Actress Kajal Aggarwal
is in the news now for performing the Rahu Ketu pooja at Sri Kalahasthi
temple recently. And the buzz was that she sought divine intervention
because she wanted to do 'parihara' as her younger sister, actress
Nisha, got married ahead of her, and some of her recent works in films
have come in for criticism.
Ask the actress about this,
and she laughs, "Some of my cousins from the US, who had come down for
the wedding, wanted to visit Tirupati, and I went to the temple along
with my family. Sri Kalahasthi is just an hour from there, and we
thought it would be good for us to go there as well. We went as a gang,
and performed small poojas. This has nothing to do with my characters in
the film not being appreciated or that my films weren't doing well. I'm
very happy that my sister got married to the guy she had been dating.
And, I'm not desperate to get married. I'm happy where I am."
But, does criticism about her performance in her recent films or the
fate of her films at the BO affect her? "I enjoyed shooting for all the
films that I have done and have no regrets. In Jilla, I played a
cop for the first time, and had the opportunity to work with a legend
like Mohanlal and an actor like Vijay. I can't argue with the director
and ask or more screen time because the film is his vision. And, in All In All Azhagu Raja,
I had a full-on comic character, something that I haven't given a shot
at before," she justifies, "Criticism doesn't affect me — it actually
helps me understand what the audience like. Everyone makes mistake, and
it's important you learn from them."
After Singham and Special 26,
the actress hasn't signed any film in Bollywood. Why's that? "I did get
offers, but nothing was appealing. I currently have two scripts in
hand, and I'll decide on them soon," she states.
Back in Tamil,
she will be starting work on her film with Balaji Mohan. "It's a fun
romantic film. I play a city-bred girl in it, and we are planning to go
on floors with the film from May," she says, "I also have a film in
Telugu with Krishna Vamsi and Ram Charan. I've worked with the two of
them earlier, and it will be fun to shoot with them together."
There was also a buzz that she was in talks to do Nanbenda with
Udhayanidhi Stalin, a role that finally went to Nayanthara. "Film for
which you are in talks might not always materialize. I was in discussion
to do Udhay's fillm, but it didn't work out. Similarly, I was
approached for a film with Kamal Haasan long back, but I couldn't do it
because of date issues. These things keep happening," she signs off.
