Kajol takes hubby’s name for the first time

 

“All these years, Kajol never used her father’s surname Mukherjee, nor her mother’s surname Samarth.” Kajol’s decision to add Devgn to her name is part of a growing trend among heroines to flaunt their marital status — case in point Aishwarya Rai  Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor Khan. We hear Vidya Balan too is contemplating doing the same.  

 

Coming back to Dilwale, the second development that has happened is that Kajol’s name appears after Shah Rukh’s in the credits. That’s noteworthy, because in 2014, King Khan had announced that his leading lady’s name would appear before his own.

 

Even in Chennai Express and Happy New Year, Deepika Padukone’s name appeared before SRK’s. But now Dilwale carries Kajol’s name after Shah Rukh’s, apparently by mutual consent.

 

Says a source, “In their fans’ subconscious, they are ‘Shah Rukh and Kajol’ in that order. Why mess with audiences’ perceptions?”