Kajol unibrow : her lucky charm , birthday girl

Kajol isn’t like other actresses and that’s because she’s always been herself on screen. What can be better than acting, that’s not acting? Just like good make-up is meant to look like one’s wearing no make up at all! And in that department, Kajol’s come such a long way. But curiously, she’s never completely done away with her unibrow. While Shilpa Shetty and Karisma Kapoor trimmed their brows decades ago, Kajol held on to hers, just like a lucky charm.


bekhudi 1992

It all started with Bekhudi (1992). Kajol wasn’t great looking back then and neither was her co-star Kamal Sadanah. But her acting stood out despite the film flopping royally at the box office.

baazigar 1993

This was the beginning not only of the most epic jodi, Kajol-Shah Rukh, but also the point where despite her dusky looks, Kajol announced her arrival. Can’t say much about her choice of lip colour, head gear and the awfully distracting unibrow though.

yeh dillagi 1994

Kajol played a model in this Saif Ali Khan-Akshay Kumar starrer. She got slightly better at make-up but went horribly wrong in the costume and accessories department. While she kicked ass as an independent, self made middle class girl, her proud unibrow framed her face as always!

karan arjun 1995

Kajol was never thin like her contemporaries but that didn’t stop her from wearing what she wanted. Somehow she managed to carry off anything. Even in the reincarnation saga Karan Arjun, she had no qualms about dancing on a haystack in a fitting blue dress, with a giant flower in her hair. By now, we had come to terms with the fact that the famous unibrow was going nowhere.

ddlj 1995

And we finally got a glimpse of Kajol, the megastar! Simran from DDLJ came into our lives like a breath of fresh air. Kajol looked her young, fresh, rebellious best! Her unibrow was now her uniqueness. In fact, we stopped noticing it after this blockbuster.

But there were occasions during this masterpiece film that the brows were hard to ignore. Yet, it is impossible to image someone else playing Simran. She looked every bit her part in whatever she wore through the film, but she remains unforgettable in that simple green lehenga, and her subtle make up added immensely to her girl-next-door charm.

dushman 1998 

kabhi khusi kabhi gham 2001

Meet the glamourous Kajol! Though there was nothing middle class or house wife-ish about her look in the film, she did stun in that gorgeous yellow saree, against the stark desert backdrop. She got everything right, including the director and the biggest co-stars the industry could give her.