Kajol recently revealed in an interview that Shah Rukh Khan had told her to learn how to act early on in her career so that she starts to enjoy the process more. Kajol said that she wanted to quit acting after her third film as she was ‘burn out’ already by then.
In an interview with India Today, Kajol said that, Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994) was already her third film and she was just 18 then. She said, “I remember I finished the film and before that, Shah Rukh was like, ‘You know you just have to learn how to act.’ I was like, ‘What is this? What is he talking about?’ Of course, I’m doing a fabulous job!”
She added, “While I was finishing the film, I remember turning around and telling my mother, ‘You know, mom, I am done. Wow. I am burnt out. At the tender age of 18-and-a-half, I am done. I cannot move anymore. I cannot cry anymore. I cannot put glycerin anymore. I can’t. I don’t want to do these films anymore. I want to do, you know, four scenes, ten songs.’ I wanted to do such films. And I signed four films like that. So that’s where Gunda Raj (1995), Hulchul (1995), all these films came out from. I learnt the technique of acting after that.”
Kajol will be seen next in the mystery-thriller Do Patti, which also stars Kriti Sanon. The film will be released on Netflix on October 25.