From being the Bollywood heroine who broke all stereotypes of the image to become a superstar, Kajol recently made her digital debut with the short film Devi, where she shares screen space with nine other actresses. The actress said she is at a point in her career where the impact of the character matters more than the length of the role. In a three-decade mainstream career in Bollywood, she has proved herself as an actor and a star time and again.
On being asked what does she look for in a script now, the actress answered, "Magic! Give me three scenes and I can create magic. I do not need a title role where all I have is the title, a poster and, in the whole film, I am furniture. If you look at my career and choice of roles, I have always done something where the character has an emotional graph, something substantial. I want to create a memory in the mind of the audience through the characters I portray. That is precisely the reason I keep saying that I have to like the script. If the character I am offered is not impacting me how will it impact the audience? So, if you think I am choosy, I would say, I am living the life of an artist that I have earned through years of hard work," Kajol added while speaking to a leading agency.
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Does success give her the confidence to do so? "Success surely gives you confidence, and financial independence also gives you the courage to live life on your own terms. But I have to mention that my idea of success is not just about earning fame and money. I know people who are successful by the definition of society but they are turning out to become people who suffocate in their own image. For me, I have to become the person I like in the first place. After a point, fame and money become inconsequential. I feel I am successful not because of the fame and money but because of the individual I have become. The family I have, my kids, my husband, my choice of films - success is a combination of everything to me." replied the actress.
Asked about if her criteria for choosing a film have changed, Kajol replied, "My choices of films are the reflection of what I believe in. That is how I can be honest with my choices as a performing artist. I know there are some mitigating circumstances under which one has to do a film. Having said that, I am practicing my choice because I am not working just to earn money. I rather earned this luxury through my body of work in the nineties. I am fortunate to have that financial freedom that many artists do not have, so I might as well utilize it to be a part of narratives that are thought-provoking."
