Kajol makes a very valid point about actresses working after marriage

For a woman, irrespective of whether she is a celebrity or not, marriage is not and should not be the end of her career. While we keep on glorifying actresses who do not shy away from working post marriage, actress Kajol says this has been the case in the industry for the longest time.

“Married actresses have been working in films for a very long time. It’s just that they never came into focus and people never pointed them out and said, ‘Hey, you’re married and you’re working’,” Kajol said.

“You had a Sharmila Tagore, you had my mother (Tanuja), you had Saira Banu, you had so many actresses, who worked after they got married, in fact more after they got married than before they got married. Dimple Kapadia for that matter. So yes, there are actresses who have been working pre and post-marriage and nothing changed in their entire imagery. There were a lot of actresses who did not work at all once they got married. And that is a possible choice, I believe,” she added.

Kajol tied the knot to co-star Ajay Devgn back in 1999, and is blessed with a son and a daughter. However, marital responsibilities have not stopped her from doing what she loves the most; acting.

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“There were some who just didn’t make it and chose to use marriage as an excuse. So, I don’t think I’m a path-breaker in that sense. May be because the spotlight is on me right now. But I didn’t do it first. I just followed in some very illustrious footsteps,” she smiles.

Kajol was last seen in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Dilwale’ also starring Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon.

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Ranjini Maitra

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