From the archive record
Bollywood-renowned director Abbas-Mastan narrates a time when they first met Kajol to cast in a film Baazigar: 'We went to meet Kajol at her house, and her mother Tanuja welcomed us in and asked her permission to cast Kajol in Baazigar, during those days, Kajol was working on another film, her mother told us to meet her, not realizing the small girl with a huge spectacle on, having breakfast beside the table was Kajol. At that time she was just 17. Her mother Tanuja signed the agreement because Kajol was still a minor. She sat down in front of us with her arms folded, so we narrated the story and script to her but she kept laughing and continued giggling, knowing that, we were worried how she would act in front of the camera, and at some point we even asked her to listen attentively. But t