Actress Rani Mukerji is best known for her work in Hindi movies. She is renowned for her positive outlook and skillful performance. She has received numerous awards throughout the years, including seven Filmfare Awards. With this, Mukerji solidified her position among the best actors of the 2000s. She also dances the Odissi style well and loves to dance whenever she has the chance. She was born on March 21, 1978, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her mother, Krishna Mukherjee, a well-known playback vocalist, and her late father, acclaimed film producer Shri Ram Mukherjee.

Although her friends and grandparents worked in the Indian film industry, Rani Mukerji, nurtured in the Mukherjee-Samarth family, had no interest in entering the industry. In the dramas "Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat" and the Bengali-language film "Biyer Phool," both directed by her father and released in 1996, she tried her hand at acting. The romantic drama "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai," which Mukherjee received after her first box office success with the action movie "Ghulam" (1998), marked a turning point in her life (1998). When Yash Raj Films hired her to star in the drama "Saathiya" in 2002, she underwent a significant change after a little setback.

Mukherjee worked with Yash Raj Films between 2007 and 2010, acting in several commercially failed movies, which caused reviewers to bemoan the roles she chose. This changed when, in the 2011 suspense film "No One Killed Jessica," she portrayed a powerful and fearless journalist. Her subsequent roles as a star in the action films Talaash (2012), Mardaani (2014), and Mardaani 2 (2019), as well as the comedy-drama Hichki (2018), garnered her even greater success.

Mukerji has appeared on stage and taken part in talent shows and concert tours. She judged the reality show "Dance Premier League" in 2009. Mukherjee and her husband, the director, and producer of movies Aditya Chopra, have a daughter. Mukherjee also advocates for humanitarian causes and has spoken out against issues that affect women and children.

Young Life

On March 21, 1978, in Bombay, Rani Mukerji was born. She studied in "Maneckji Cooper Middle School," and earned a home science degree from SNDT Women's University. She has familiarity with the Odissi dance form dating back to her ninth-grade year. Even though the Indian film business employed her parents and most of her family members, Mukerji had little interest in pursuing a career in the sector.

Her father, Ram Mukherjee, was a prominent member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family and was a previous director, in addition to being one of the developers of Filmalaya Studios. She is the daughter of former playback singer Krishna Mukherjee. Her older brother, movie director and writer Raja Mukherjee works in the entertainment industry. Debashree Roy, a cousin of her mother, works in Bengali movies, while Kajol, a cousin of her paternal grandmother, is an actor in Hindi films. The screenwriter and director Ayan Mukerji is a ancestral relative.

Mukerji received her acting training at Roshan Taneja's acting studio. On the recommendation of her mother, who had encouraged Mukerji to pursue acting, the 18-year-old accepted important roles in the community play "Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat." In the film, she portrayed a rape victim who was made to marry her rapist. Mukerji's acting was acknowledged and acclaimed even if the film didn't do well financially. Additionally, she was given a special honor at the annual Screen Awards ceremony.

After the movie had a poor box office result, Mukerji returned to college to continue her studies. She wanted to work in movies again after finishing her schooling because of her cousin Kajol's popularity in Bollywood. As part of a long-standing custom, the Mukerji family observes the Durga Puja festival every year in the suburban neighborhood of Santacruz. The entire Mukerji family is present for the celebrations.

Career

Advancement and Initial Struggle (1998-2001)

She achieved popularity despite playing a minor role in the film "Ghulam" her appearance with Aamir Khan, and directed by Vikram Bhatt, in 1998 was Mukerji's first financial success. Mukerji's husky voice made it necessary for Bhatt to have someone with a high-pitched voice duplicate her lines; Mukerji later said that this was done since the characters did not suit her voice.

To escape being pigeonholed as a "standard Hindi movie heroine" by 2000, Mukerji decided to take on more challenging roles than the stereotypically gorgeous protagonist. She appeared in the action films "Badal" and "Bichhoo," both of which starred Bobby Deol but earned little positive press from critics. After a brief delay brought on by controversy surrounding the movie's sponsorship by the Mumbai mafia, Mukerji's 2001 debut, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, was eventually released. In this surrogacy-themed movie, she collaborated with Salman Khan and Preity Zinta. Film critic Sukanya Verma criticized Zinta's performance as being "meatier" and claimed that Rani Mukerji was constrained by her character's inability to have much screen time.

Experienced Actress (2002-2006)

When Yash Raj Films recruited Mukerji for "Mujhse Dosti karoge" and "Saathiya" in 2002, she began working with them. In 2003, Mukerji's career entered its most fruitful period. She took Aishwarya Rai's place and collaborated with Shah Rukh Khan in the love story "Chalte Chalte" by Aziz Mirza. Shah Rukh Khan later claimed that Mukerji had been the character's first option, despite claims in the media that Rai had been dropped because of an altercation on the set of the movie with Salman Khan. According to Mukerji, the premise of "Chalte Chalte," which dealt with miscommunication between a married couple, was comparable to that of the film Saathiya.

When Mukerji took home both the "Lead Actress" and "Most Supporting Actress" prizes at the 50th National Film Awards, she made history as the first actress to get both honors in the same year. For Yash Chopra's historical romance movie Veer-Zaara, she was chosen as a result of her success (2004). Later, the Berlin International Film Festival hosted a screening of Veer-Zaara, the highest-grossing Hindi movie of the year. Star-crossed lovers are at the story's center, set against the backdrop of relations between Pakistan and India.

According to a 2005 article in Outlook magazine, Mukerji has established herself as the most well-known heroine in contemporary Hindi cinema. That year, she made her acting debut opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie "Black," which is about an alcoholic father who spends his life educating his blind and deaf daughter on how to talk. Mukerji initially had second thoughts about participating because of the "tough" subject matter. Bhansali wrote the role of the blind-deaf girl just for Mukerji. After winning numerous awards, including two National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards, Time's Richard Corliss ranked Black as the fifth-best film of the year.

Empire magazine called Mukerji's performance "extraordinary," while Filmfare included it among the "80 Best Outstanding Acts" in Indian cinema.

In favor of rejoining Karan Johar for the adultery-themed movie "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" (2006), Mukerji turned down a role in the English film "The Namesake" offered by Mira Nair. It was a fantastic release that quickly surpassed other Hindi films to earn over $15 million in overseas countries.

Professional Failure (2007-2010)

In the family drama "Ta Ra Rum Pum," directed by Siddharth Anand, Mukerji played the wife of a race car driver (Saif Ali Khan). This was done after Baabul's box office failure. In this movie, she also had two children. She was excited to play the mother for the first time. Although the movie, released in 2007, received mixed reviews, it was commercially successful. By the end of 2007, Mukerji's appeal had begun to wane. It was difficult for new filmmakers to approach her due to her "boring and repetitious teaming" with the same group of performers, according to Rediff.com and Hindustan Times.

Mukerji was looking for a comic role after playing tragic characters for a while. In 2008, she found it in the children's film "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic," directed by Kunal Kohli. An angel comes to Earth in this film to help four miserable kids. To try to stop this decline, Mukerji had a makeover and lost weight. In 2009, she continued her career with Yash Raj Films and co-starred with Shahid Kapoor in the love romance "Dil Bole Hadippa!" The film, in which Mukerji plays a Punjabi country girl who pretends to be a man and is fascinated with cricket, made its international debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Mukerji had high expectations for it.

A Recent Victory (2011-Present)

According to Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Information in 2012, Mukerji gave one of her best performances to date in the 2011 film "No One Killed Jessica." Under the direction of Sachin Kundalkar, she played a heroine with a heightened sense of smell who also has an unrequited love for Prithviraj Sukumaran's character. The comedy "Aiyyaa" offered Mukerji the lead role, and she accepted (2012). Rediff.com, a website, questioned her decision to appear in the critically and commercially unsuccessful film, claiming that she "receives no aid from how her part is organized."

Mukerji appeared in the quartet of "Bombay Talkies" short films in 2013. She took part in the scene directed by Karan Johar and had her play a news reporter who discovered her husband (Randeep Hooda) was gay. The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Bombay Talkies earned favorable reviews despite its poor box office performance, particularly for Johar's part. Tushar Joshi of Daily Information and Commentary praised Mukerji's subtlety in character.

Mukerji had a four-year hiatus after giving birth to her daughter before being persuaded to resume acting by her husband, Aditya Chopra. In 2018, she sought a job that would allow her to fulfill her motherly duties, and she discovered it in the comedy film Hichki.

Lifestyle and Marriage

Mukerji has frequently collaborated with Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and director Karan Johar. Despite Mukerji's reluctance to talk in public, her relationship with Indian director Aditya Chopra was the focus of extensive tabloid reporting. On April 21, 2014, she wed Chopra in a covert ceremony in Italy. She gave birth to a daughter in the succeeding season.

In addition to her acting career, Mukerji is a humanitarian activist who speaks out against issues that impact women and children. Mukerji was chosen as a spokesman by Procter & Gamble and the NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) for their joint project, Shiksha, which supports the cause of children's education. While rehearsing for her part in Black, Mukerji had already collaborated with them. She celebrated her birth anniversary in March 2006 with the Helen Keller Institute's special-needs children.

Net Worth

Rani Mukerji, an actress from India, has a net worth of more than $12 million. Given that she comes from a Bengali-descent family that enjoys movies, Rani Mukerji's mother made her make her first special appearance in the Bengali film "Biyer Phool" in 1996. Mukerji began her acting career with this movie, and a year later, when she played the lead role in "Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat," she received her first acting job in a Hindi movie.

Mukerji appeared in several musical tours and TV award ceremonies. Alongside actors Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, and Twinkle Khanna, she started her first concert tour in 1999, dubbed "Magnificent Five." Mukerji joined SRK, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra in 19 stage performances for the "Temptations 2004" concert worldwide.

In New Delhi in 2005, Mukerji participated in the "Temptations" event to raise money for the NCPEDP (National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People). Shah Rukh, Fardeen Khan, Ameesha Patel, and Malaika Arora Khan were the other well-known celebrities who showed up for the occasion.

Recognition and Success

For her work in Karan Johar's romantic comedy "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai," she was honored with a Filmfare award. In 2002, she received recognition for her exceptional performance in the drama "Saathiya" by receiving her first Best Picture Reviewers Award for Best Actress. She later took home the Best Actress and Lead Actress awards at the 50th Filmfare Awards in 2004 for her work in the critically acclaimed drama "Yuva" and the enormously popular romantic comedy "Hum Tum." She continued her winning streak by accumulating two more Filmfare Awards for her moving portrayal of a blind, deaf, and stupid woman in the 2005 film "Black." Mukerji's list of honors has grown thanks to his performances in the comedies "Bunty Aur Babli" in 2005 and the teen drama "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna" in 2006.

She doesn't disclose anything about her personal life to the public and simply markets or presents herself as a regular theatre performer. Due to her excellent performances and assignments, Mukerji ascended to the pinnacle of Hindi film acting. However, Mukerji's career did experience setbacks at the time when she played multiple roles in critically and commercially unsuccessful films. In 2009, Mukerji acted as a talent judge for Dance Premier League on Sony Entertainment Television and made movie appearances. However, after playing a daring reporter in "No One Killed Jessica" (2011) and a sad mother in "Talaash" (2012), she once more garnered the praise of critics.

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