Kajol says Shah Rukh Khan told her she needs to ‘learn how to act’; reveals wanted to quit acting after her third film: ‘Was burnt out’

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!”

Kajol, however, soon realised that movie acting was getting to her. In no time, and just by her third film, a fatigue had set in, and Kajol said she was tired of doing heavy duty roles, preferring more to feature in regular films with “four scenes and 10 songs”.

The actor said, “I did this film called Udhaar Ki Zindagi and while I was finishing the film. I remember turning around and telling my mother, ‘You know, mom, I’m done. Wow. I’m 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, Hulchul, all these films came out from. I learnt the technique of acting after that.”

SCREEN is back!

Kajol is currently gearing up for the release of her Netflix thriller Do Patti. Directed by Shashanka Chaturvedi and written by Kanika Dhillon, the film features Kriti Sanon in a double role while Kajol stars as a cop investigating a case.

The actor has Karan Johar backed film Sarzameen in her kitty.