Originally posted by: myviewprem
Kajol belongs to shobhana samarth family (grand mom) and her grand dad owned studios in 1930s
Her uncle include joy mukherjee and nutan
Many producers and actors are from their family
If you think she just landed in movies as heroine without back up and support or got all those films based on her talent(non existamt looks, acting or dancing) while likes of madhuri dixit, juhi chawla struggled 5 to 7 years to get a decent heroine role you have no idea about bollywood
Imagine some outsider looking as like kajol and no dance ability no much acting will they get a side actress role in bollywood forget heroine opp SRK, amir etc
Kajol got the roles because of her family connections not on her ability or dancing or looks
Same with rani mukherjee or karishma or many others in 90s
They all groomed themselves later after 5 to 7 years in industry and learnt a bit of craft some more some less
An outsider would not get so many years to groom themselves into heroine role or learn a bit of acting
For ex vidya balan from first movie had to do good acting or depika padukone from first movie had to look like a princess with beauty and dance like a dream or amrita rao had to know acting from first movie only they were not given 5 to 7 years to improve
That's true but Kajol's family, to much knowledge, didn't have much influence by the 90s. I saw the Simi Garewal interview with Rani where Simi talks about how the Mukherjee family is the most prestigious in Bollywood and was considered the most talented in the industry. Rani explained that all this was true but only many generations ago and by the time she was born, she had already missed the family's prime. Their family didn't have that level of prestige by then so she never saw those days Simi spoke of when the Mukherjees were at the top. And Rani was very poor and the family's sole breadwinner which is why she was pushed into acting because she wasn't interested otherwise.
A similar story with Karishma since Randhir Kapoor was an alcoholic and separated from Babita. Karishma was pushed into films because the family needed a breadwinner. On top of that, there was much backlash by male members of their family since they didn't believe Kapoor women should act onscreen. Karishma in particular was considered an ugly duckling in the industry when she debuted and for many years until her makeover in Raja Hindustani. Also, her dancing was considered a bit out there for the time so she was considered loose by Indian standards.
With Kajol, she was not considered a conventional beauty because of how dusky she was. There was a lot of media attention to her lack of fairness and how Bollywood hadn't had a dark heroine like her in so long, but it was this that helped her stand apart once she proved she could act. I don't think she's ugly because she has great features, just needed some grooming.
You're comparing Deepika and Vidya who both debuted in the late 2000s to 90s heroines when 90s heroines all lacked grooming from the beginning. That had nothing to do with these actresses having film family backgrounds and being allowed to look unattractive on screen and still be given chances but more just how the industry worked back then. Grooming didn't really become a thing until the 2000s. Look at Sridevi and Rekha. Sridevi came from the South where nobody thought of her appearance but in Bollywood, she was considered fat and taunted by the media and audience. Remember they called her thunder thighs. Rekha had to get a complete makeover transformation because she was considered ugly in Bollywood for many years. She looks unrecognizable if you compare her look in the 80s to how she debuted. This was simply how the times worked for all heroines back then. Deepika and Vidya cannot be compared because their era is different and has nothing to do with film or lack of film background.
Also you say that no outsider would get a launch like Kajol, well her debut film was Bekhudi. She worked with SRK when he was still an outsider and not super popular. Baazigar was I think her second film and that was what became a blockbuster and launched her and SRK's careers. She didn't work with Aamir until Ishq and Fanaa many years later. So it's not like Kajol was launched and working with established stars from day one. She had to prove it too.
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