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Rani
Mukerji
Rani Mukerji formerly Rani Mukherjee, born March 21, 1978) is a popular Bollywood actress.
Family background
She comes from a film-clan family of Bengali origin: Her father, Ram Mukherjee is a retired director. her mother Krishna used to be a playback singer, while her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer. Her maternal aunt is Debashree Roy. Another popular Bollywood actress, Kajol, is her second cousin.
Career
She began her film career with the Bengali film Biyer Phool. Her first Hindi film was Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), which did not do well at the box office. However, her next two releases - Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) - were hits. For the latter she received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Mukerji was seen as a star who could guarantee a healthy box-office and was signed on for a great many movies immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, most of them did average business at the box office. It was only after the release of Saathiya in 2002, directed by Shaad Ali, that she was again regarded as an audience draw. The film was critically and commercially successful[1].
In 2004, her performances in Yuva and the commercially successful Hum Tum earned her more awards - the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the former, and the Filmfare Best Actress Award for the latter, the next year.[2] Her performance as an activist lawyer in Veer-Zaara, the year's biggest hit, was also praised, and earned her yet another Filmfare nomination.[3]
In 2005, she starred in four high-profile films.[4] Among them, Bunty Aur Babli was a major hit [5] and her performances in all the others, particularly in Black were generally appreciated.[6] Paheli, in which she starred,opened the ninth Zimbabwe International Film Festival in Harare a year later.[7]
Mukerji has been an active stage performer and participated in numerous world tours. Temptations 2004 was her most successful concert, in which she performed alongside Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra.[8] She also appeared at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi.[9]
Mukerji's success has continued into 2006, with her most recent release,Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, finishing with the highest opening gross of any Bollywood movie to date.[10]
Personal life
Mukerji has been romantically linked with actors such as Govinda [11], Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and most recently, director Aditya Chopra.[12] All parties have, however, strongly denied these
rumours.
Awards
Rani Mukerji in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)[edit]
Popular
1999, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1999, Zee Cine Awards, Lux Face of the Year, Ghulam & Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1999, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2003, Star Screen Awards Special Jury Award, Saathiya
2003, Filmfare, Critics Award Best Performance, Saathiya
2003, Sansui Awards Best Performance of the Year, Saathiya
2003, Bollywood Awards Most Sensational Actress, Saathiya
2003, Rajiv Gandhi Award
2004, BBC Film Cafe Best Actress, Chalte Chalte
2005, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Hum Tum
2005, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Yuva
2005, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Hum Tum
2005, 1st GIFA Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress, Yuva
2005, Cinegoers Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Cinegoers Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Veer-Zaara
2005, IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Tum
2005, IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for Veer-Zaara
2005, Bollywood Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Bollywood Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Yuva
2006, Rediff Movie Awards Best Actress, Black
2006, Star Screen Award Best Actress, Black
2006, Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female, Black
2006, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Black
2006, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, Black
2006, Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female, Black
2006, BBC Film Cafe Best Actress, Black
2006, IIFA Best Actress Award for Black
She is the first actor to ever win both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress trophies in a single year (2005) at the
Filmfare.
Other
2001, Aashirwaad Awards Best Actress, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
2003, Anandolok Puroshkar Awards Best Actress, Saathiya
2005, Sports World Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Sports World Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Veer-Zaara
2005, Sports World Jodi of the Year (Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji) for Hum Tum
2005, Bollywood Fashion Awards Celebrity Style Female Award
2005, The Lycra® MTV Style Awards Most Stylish in Films
2005, Anandolok Puroshkar Awards Best Actress, Hum Tum
2005, Lion Awards Achievement in Cinema
2006, 2nd Edition Pogo Voice Awards Most Amazing Actress, Bunty Aur Babli
2006, Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 (Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji) for Bunty Aur Babli
2006, 2nd Apsara Awards Best Actress, Black
2006, Star's Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Black
2006, Idea Zee F Awards Celebrity Model of the Year
Trivia
Mukerji was honored by a largely foreign audience of 50,000 at the Casablanca Film Festival (2005) in Morocco where four of her movies were presented.[13]
For her one-and-a-half-minute dance performance alongside Saif Ali Khan at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she was reportedly paid 1.5 crore rupees, the equivalent of about 300,000 U.S. dollars.
She 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. Recently, she has stated that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wanted to be consistent.[14]
She is rumoured to be one of the highest paid actresses in India.[15]
In 2006, the actress bought a new house for herself in Juhu, the interior design for which, was done by Twinkle
Khanna.
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