We kid you not! Kajol was almost named Mercedes!

After a gap of almost two years, actress Kajol returned to the big screen with her last outing ‘VIP 2 Lalkar’. The film had hit the screens earlier this year. If we recall one of the best moments of this performer from the film, there was a particular scene where she attends an event. And Kajol makes a perfect entry at the venue arriving in her Mercedes car.

The audience get to see her sexy high heels as she steps out of the Mercedes, a flick of the red tinted hair followed by a slow motion walk. In personal life too, Kajol is apparently fond of cars. However, not many would know that Kajol’s late father and acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee was also very fond of cars. And it a sheer coincidence that it was Mercedes which was one of his favourites.

Amusing it may sound, but Kajol has a strange connection with Mercedes. We stumbled upon an old interview of the actress where she revealed that her father Shomu Mukherjee actually wanted to name her Mercedes! (Also Read: When Aamir Khan broke the heart of his fan, Rani Mukerji)

On Karan Thapar’s show ‘Face to Face’, Kajol spoke at length about her family, especially her father. It was during their conversation when the host spoke about her father’s fondness for cars that almost ended up with her getting the strangest of names – Mercedes!

“He wanted to name me Mercedes. I couldn’t believe that, I was like come on dad how could you name me Mercedes, that’s the name of a car company. I mean whenever you call me the driver would probably bring out the car or something like that you know. He was like no I really wanted to name you Mercedes, I really thought of such a cool name. Like well I’m really happy that you (her father) didn’t choose my name,” she told Karan on the show.

Quite an incident, we must say!

Check out the full interview of Kajol below:

Amod Pandit

Quiet, resonant, and creative, he can be seen immersed in his own world, and puts in his heart and soul into the one passion that he has, Bollywood. His line for survival? Feel happy to be a part of it.