About the superstar
Rani Mukerji (Bengali: রাণী মুখার্জী) born on March 21, 1978, is an Indian film actress who works in Bollywood movies.
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.
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.
Making her acting debut with Raja Ki
Aayegi Baraat (1996), Mukerji had her first commercial success with
Karan Johar's romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), she also won Filmfare
Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film. She
later starred in many films, most
of which fared below expectations. She re-invented her image with
Saathiya (2002), which was commercially and critically successful.
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,
making her the first actress to win two major awards in the same year.
She received unanimous praise for her role as a deaf and blind girl in
the film Black (2005), as well as many awards for her performance,
establishing herself as a leading actress in Bollywood.
