Meet Mama Kajol

Kajol may have kick-started her career as a spoilt sibling in Baazigar but that never really affected her claim to fame as an actress with a high-level of maternal instincts and sensitivity. Be it movies like DDLJ, Dushman, KKHH or Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Kajol always came across as a doting ‘didi’ who could almost double up as a mother.

And while these were just some of the roles that allowed Kajol to lend her personal emotions to her on-screen characters, it was Dil Kya Kare that actually set the ball rolling. Though it was the first time that this hazel-eyed actress was playing a mother, her performance was truly heart-touching.

In fact her last two hits – Kabhie Khushie Kabhie Gum and Fanaa saw her playing roles that not just every mother would identify with, but ones that every woman would aspire to be in, as a mother. Independent, confident, at times vulnerable but determined to settle for nothing less than the best when it comes to her kids, has been Kajol’s funda as a on screen mommy.

And so it came as little surprise to her fans when the actress chose to give up an extremely happening career few years back to tie the knot and eventually have a baby with Ajay Devgan.

However, that’s not all for this actress with an insatiable appetite for showering motherly love and attention. Present at a press conference to espouse the cause of educating lesser privileged children in India, Kajol shared a very heart-warming sentiment with us. A very vibrant (thanks to Nysa who makes her look at the lighter side of life) Kajol said, “As a mother, just like millions of urbane moms out there, I assume that schooling and university studies are a way of life for Nysa’s future. But I am waiting for that time when this assumption becomes a part of every Indian mother’s life.”

Kajol does not preach what she cannot practice. To ensure that Nysa gets the best of everything, Kajol quit acting to nurse and mother her daughter. She refused the plum role in Karan Johar’s kabhi Alvida Na Kehna opposite Shah Rukh Khan because it would mean being away from Nysa for three months. Now how many actresses could have sacrificed this offer in today’s times. That’s why we say Kads is special.

Now the actress is on a campaign to spread the uses of education and with a go-getter attitude like this and a little angel like Nysa to keep her spirits high, we are sure Kajol will find herself sharing her maternal aspirations with more women each day.

Ruma Malia, Indiatimes Movies