Rani Mukerji a very glamorous actress made her first screen appearance at the age of 14 when she did a cameo role in her father’s Bengali film ‘Biyar Phoo’ in 1992. In 1994, Salim Akhtar a family friend offered her a role in the film ‘ Aa Gale Lag Ja 1994 but her father turned down the offer f .. Read More
Rani Mukerji a very glamorous actress made her first screen appearance at the age of 14 when she did a cameo role in her father’s Bengali film ‘Biyar Phoo’ in 1992. In 1994, Salim Akhtar a family friend offered her a role in the film ‘ Aa Gale Lag Ja 1994 but her father turned down the offer for her as he felt she was too young to enter the film industry and she was replaced by Urmila Matondkar. Two years later He came up with his 2nd offer to Rani and he insisted she play the role of The protagonist of Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat in 1997 she agreed to do the film for him but the film was not successful and she decided to continue with her education and joined college again to complete her education. The husky-voiced queen of Bollywood has worked with some of the biggest production houses and banners and is praised for her remarkable performances in her films, Black, Bunty Aur Babli and The Rising.These three films were the top amongst others for the highest-grossing of the year. Her film Paheli was also a hit film though not as compared to the former three but got an official entry to the 2006 Oscars. In the same year she was also offered a lead role in Hollywood, for the film,’ Namesake’ but owing to the clash of dates for her ongoing film already on hand Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna she refused the Mira Nair’s project. Rani Mukerji though we see her films so rarely has created a niche for herself as being one of the most sought-after heroines of the Bollywood Industry. A popular actress and much loved by her fans, in 2006 while shooting for her film in Varanasi her fans crowded the sets so much that it got unmanageable and Rani issued an apology for creating that storm in public. As of 2006, it is stated that her total box office impact is worth over 5 billion. Rani Mukerji is well remembered for her vivacious laugh and chuckle in the Song in the film ‘ Ghulam’ in 1998 with Aamir Khan which became a hit with the song, ‘ Aati Kya Khandala’ which earned her fame and widespread recognition. Later that year she was cast by Karan Johar for his film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Her role as the coy Tina Malhotra a college student was a scene stealer and proved to be one of the finest actresses the film did extremely well not only in India but abroad as well with the highest grossing of 1.3 billion (US$ 15 million) and for this, she won eight Awards including Best Supporting Actress award as well. Her role in the film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag A Journey of a Woman fetched her laurels and she is considered one of the most versatile actresses we have today who carries the role with ease of a young girl who turns to prostitution to support her family keeping her identity in hiding. A very promising role that led her to become one of the finest superstar actresses of the Indian Cinema. Her role in the film Baabul also was very emotional and intense with Salman Khan and a multi-star film with Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and John Abraham. As a young widow, she has a prominent role and a woman-centric role that she carried off very well till the end and did super well at the Box office. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman Following this success she played the leading actress role in the Social film Mehndi in the same year and the comedy film Hello Brother. Both the films were disappointing and failed to give a boost to her career that had kick-started with success. Struggles and initial success in her career. By 2000, Mukherjee wanted to stop doing the standard stereotype roles and do more challenging roles than just being a glamorous actress. However, none of the films of the kind she wanted to do came her way except the two releases Badal and Bichhoo. Both were male-centric action dramas. She later did a film for Kamal Hassan’s bilingual film Hey Ram which proved rewarding as the film was based on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination the film was selected for India’s official entry to the Oscars that year which also received wide acclaim for her role as a Bengali school teacher who is raped and murdered during the communal rights in Calcutta ( Now Kolkotta) She further acted in comedy films like Hadh Kar Di Aapne and the romantic film Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye. In 2001 she did the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke a film on surrogate childbirth though the audience felt that Preity Zinta’s role was more prominent as the surrogate mother while Rani Mukerji’s potential was not absorbed well by the film-maker and did not give her scope to do her best. What followed were her roles in Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai, Nayak the Real Hero, and Mujhse Dosti Karoge! , Saathiya, which was a remake of a Tamil box office film and all these films did well at the Box office for which she has won the awards for Best Actress and the nominations as well. In 2003 she did a film by Aziz Mirza’s romantic Chalte Chalte and the film was quite similar to her earlier film Saathiya. The film was well-received by the critics and her fans. She acted in the romantic film Chori Chori the same year and Calcutta Mail opposite Anil Kapoor and Manisha Koirala and J.P. Dutta’s ensemble war film L O C Kargil but none of these films fared well commercially. Her role in Yuva and Veer-Zaara got her the much-deserved acclaim and further success. The film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in 2006 was yet another blockbuster film with Ma ulti-star by Yash Raj Films and she acts as an unhappy married woman who falls in love and has an extramarital affair. The Biopic film No One Killed Jessica in 2011 proved to be her first box office hit after four years followed by a chain of more successful films in her booty.. which were Talaash and Mardaani in 2012 and 2014 respectively.