 Following a leading role opposite Saif Ali Khan and Aditya Pancholi in Sanjay Gupta 's box office flop , the reincarnation romance Hameshaa , Kajol starred as an aspiring nun in Rajiv Menon 's Tamil film - the romantic drama Minsaara Kanavu - opposite Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva . Kajol revealed that she found dancing alongside Prabhu Deva difficult and it " took me 20 retakes and 30 rehearsals " to get the steps right . Her performance met with appreciation with The Indian Express reviewing , " Kajol is full of beans and fits into her character with commendable ease . Hers is perhaps one of the most expressive faces of the present . " The film was dubbed in Hindi as Sapnay and released in Northern India . The original Tamil version was a box @-@ office success , but the dubbed version emerged as a commercial failure . Her next release was Indra Kumar 's romantic comedy Ishq alongside Aamir Khan , Juhi Chawla and Ajay Devgn , in which she played Kajal , a poor girl in love with a rich boy , played by Devgn . Upon release , the film emerged as a major commercial success , with critical praise directed to the performances of the four leads . 
