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===2012–sekarang: Rintangan dan seterusnya===
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> ''[[Dilwale (film 2015)|Dilwale]]'' dirilis setahun berikutnya, dan ''[[Mint (surat kabar)|Mint]]'' menggambarkannya sebagai "film paling membosankan tahun ini".<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> Kajol dibayar sebesar {{INR}}50 juta untuk memerankan Meera Dev Malik, putri mafia yang jatuh cinta dengan seorang pria dari keluarga saingannya.<ref name="Dilwale" /> Terlepas dari kesuksesan keuangannya (berkeuntungan {{INR}}1,9 miliar),<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 secara negatif oleh kritikus dan memenangkan Penghargaan Kela Emas untuk Film Terburuk.<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> [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] menganggap Kajol tampil lebih efektif dalam film tersebut, meskipun waktu layarnya lebih sedikit dari Khan, dan menulis, "Kajol bersinar [dan] cantik [namun] ia harus [...] mempertimbangkan untuk membuang sepatu hak tinggi canggung[nya] pada masa depan."<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> Kritikus lainnya menganggap 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 negatif kemudian tersebut mendorong Kajol untuk mengakui penyesalannya menerima proyek tersebut, dan menolak ''[[Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh]]'' (2016) karya [[Sujoy Ghosh]].<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 meraih [[Screen Award untuk Jodi No. 1]] (berbagi dengan Khan).<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>[[File:Riddhi Sen and Kajol promoting Helicopter Eela (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Kajol dan [[Riddhi Sen]] mempromosikan ''[[Helicopter Eela]]'' pada 2018|al=Riddhi Sen dan Kajol tersenyum ke arah kamera]][[Film masala]] ''[[Velaiilla Pattadhari 2]]'' (sebuah sekuel untuk ''[[Velaiilla Pattadhari]]'') menjadi penanda kekembaliannya ke perfilman Tamil sejak terakhir kali terlihat dalam ''Minsara Kanavu''. Film tersebut menghadapi pengunduran perilisan 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> Di bawah penyutradaraan [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]], Kajol tampil sebagai karakter antagonis Vasundhara Parameshwar, pemimpin dari sebuah perusahaan konstruksi besar. Sebagai referensinya dalam berperan, Kajol menggunakan penampilan [[Ramya Krishnan]] dari ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999). Diwawancarai oleh Srinivasa Ramanujam untuk, ia menjelaskan bagaimana Rajinikanth dan lawan pemerannya [[Dhanush]] membohonginya agar membintangi film tersebut, mengatakan bahwa sebagian besar dialog film tersebut bermenggunakan [[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.vn/q143p|archive-date=28 Juli 2017|access-date=31 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> FilmIa juga hampir keluar dari proyek tersebut, setelah mengalami kesusahan dalam menghapal sebagian dialog ber[[Rumpun bahasa Dravida|bahasa Dravida]]-nya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=10 Juli 2017|title=Kajol's VIP 2 role was originally written for Rajinikanth? Actress answers|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/100717/kajols-vip-2-role-was-originally-written-for-rajinikanth-actress-answers.html|work=Deccan Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313181440/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/100717/kajols-vip-2-role-was-originally-written-for-rajinikanth-actress-answers.html|archive-date=13 Maret 2020|access-date=7 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' mendapatkan penerimaan campuran dari para kritikus, namun berdasarkan segi komersialnya dinyatakan sukses.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Acharya|first=Sandeep|date=6 September 2017|title=VIP 2’s decent run at box office: Soundarya Rajinikanth writes heartfelt message|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/vip-2-s-decent-run-at-box-office-soundarya-rajinikanth-writes-heartfelt-message/story-vK2catKPECMCwaUXPPhWJM.html|work=Hindustan Times|location=Chennai, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915011741/https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/vip-2-s-decent-run-at-box-office-soundarya-rajinikanth-writes-heartfelt-message/story-vK2catKPECMCwaUXPPhWJM.html|archive-date=15 September 2017|access-date=6 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Karthik Kumar (menulis untuk ''Hindustan Times'') menganggap penampilannya sebagai sebuah "kinerja yang kuat" dalam film tersebut, walaupun menemukan perannya "ditulis secara buruk".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Karthik|date=11 Agustus 2017|title=VIP 2 movie review: Dhanush, Kajol star in a needless sequel|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vip-2-movie-review-dhanush-kajol-star-in-a-needless-sequel/story-llCjm6lXhGTnEf4SRxLqFM.html|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119121855/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vip-2-movie-review-dhanush-kajol-star-in-a-needless-sequel/story-llCjm6lXhGTnEf4SRxLqFM.html|archive-date=19 Januari 2018|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Kajol ikut serta dalam sebuah kampanye untuk mendukung pelarangan penggunaan plastik pada Juli 2018, dan tiga bulan kemudian film komedi-drama berpusatkan wanita ''[[Helicopter Eela]]'' dirilis.<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> 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=http://archive.vn/OQbWM |archive-date=14 Agustus 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Berdasarkan pada [[permainan drama]] ber[[bahasa Gujarat]] ''Beta, Kaagdo'', Kajol berperan seorang ibu rumah tangga yang menunda pendidikannya selama 22 tahun demi anaknya (diperankan oleh [[Riddhi Sen]]).<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> Beberapa kritikus menganggap karakternya sebagai "versi lembut" dari perannya dalam ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Palat|first=Lakshana N.|date=12 Oktober 2018|title=Helicopter Eela Review: Kajol film whirrs in circles and has a messy landing|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/helicopter-eela-review-kajol-film-whirrs-in-circles-and-has-a-messy-landing-1366734-2018-10-12|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025113559/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/helicopter-eela-review-kajol-film-whirrs-in-circles-and-has-a-messy-landing-1366734-2018-10-12|archive-date=25 Oktober 2018|access-date=14 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, Kajol juga mengisi suara untuk karakter [[Helen Parr (The Incredibles)|Helen Parr]] dalam versi berbahasa Hindi [[film animasi aksi-hidup]] ''[[Incredibles 2]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 Juni 2018|title=Kajol joins the family of superheroes in Incredibles 2|url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/kajol-incredibles-2-5210657/|work=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925021601/https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/kajol-incredibles-2-5210657/|archive-date=25 September 2019|access-date=16 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan menulis kata pengantar untuk buku biografi [[Satyarth Nayak]] ''Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess'' pada 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Trust of India|date=25 September 2019|title=Kajol writes foreword of book on Sridevi’s life|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-writes-foreword-sridevi-biography-book-the-eternal-screen-goddess-6028837/|work=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105151619/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kajol-writes-foreword-sridevi-biography-book-the-eternal-screen-goddess-6028837/|archive-date=5 November 2019|access-date=15 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>