Kajol turns 49: From her favourite workout to love for seafood, know more about the star

The vivacious, smart, and spontaneous Bollywood star Kajol celebrates her 49th birthday today. She has always been known for her bold act and quirky replies during interviews.

Her open yet honest approach has always ensured that she is treated with dignity although Kajol is equally open to fun and humour and never shies away from a laugh or two whenever the moment arrives.

While she is both a foodie and a lot talkative during one of her interviews she agreed that if she is given the chance to choose between foods or to talk, she will always choose to talk because she can never live without talking.

On her birthday today, know more about this Baazigar actress who early in her career wanted to leave the industry.

She loves Pilates, but dancing is more fun for her

For Kajol Pilates is her favourite exercise. But more than that she loves to dance to music, old and new ones but especially western dance. She loves strong chick songs and hence the one staple on all her playlists is Titanium by Sia.

Kajol loves seafood

The Dilwale actress simply loves food but has a special inclination towards seafood. Interestingly, she gets good company on her dinner table whenever she feels like having her sushi as her mother-in-law also shares her love for seafood. But her favourite seafood is crab meat. And yes, she simply loves coffee, and starting her day with a dose of caffeine is a daily routine that she cannot miss.

Loves reading and writing poetry

While her love for reading is quite well known, Kajol also loves to write poetry. She loves to read science fiction and horror novels. But there is one twist here. Although she loves reading, she does not like to read her script and instead expects her director to read it out to her.

Dilwale actress wanted to leave the industry after doing three movies

Udhaar Ki Zindagi was the movie that changed Kajol as an actor and her perspective towards her profession. She was a 19-year-old young actress during the making of this movie in which she had to play a character with immense emotional depth and she struggled a lot and felt burnout after it. That was the time when she told her mother that she do not want to work in movies.

First female star ever to win Filmfare for negative role

Kajol was the first female star ever to win a Filmfare for a negative role for her portrayal of mentally disturbed Isha Diwan in Gupt which is certainly highly praiseworthy.