Exclusive | Kajol on GenZ discovering her films: They were more romanticised than movies today

Kajol says a whole new generation of viewers is discovering and revisiting the films that defined her career. The actor shares her thoughts on the renewed interest in 90s-2000s films, as a new generation discovers her work and younger audiences revisit classic movies.

Kajol states there is a whole revival of the ’90s and 2000s scene that has come up. Younger people approach her after watching K3G (2001), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha (1998).

‘There is a whole wanting to, you know, watch films like that, which were somewhere, I think, made with a lot of passion and cleanliness,’ she shares. “They were kind of much more romanticised than films today. So I think people want films like that.

They want to watch films like that. I hope we can make films like that till today.” For related coverage, explore our detailed analysis on Technology and Digital Systems.

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Asked which character she identifies with the most, Kajol quips, “Anjali from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I feel like there I was a tomboy then!” For Kajol, the renewed interest in the era goes beyond nostalgia, with younger audiences now discovering the sensibility of films made decades ago.

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Kajol says her own Gen Z children, Nysa Devgn, 23, and Yug Devgn, 15, aren’t keen on watching her films. “They feel I’m a little too convincing in films and that I’m too good an actor at times!” she says.

Explaining their take, she adds, ‘They’re like, ‘We don’t watch your movies because we don’t want to watch our mum cry too much.’

Kajol has also seen her share of news reports about herself, some accurate and some not. While there have been reports of her joining Atlee and Allu Arjun’s Raaka (earlier titled AA22xA6) and the Prabhas-starrer Spirit, the actor remains unfazed “I don’t pay attention to all of these news articles, really.

I mean, 90% of them are all rubbish anyway,” she says, adding, ‘The day I do sign a film, I’m very clear about it. People will know within minutes, everybody will knows that I’m doing this.”

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Kajol’s thoughts on the revival of 90s-2000s films offer insight into the enduring appeal of classic movies and the new generation discovering her work.