‘IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO COME HERE’
Kajol likes the way she is, but is looking for good directors to bring out the best in her
Longevity is tough to achieve in showbiz and Kajol is someone who has managed it quite well. In her almost 30-year-old career, which started with Bekhudi (1992), the actor has kept reinventing herself and says she is grateful that she is still loved by the audience.
“I am lucky and I believe it has to do with how much you love yourself and how much you believe in yourself. I think it has to do with how honest you are to your work. I don’t think it would work if I kept living on my laurels. I just had to keep working and thinking about what lies in the future rather than living in the past,” shares the 46-year-old.
“I like myself the way I am today. It took me a long time to come here. I like who I am, like my hair, like me as I am even though I am not a size zero and, you know, all of it put together. You like me, you don’t like me, I am fine with it, too,” she says.
Over the years while it has been a constant journey of self discovery and self improvement, Kajol, who recently starred in the web film Tribhanga, says her process of choosing a project has remained the same. “I always look for a good script, good characters to play. It should be like a good book. It should be that kind of script that I can’t put down,” the actor reveals.
However, there is just one thing she is mindful of in her career now. “I want to work with better directors. I want somebody experienced enough to take something out of me that maybe I couldn’t have expected. I don’t want to bear the burden completely on my shoulder,” she adds.