Kajol: I am super picky now

Two years after Fanah, Kajol lights up the screen once more in U Me Aur Hum. Entertainment Editor, CNN-IBN Rajeev Masand caught up with the actress.

Let me start with the question that comes to you very often. Are you often asked why you work so less these days?

As I said before and I would say it again, and again and again. I always was picky and I have gotten really super picky now. I need something to validate my time away from my daughter. It has to be worth it.

Do you miss the sets?

Not really. I didn’t work for two years and I didn’t miss it at all.

We are going to see you in U Me Aur Hum that your husband Ajay Devgan has directed. Did he talk to you about this project when he was developing it just as a project that he wanted to direct and that you come on board later, how did he put it into play?

We were just talking about it and I thought that the script sounded really exciting. I asked him what the basic idea was and it was superb. And that was what really got the ball rolling. It just evolved after that. Actually speaking the script that we heard and what we eventually made came out to be totally different.

We are going to ask you questions that we ask actors on the show, what was the first film you ever saw?

I do not remember the first film that I ever saw but we used to watch black and white TV. They televised Chayageet, on Saturday they showed a Hindi film and on Sunday they showed a Marathi film. Those were my earliest memories of movies.

What films are you embarrassed to reveal that you love?

I don’t get embarrassed much actually. I am quite bad but I loved Sholay. I know all the dialogues of the film. I really loved the film.

What is your favourite snack while watching a movie?

Popcorn that is salted with extra butter or cheese. All that put together and that is very fattening.

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