Kajol
has been married to actor-producer-director
Ajay Devgn
for 23 years, they dated for nearly four years before getting hitched. A few years ago, Kajol had opened up about the early days of her married life and revealed how she suffered two
miscarriages
.
Talking about their first meeting and how their
relationship
began, Kajol shared with Humans Of Bombay, “We met 25 years ago, on the sets of Hulchul–I was ready for the shot & asked, ‘Where’s my hero?’ Someone pointed him out–he was broodily sitting in a corner.
So 10 minutes before I met him, I bitched about him! We began talking on set & became friends. I was dating someone at the time & so was he–I’ve even complained about my then boyfriend to him! Soon, we both broke up with our significant others. Neither of us proposed–it was understood that we were to be together. It went from hand-holding to a lot more before we knew it! We used to go for dinners & so many drives–he lived in Juhu & I, in South Bombay, so half our relationship was in the car! My friends warned me about him–he had quite a reputation. But he was different with me–that’s all I knew.”
She further said, “We’d been dating for 4 years, when we decided to get married. His parents were on board, but my dad didn’t talk to me for 4 days. He wanted me to focus on my career, but I was firm & he eventually came around. Again, there was no proposal–we just knew we wanted to spend our lives together. We got married at home & gave the media the wrong venue–we wanted it to be our day. We had a Punjabi ceremony & a Marathi one! I remember, during the pheras Ajay was desperately trying to get the pandit to hurry up & even tried to bribe him! I wanted a long honeymoon–so we travelled to Sydney, Hawaii, Los Angeles… But 5 weeks into it, he fell sick & said, ‘Baby, book me on the next flight home!’ We were supposed to do Egypt, but we cut it short.”
During the conversation, Kajol opened up about experiencing a miscarriage before the release of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. She shared, “Over time, we began planning to have kids. I was pregnant during Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001, but had a miscarriage. I was in the hospital that day–the film had done so well, but it wasn’t a happy time. I had another miscarriage after that–it was tough,” she said. “But eventually it worked out–we had Nysa and Yug and our family’s complete.”
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“We’ve been through so much–we’ve formed our own company, Ajay’s on his 100th film & every day we’re building something new. Life with him is content–we’re not too romantic or anything–we care for each other. If I’m thinking idiotic things, it’ll come out of my mouth without a filter & vice versa. Like right now I’m thinking that he owes me a trip to Egypt!” concluded the actress.
Over the years, Kajol and Ajay Devgn have collaborated on several films, including ‘Ishq’, ‘Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha’, and ‘You, Me Aur Hum’. Their most recent on-screen appearance was in ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’, which was released in 2020.
