[10] She has also played the female lead in high-profile Tamil projects such as Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Maattrraan (2012), Thuppakki (2012), Jilla (2014), Vivegam (2017), Mersal (2017) and Comali (2019).

[12] In 2020, a wax figure of Aggarwal was put on display at Madame Tussauds Singapore, making it the first of an actress from South Indian cinema.

[13][14] Kajal Aggarwal was born on 19 June 1985 and raised in a Punjabi family with roots in Amritsar, settled in Bombay (present-day Mumbai).

[17] Aggarwal studied at St. Anne's High School, Fort, Mumbai, and completed her pre-university education at Jai Hind College.

[21][22] Aggarwal made her debut in Telugu and played her first leading role in 2007 in Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam, alongside Kalyan Ram; it did not fare well at the box office.

[25] Her Telugu releases Pourudu and Aatadista opposite Sumanth and Nitin, respectively, did not receive positive reviews, but both were successful at the box office.

She first starred opposite Vinay Rai in the Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu, which garnered mixed reviews and was a financial failure.

She then appeared in the high budget Telugu historical drama Magadheera, alongside Ram Charan Teja, which saw her playing double roles for the first time.

[citation needed] It was highly successful commercially and broke several records,[26] emerging as the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time.

Later that year, Aggarwal appeared in the Tamil thriller film Naan Mahaan Alla, opposite Karthi, which was based on a real-life incident and opened to positive reviews.

Aggarwal finished 2011 with the Telugu film Dhada, opposite Naga Chaitanya, which failed at the box office.

[citation needed] In early 2012, Aggarwal appeared in the Telugu gangster film Businessman, alongside Mahesh Babu, directed by Puri Jagannadh.

Her performance was well received; a review carried by The Indian Express summarised: "Kajal does with utmost sincerity as the foreign language translator Anjali.

It received mostly positive reviews from the critics and was a major commercial success, becoming the second Tamil film ever to collect over ₹1 billion (US$12 million).

[citation needed] In early 2013, Aggarwal starred in V. V. Vinayak's action film Naayak, opposite Ram Charan Teja and Amala Paul.

[citation needed] Also that year, she starred in the Hindi film Special 26, a heist drama directed by Neeraj Pandey.

[citation needed] In early 2014, Aggarwal starred in R. T. Neason's masala film Jilla, in which she played a police officer.

[citation needed] Aggarwal's first release of 2015 was in the Telugu action film Temper, directed by Puri Jagannadh, alongside NTR Jr.

[citation needed] Aggarwal played an animal lover and on her performance, a critic from The Times of India said: "Despite her limited role, the actress does well".

Critics rated it as a "regular masala movie" and Rediff noted: "Kajal Aggarwal does have a significant role to play, but their onscreen chemistry just does not work".

[58] Her other release, Suseenthiran's action film Paayum Puli, alongside Vishal, received mixed reviews and failed at the box office.

[citation needed] Reviewers criticised her character stating: "badly written and has nothing more to do with the script"[59] She also did a cameo appearance in the bilingual romantic comedy film Size Zero.

She played the lead female role, marking her first collaboration with Pawan Kalyan, in the masala film Sardaar Gabbar Singh, directed by K. S. Ravindra.

[citation needed] Her second Telugu release was Srikanth Addala's family drama Brahmotsavam, opposite Mahesh Babu, which was a major critical and commercial failure.

[66][67][68] In late July 2016, she signed to perform her first item number in Koratala Siva's Janatha Garage, starring Mohanlal, Jr NTR, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen.

[71] In October 2016, the much delayed Hindi film Final Cut of Director released, which was supposed to mark her lead debut.

She then reunited with director Teja for Sita, where she plays the titular character, an arrogant, selfish businesswoman who manipulates people for business improvement and money.

[93][94] Aggarwal also has an under production film Indian 3, co-starring Kamal Haasan, Siddharth and Rakul Preet Singh.

[100][101] Aggarwal has received four Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nominations — for the films, Magadheera, Darling, Mr.