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Rani comes from a film-oriented family of Bengali origin. Her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios while her mother Krishna was a playback singer.
She is a trained Odissi dancer, and began learning the dance in the tenth grade. Mukerji studied at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, and later enrolled at Mithibai College in Mumbai.
After doing a short cameo appearance for the first time in her father`s Bengali film ‘Biyer Phool’ (1992), Mukerji made her acting debut four years later, as the protagonist of ‘Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat’ (1996). Her performance as a rape victim in the film was well received, but when the film failed at the box office, she returned to college to complete her education. Mukerji returned to films in 1998.
Rani got her first commercial success in ‘Ghulam’, opposite Aamir Khan. Karan Johar`s directorial debut, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, co-starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, added to Rani’s fame as the movie was a blockbuster, and she received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category.
After two successive hits behind her, Rani was not only noticed but appreciated as well. She also starred in Shaad Ali`s critically acclaimed ‘Saathiya’. The film became one of the highest grossing movies of the year.
She marked her entry into the biggest production house of bollywood, Yash Raj Films; with Kunal Kohli’s ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’ (2002). She got critical acclaim as well as audience recognition in ‘Yuva’, ‘Hum Tum’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s ‘Black’, Shaad Ali`s ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, Amol Palekar`s ‘Paheli’ and Ketan Mehta`s ‘The Rising’ and Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ (KANK).
In 2005, Rani was a guest of honour at a state dinner to greet General Pervez Musharraf in company of the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She was the only Bollywood actress on the elite guest list.
She appeared along with various other Bollywood actors at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance displaying Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. For her three minutes dance act it was reported that she had been paid 1.5 million rupees.
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Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
- Ghulam
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Mehndi
- Hello Brother
- Badal
- Hey Ram
- Hadh Kar Di Aapne
- Bichhoo Kiran Bali
- Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
- Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
- Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
- Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
- Nayak: The Real Hero
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai
- Mujhse Dosti Karoge
- Saathiya
- Chalte Chalte
- Chori Chori
- Calcutta Mail
- LOC Kargil
- Yuva
- Hum Tum
- Veer-Zaara
- Black
- Bunty Aur Babli
- Paheli
- The Rising
- Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Maya Talwar Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
- Baabul
- Ta Ra Rum Pum
- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
- Saawariya
- Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
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Awards:
- · In 1999, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’.
- ·In 2003, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance and Bengal Film Journalists` Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies) for ‘Saathiya’.
- · She won Rajiv Gandhi Award in 2004.
- · In 2004, BBC Film Cafe Best Actress for ‘Chalte Chalte’
- · In 2005, Filmfare Best Actress Award for ‘Hum Tum’.
- · In 2005, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for ‘Yuva’.
- · In 2005, IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for ‘Veer-Zaara’.
- · In 2006, she won Filmfare Best Actress Award, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance Bengal Film Journalists` Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies) and for ‘Black’.
- · In 2007, won IIFA and BBC Film Café Best Actress for ‘KANK’
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She is currently rumored to be dating Aditya Chopra.
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Gossip columnists have linked Rani to many industry figures, but she has always denied every single rumour strongly. Also tabloids have claimed that she is regu... |
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