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EXCLUSIVE: Kajol - I wouldn't be where I am today if Ajay Devgn wasn't as good a father or as good a husband
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Pinkvilla, Kajol got candid about her upcoming film Helicopter Eela, Ajay Devgn being a Helicopter dad, her 26-year-journey in Bollywood and why she does not want a biopic on herself.
Our absolute favourite and the evergreen Kajol is back in the Bollywood scene, after Dilwale (2015) with Pradeep Sarkar's directorial Helicopter Eela. Also starring National Film Award winner Riddhi Sen as Kajol's son, Helicopter Eela is the story of an over-protective mother who tries to find her own identity and enrolls into her son's college. With comedy and a tinge of drama, this film promises to be a complete family entertainer for parents who can relate to Eela.
In an EXCLUSIVE interaction with Kajol, when we asked the actress if her kids Nysa and Yug think that she is a Helicopter mom, the instant reply was, "I don't know what answer they would give you but I definitely think I'm partly Helicopter, partly not. More like a drone rather than a helicopter." On the contrary, Kajol reveals that Ajay Devgn falls into one category. "He (Ajay) is definitely a Helicopter dad! There are no two ways about it. He's very concerned with all the little things where the kids are concerned and he will own up to it quite proudly."
Does Kajol find similarities with Eela at all? "Ofcourse I do. Every parent will find similarities with Eela. She is just that kind of a character. She's so much a mother that you find yourself relating to her or agreeing with her in a lot of ways. When you see the film, you'll realise that whatever she is doing and saying, however, she is doing it, she's trying to do it to the best of her ability. The reasons behind it are because she loves her son so very much," Kajol shared.
Talking about her hilarious first impression of co-star Riddhi, Kajol narrated, "My first impression of meeting Riddhi was that I told him to calm down. You need a tablet to calm down and then come to work. (laughs) He was literally bouncing off the ceiling. Once he came back down, he was so cool and so correct as far as the scenes and all the connotations of the scenes were concerned, He got everything like bang on. We were really impressed."
What was Nysa and Yug's reaction to seeing their mother play an on-screen mother to Riddhi in Helicopter Eela? "They loved it! They loved the trailer till I was laughing and I was doing the mad stuff. They said, 'Oh, mom! This is just you.' Then, when the part came where the little drama started and I had a few tears in my eyes, Riddhi was looking at me little angrily, they didn't like that at all. So then they said, 'Where is Riddhi? We want to catch him!' (laughs)"
Going back to Ajay, when we quizzed Kajol on who she prefers more - Ajay the husband or Ajay the father, pat came the reply, "They both have their place. I wouldn't be where I am today or even with my kids if he wasn't as good a father or as good a husband."
Many women-oriented films like Raazi and Veere Di Wedding were major commercial successes at the box office which proves that women are taking over the world. On this, Kajol stated, "It's the age of a better-educated audience. Thank God for that! It's the age for better films and a variety of different films, of different genres, doing well. You have an Avengers doing well, you have a Golmaal 4 doing well, you have a Stree doing well and at the same time, hopefully, Helicopter Eela doing well, as well. It's probably the right time for women to stand up and be part of that 50 percent of the population of the world that we are and want to see more of themselves on screen."
We sure do miss the crackling screen presence of Kajol in the silver screen and Kajol promises to be in the movies but with meaty roles. On watching more of Kajol in films, the actress said, "I hope so! I do pick and choose my films very carefully. I feel whatever I do, however little I do of it, it doesn't need to be a film that is completely concentrated on me. It doesn't have to be as the solo character in the film. But, whatever I''m doing in the film has to have meaning, has to have some kind of meat to it. I will not do something meaningless and stupid just for the sake of doing a film. Not anymore, I wouldn't."
Even a mention of a biopic on Kajol is not fathomable to the actress as she stated, "My biopic is not being made! I'm too busy living and enjoying my life to have somebody else enact it. I don't want to play my biopic only. I like my life right now and I'm enjoying the making of it. I'm making my life right not, I'm in the process. Somebody can do it if I'm dead if they feel like it."
Finally, when asked to summarise her 26-year journey so far, the larger than life personality concluded, "I wouldn't summarise it, it's still on its way. The train hasn't reached the station yet and I feel, there is so much for me to do. My mother (Tanuja) has been working for 67 years so God-willing, I will follow in her footsteps and I'll meet you back here at 50."
Smiles are meant to be shared...... awkward or not #happylaughterday
Helicopter Eela is slated to release on October 12, 2018.
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