Kajol, mother to 15-year-old Nysa, says one needs to have a daughter to know what true empowerment is. Kajol, on Nysa's 15th birthday on Friday, took to Twitter to wish her "breakthrough".

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"If you want true women's empowerment... Have a daughter. There is nothing that breaks through cultural biases, pre-conceived notions, childhood conditioning faster than your own child! Happy happy birthday to my own little breakthrough Nysa," Kajol tweeted.

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Kajol married Ajay Devgn in February 1999. In April 2003, she gave birth to Nysa and seven years later in September 2010, the couple had a son whom they named Yug.

On the professional front, Kajol was last seen in the Tamil film VIP 2, directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth.

Kajol will next be seen in Eela - written by Anand Gandhi and directed by Pradeep Sarkar.It features Kajol in the role of an aspiring singer and single mother, and is based on Gandhi's Gujarati play Beta, Kaagdo. Young National Award winning actor Riddhi Sen plays her son in the movie.