Too much pressure on actresses to look a certain way: Kajol

                                          

“But after a point you will see me in my pajamas. It is something innate in me." 

The actress, who faced criticism for her public appearances in the beginning of her career, says she's not bothered by what people think.

Bollywood actor Kajol, returning to the big screen after a gap of five years withDilwale, believes there is too much pressure on actresses to look good, often taking the attention away from their work.

“There is too much pressure to look a certain way and it is wrong. Somewhere down the line you don’t have a life beyond that. Every morning you are getting up and getting dressed. It takes the attention away from your work,” Kajol told PTI in an interview.

The actress, 41, faced criticism for her public appearances in the beginning of her career and though her style sense has evolved over the years, Kajol is still not bothered by what people think about her looks.

“There is too much importance attached to it but at the same time it is there. You can’t get away from it. You can adapt to it or not. You have to take a stand... I have figured a way around it so I am comfortable with it myself. I don’t exactly make a fool of me in public anymore.

“But after a point you will see me in my pajamas. It is something innate in me. I can’t be bothered about everybody’s opinion.”

Kajol’s look in her upcoming film Dilwale is getting her a lot of appreciation from fans and the actress is happy that things have worked out well.

“I know for a fact that I am looking good in the film. The reaction has been overwhelming... Everything has turned out well and it has been great. The reaction has been fantastic. Manish (Malhotra) has done the clothes in the movie,” she says.

There were reports that she had a fall out with the designer but Kajol dismisses it with a hearty laugh. “We are too good friends to have differences.”

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol make one of the most successful on-screen pairings in Bollywood. Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale, slated to release on December 18, will reunite them for the seventh time and the actress says it was one of the reasons for her to do the movie.

“I liked my character in the movie and thought I could do something with it and Rohit was directing the film. I have known Rohit for years and the fact that SRK was producing and starring in it. It has to be a combination of everything to say yes.”