]]) dari generasi berbeda dan Kajol tampil sebagai penari [[Odissi]] Anuradha Apte.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tribhanga-trailer-watch-out-for-kajol/20210104.htm |title=Tribhanga trailer: Watch out for Kajol! |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Moumita |date=4 Januari 2021 |website=Rediff.com |access-date=14 Januari 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan ''The Telegraph'', Kajol menemukan kemiripan antara dirinya dengan karakternya.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/kajol-on-why-she-wants-a-comedy-film-and-more/cid/1803575 |title=Kajol: Judgment never bothered me |last=Roy |first=Priyanka |date=13 Januari 2021 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=14 Januari 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Film tersebut mendapat ulasan yang umumnya positif; [[Saibal Chatterjee]], seorang kritikus dari [[NDTV]], memuji Kajol karena "memberikan getaran yang ''Tribhanga'' butuhkan".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tribhanga-review-genteel-ode-to-women-starring-kajol-merits-three-cheers-3-5-stars-out-of-5-2352929 |title=Tribhanga Review: Genteel Ode To Women Starring Kajol Merits Three Cheers |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=15 Januari 2021 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=15 Januari 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Stutee Ghosh dari ''[[The Quint]]'' menyebut Azmi and Kajol "pemain terkuat yang memiliki pegangan yang menakjubkan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/tribhanga-film-review-kajol-tanvi-azmi-renuka-shahane-mithila-palkar |title=Tribhanga is a Film of the Women, by the Women, for the Women |last=Ghosh |first=Stutee |date=15 Januari 2021 |work=[[The Quint]] |access-date=15 Januari 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kajol selanjutnya akan mengisi suara untuk film animasi hewan ternak [[Tarun Mansukhani]] ''[[Koochie Koochie Hota Hai]]'' (dibuat ulang dari ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'').<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 Desember 2010|title=Karan Johar's Short Term Shaadi starring Imran & Kareena goes on floors|url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17456|publisher=Business of Cinema|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028120443/http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17456|archive-date=28 Februari 2011|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film tersebut dijadwalkan untuk dirilis tahun berikutnya,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lalwani|first=Vickey|date=1 April 2011|title=What's wrong with KJo's Koochie Koochie...?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Whats-wrong-with-KJos-Koochie-Koochie-/articleshow/7842063.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505143503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Whats-wrong-with-KJos-Koochie-Koochie-/articleshow/7842063.cms|archive-date=5 Mei 2019|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> setelah mengalami penundaan berkali-kali sejak 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dhar|first=Pooja|date=17 Juni 2020|title=Ekta Kapoor's Movies Starring Riteish Deshmukh That You Should Add To Your Watch-list|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/ekta-kapoor-movies-starring-riteish-deshmukh.html|work=Republic World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720044938/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/ekta-kapoor-movies-starring-riteish-deshmukh.html|archive-date=20 Juli 2020|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Tiga proyek mendatang lainnya adalah ''[[Tribhanga (film)|Tribhanga]]'', sebuah film keluarga yang turut dibintangi oleh [[Tanvi Azmi]] dan [[Mithila Palkar]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 Juli 2020|title=Kajol starrer Tribhanga to release on Netflix|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tribhanga-netflix-kajol-6507383/|work=The Indian Express|location=New Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717102716/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tribhanga-netflix-kajol-6507383/|archive-date=17 Juli 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Sasi Lalitha]]'', sebuah biopik tentang mantan Kepala Menteri Tamil Nadu [[J. Jayalalithaa]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=India Today Web Desk|date=10 April 2019|title=Sasilalitha: Kajol and Amala Paul to play Jayalalithaa and Sasikala in new biopic?|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/sasilalitha-kajol-and-amala-paul-to-play-jayalalithaa-and-sasikala-in-new-biopic-1498577-2019-04-10|work=India Today|location=Chennai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411024824/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/sasilalitha-kajol-and-amala-paul-to-play-jayalalithaa-and-sasikala-in-new-biopic-1498577-2019-04-10|archive-date=11 April 2019|access-date=3 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan proyek Rajkumar Hirani yang belum dinamai, menampilkannya kembali beradu akting dengan Shah Rukh Khan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-star-film-directed-rajkumar-hirani/ |title=Exclusive: Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to star in a film directed by Rajkumar Hirani? |author=KBR, Upala |date=21 Januari 2020 |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121012136/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-star-film-directed-rajkumar-hirani/ |archive-date=21 Januari 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
▲Kajol selanjutnya akan mengisi suara untuk film animasi hewan ternak karya [[Tarun Mansukhani]] ''[[Koochie Koochie Hota Hai]]'' (dibuat ulang dari ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'').<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 Desember 2010|title=Karan Johar's Short Term Shaadi starring Imran & Kareena goes on floors|url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17456|publisher=Business of Cinema|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028120443/http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17456|archive-date=28 Februari 2011|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Film tersebut dijadwalkan untuk dirilis tahun berikutnya,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lalwani|first=Vickey|date=1 April 2011|title=What's wrong with KJo's Koochie Koochie...?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Whats-wrong-with-KJos-Koochie-Koochie-/articleshow/7842063.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505143503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Whats-wrong-with-KJos-Koochie-Koochie-/articleshow/7842063.cms|archive-date=5 Mei 2019|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> setelah mengalami penundaan berkali-kali sejak 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dhar|first=Pooja|date=17 Juni 2020|title=Ekta Kapoor's Movies Starring Riteish Deshmukh That You Should Add To Your Watch-list|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/ekta-kapoor-movies-starring-riteish-deshmukh.html|work=Republic World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720044938/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/ekta-kapoor-movies-starring-riteish-deshmukh.html|archive-date=20 Juli 2020|access-date=24 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Tiga proyek mendatang lainnya adalah ''[[
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[[File:Kajol, Kelvinator Stree Shakti Women Awards 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|Kajol di sebuah acara pada 2014. Ia dikenal dengan mata berwarna hazel khasnya<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sachar|first=Anjan|date=4 Oktober 2018|title=Kajol’s minimal makeup will take you under 10 minutes to recreate|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/kajols-minimal-makeup-will-take-you-under-10-minutes-to-recreate|work=Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127024016/https://www.vogue.in/content/kajols-minimal-makeup-will-take-you-under-10-minutes-to-recreate|archive-date=27 Oktober 2019|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|alt=Kajol tersenyum ke arah kamera, dengan kepala yang miring ke arah kiri. Ia mengenakan sari berwarna merah jambu dan kaus dalam hitam pekat.]]
Kajol dianggap sebagai salah satu aktris paling berbakat dan serbabisa dalam perfilman India.<ref name="The Tribune01" /> Ia disambut atas keserbabisaannya setelah memerankan beragam karakter dalam ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995), ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' (1997), ''Ishq'' (1997), ''Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' (1998), ''Dushman'' (1998), ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998), ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001), ''Fanaa'' (2006), ''My Name Is Khan'' (2010), dan ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' (2017).<ref name="versatility" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajol-roles-in-film-that-had-a-huge-impact-on-her-fans-and-critics.html |title=Kajol's Roles In Films That Made Her An Icon Through The 1990s |work=Republic World |date=6 Desember 2019 |author=Menezes, Gladwin |access-date=29 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223103729/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajol-roles-in-film-that-had-a-huge-impact-on-her-fans-and-critics.html |archive-date=23 Desember 2019 |url-status=live }}<br />{{Cite news|date=5 Agustus 2018|title=Each time kajol lit up the screen without SRK|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/each-time-kajol-lit-up-the-screen-without-srk/queen-of-versatility/slideshow/65274595.cms|work=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426184347/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/each-time-kajol-lit-up-the-screen-without-srk/the-all-rounder/slideshow/65274838.cms|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite news|date=22 Juli 2006|title=Happy Birthday Kajol|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/yearendershow/39624312.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818063301/https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/yearendershow/39624312.cms|archive-date=18 Agustus 2020|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajol-and-saif-ali-khan-starrer-hameshaa-learn-exciting-trivia.html |title=Kajol And Saif Ali Khan Starrer 'Hameshaa': Lesser-known Facts About The Film |author=Rai, Aishwarya |work=Republic World |date=5 Mei 2020 |access-date=29 Agustus 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514220335/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/kajol-and-saif-ali-khan-starrer-hameshaa-learn-exciting-trivia.html |archive-date=14 Mei 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ia adalah salah satu aktris berbayaran tertinggi pada 1990an (sebesar {{INR}}8 juta)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|date=15 Desember 1996|title=The Great Gamblers|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19961215-the-great-gamblers-753776-1996-12-15|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116050148/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19961215-the-great-gamblers-753776-1996-12-15|archive-date=16 Januari 2019|access-date=18 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan 2010an (sebesar {{INR}}50 juta), dan memiliki [[kekayaan bersih]] sebesar {{INR}}2 miliar.<ref name="Dilwale">{{cite news|last=Times News Network|date=5 Agustus 2015|title=Bollywood's highest earning celebs|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/bollywoods-highest-earning-celebs/bollywoods-highest-earning-celebs/photostory/46755349.cms|work=The Times of India|archive-url=
Sikap kurang ajar, pemberontak, impulsif, dan keras kepala dari Kajol mendapatkan sorotan negatif dalam media,<ref name="The Tribune01" /><ref>{{cite news|date=27 Mei 2008|title=Kajol Khan do it!|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20080527/ARTICLE/305279958/1057|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816082539/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/kajol-khan-do-it|archive-date=16 Agustus 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> namun persona layarnya disambut sebaliknya.<ref name="KajolMint" /><ref name="first" /> Aditya Chopra (berbicara mengenai dipilihnya Kajol untuk ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'') mengatakan, "Kajol adalah [sebuah] pilihan yang alami—ia adalah yang terbaik... potensinya belum cukup diperlihatkan... Saya merasa masih belum cukup diperlihatkan."<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 1996|title=Aditya breaks his silence|url=https://www.yashrajfilms.com/docs/default-source/aditya-chopra-interviews/Aditya-Chopra-Interviews.pdf?sfvrsn=2|publisher=[[Yash Raj Films]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816130923/https://www.yashrajfilms.com/docs/default-source/aditya-chopra-interviews/Aditya-Chopra-Interviews.pdf?sfvrsn=2|archive-date=16 Agustus 2020|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' dan ''[[Vogue (majalah)|Vogue]]'' masing-masing melabelinya sebagai "bintang paling [in]konvensional [India]" dan "wanita percintaan pertama 1990an".<ref name="first" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Iqbal|first=Nosheen|date=14 Desember 2015|title=Bollywood rebel Kajol: ‘I never gave a damn what anyone said about me. I still don’t’|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/14/bollywood-kajol-interview-shah-rukh-khan-dilwale|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711035500/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/14/bollywood-kajol-interview-shah-rukh-khan-dilwale|archive-date=11 Juli 2020|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Dalam sebuah artikel komprehensif tentang wanita-wanita perfilman Hindi, ''India Today'' menulis, "Ratu [...] yang terus terang tersebut hidup layaknya apapun kecuali satu—ia berpakaian santai, benci memakai riasan, dan bahkan [tidak suka] di depan umum. Spontanitasnya membantunya meraih penghargaan film hampir setiap tahun, membuktikan hanya ada satu dari jenisnya di industri tersebut."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jain|first=Madhu|last2=Chowdhary|first2=Nandita|last3=Abreu|first3=Robin|date=1 Maret 1999|title=Babes in Bollywood|url=http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/01031999/arts.html|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034414/http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/01031999/arts.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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