Name : Rani Mukherjee
Born on : March 21 1978
Origin : Bengal ( India )
Rani Mukherjee’s Home Address
Snehlata,404,Shakti,
B Wing , Kalyan Complex,
Yari Road ,Andheri west ,Mumbai 61 .
Rani Mukherjee’s Family Members
- Father : Ram Mukherjee ( Retired Director )
- Mother : Krishna Mukherjee ( Playback Singer )
- Brother : Raja Mukherjee ( Film Producer )
- Aunty : Debashree Roy ( Actress )
Rani Mukherjee’s School : Maneckjee Cooper High School in Juhu.
Rani Mukherjee enrolled in Mithibai College, Mumbai .
Rani Mukherjee’s Favourites :
- Favorite comic: Archie and Donald Duck
- Favorite outfit: Anything comfortable
- Favorite hobby: Dancing ( She is a trained Odissi dancer )
- Favorite food: Rohu Fish made by her mom , more info here .
- Favorite Perfume: Polo Sport
- Favorite holiday: Sikkim
- Favorite Film : Titanic
- Favorite gift: Diamond ring her dad gave her.
- Favorite Best features of herself : Her smile and eyes
- Favourite God : Sai baba ( visits Shridi once a year )
Rani Mukherjee’s Signature
Rani as Baby Photos
For more Childhood and Baby photos of Rani mukherjee , go here (updated recently).
Rani Mukherjee’s Debut Film : Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996)
Career
Early work
While in school at the age of 14, Mukerji did a cameo role in her father’s Bengali film Biyar Phool (1992). In 1994, Salim Akhtar, a family friend, offered her a film called Aa Gale Lag Jaa but her father was against it as she was too young. Mukerji turned down the offer and Urmila Matondkar was casted instead.
Two years later, Salim Akhtar came up with another offer and insisted on her playing the protagonist of Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996). After a long discussion with her father, she agreed to do the film. When the film was unsuccessful at the box office, Mukerji returned to college to complete her education.
Breakthrough
Mukerji’s first release in 1998 was Ghulam opposite Aamir Khan, which did very well at the box office.Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) came next, starring superstars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. Karan Johar first approached her for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai upon Shahrukh Khan’s recommendation.The movie was a blockbuster, and for her role in it she received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. After her success, she signed on several projects. Unfortunately, most of the movies did not do well at the box office. Badal was one of the highest grossing films of that year. In 2002, Mujhse Dosti Karoge! opposite Hrithik Roshan was her first film with the Yash Raj Films production house in India. Although, the movie did not do well in India, it generated great business overseas, especially in the United Kingdom. Mukerji’s next release was again with the Yash Raj banner, playing the lead role of a medical student in Saathiya. The movie was amongst the top five grossing movies of the year. The film was critically appreciated, and earned her a myriad of honors and rave reviews.
Success
In 2003, her movie Chalte Chalte opposite Shah Rukh Khan was a hit. In 2004, Mukerji’s performance in Yuva was critically acclaimed, and won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; the movie did not do well at the box office. Her next film was Hum Tum, which was commercially successful and also won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award that year. Her last film that year, Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara, was the top grossing movie of the year. Mukerji’s performance as a Pakistani lawyer in the love saga was critically acclaimed and earned her several awards.
In 2005, Mukerji starred in four high-profile films: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black, Shaad Ali’s Bunty Aur Babli, Amol Palekar’s Paheli and Ketan Mehta’s The Rising. Mukerji received critical acclaim for every film, especially her performance in Black for which she won many “Best Actress” awards at the major film ceremonies. When Bhansali first came to Mukerji with the offer, she turned it down. Mukerji stated that she was not confident enough to play such a role as she had no knowledge on the deaf and blind. Once the director put faith in her, she agreed to do it and intensely studied sign language with professionals. To prepare for her role in Black, she had to go through six to seven months of training at the Hellen Keller Institute in Mumbai. Bunty Aur Babli surfaced as one of the biggest hits of the year. Undoubtedly, these successes established Mukerji as one of the industry’s most bankable stars.
Mukerji was offered the lead role in Hollywood film, The Namesake but owing to clashing dates with Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, she couldn’t commit to Mira Nair’s project. Mukerji had two releases in 2006. The first was Karan Johar’s KANK with Shahrukh Khan. It was one of the most successful movies of the year. Mukerji’s next release was B.R. Chopra’s Baabul. An unprecedented Rs. 4 million was paid to Mukerji for her role in the movie. Although much hyped, the movie did not do well at the box office in India but proved to be a hit overseas.
Mukerji’s first release in 2007 is Ta Ra Rum Pum where she played a mother for the first time on celluloid. Mukerji instantly agreed to do this movie as she could identify the character’s situation in a family crisis and has modelled her performance on her own mother. The movie was a semi-hit at the box office.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered Mukerji a role in his newest film Saawariya. The film is in production and will be released towards the end of 2007.
In recent times, Mukerji is collaborating with her brother to set up a Television studio.
Personal life
Mukerji 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. Her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer, now turned director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, was a Bengali-film actress and her cousin Kajol is a Bollywood actress.
Mukerji is a trained Odissi dancer, and began learning the dance in the tenth grade. . Mukerji studied at Maneckjee Cooper High School in Juhu, and later enrolled at Mithibai College in Mumbai.
Gossip columnists have linked Mukerji to many industry figures, but she has strongly denied every single rumor of romance. Several gossip columns have also claimed that she is regularly in feud with some of the Bollywood actors and actresses, but Mukerji has denied this.
The actress changed the English transliteration of her surname from Mukherjee to Mukerji several years ago. At the time, it was reported that she did this for numerological reasons. In 2006, Mukerji stated that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wanted to be consistent.
Controversies
In June 2005, Mukerji was widely criticized following the publication of an interview with British newspaper Desi Xpress. Mukerji was asked to name her idol and she replied, “Adolf Hitler”. However, in an interview with TimesNow a year later, she denied ever mentioning Hitler’s name.
In November 2006, Mukerji was shooting a film in Varanasi when avid fans crowded the set. Security personnel beat the crowd back with sticks. A media storm followed as various groups insisted that Mukerji should have stopped the security guards. Mukerji later issued an apology.
In the media
Mukerji was a guest of honour at a state dinner to greet General Pervez Musharraf along with the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh.The government found out that she was Begum Musharraf’s favourite Bollywood star and invited her. Mukerji was the only Bollywood star on the elite guest list.
In early 2007, the actress performed with Saif Ali Khan at Vaux-le-Vicomte for Lakshmi Mittal’s guests at his daughter’s wedding .
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