Rani Mukerji (Bengali: রাণী মুখার্জী) born on 21 March 1978, is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies.
| Born | Rani Mukherjee
21 March 1978 (1978-03-21) (age 33)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Other names | Rani Mukherji
Rani Mukerjee |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
Making her acting debut with
Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997), Mukerji had her first commercial success with Karan Johar's romance
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), her biggest commercial success so far, and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film. She later starred in several films, most of which fared below expectations, but in 2002 she re-invented her image with the critically acclaimed drama
Saathiya, for which she received numerous awards and nominations.
In 2004, her performances in the hit
Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed
Yuva earned her the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Filmfare ceremony, making her the first actress to win two major awards in the same year. She later received unanimous praise for her portrayal of a blind, deaf and mute woman in
Black (2005), for which she garnered numerous major awards. Mukerji has since established herself as a leading actress of Hindi cinema.
Early life and background
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
while her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer, now turned director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, is a national award-winning Bengali film actress and her cousin, Kajol, is a popular Bollywood actress and another cousin, Ayan Mukerji is the writer and director of
Wake Up Sid.
Mukerji 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.
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Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat
Rani Mukherji's debut film showed her as the rebellious and strong character of Mala. After so many films Rani has time and again proven her caliber as an actor. Wishing her a special birthday this year and a lot more success in the future.