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| Rani Mukherjee |
In 2004, her performances in the hit Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards at the 50th Filmfare Awards, 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, including two more Filmfare Awards: Best Actress and Best Actress - Critics. She went on to play leading roles in the comedy Bunty Aur Babli (2005) and the adult drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), both of which were commercial successes and fetched Rani Mukherjee Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. Rani Mukherjee thus established herself as a leading actress of Hindi cinema. She then featured in a series of commercially unsuccessful films including Baabul (2006), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) and Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009), before re-inventing herself with Raj Kumar Gupta's semi-biographic thriller No One Killed Jessica (2011).
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| Rani Mukherjee |
Rani Mukherjee 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.
Personal life
Rani Mukherjee 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. In 2006, Rani Mukherjee stated that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wanted to be consistent.
Rani Mukherjee has three homes in Mumbai, including her childhood home. She bought a bungalow in Juhu for herself and her parents in mid-2005. The house went through a two year renovation with the interiors done by Twinkle Khanna and Sussanne Roshan.
Filmography
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| Rani Mukherjee |
1998 Ghulam
1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 Mehndi
1999 Mann
1999 Hello Brother
2000 Badal
2000 Hey Ram
2000 Hadh Kar Di Aapne
2000 Bichhoo
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
2000 Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
2001 Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
2002 Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai
2002 Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
2002 Saathiya
2002 Chalo Ishq Ladaaye
2003 Chalte Chalte
2003 Chori Chori
2003 Calcutta Mail
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 LOC Kargil
2004 Yuva
2004 Hum Tum
2004 Veer-Zaara
2005 Black
2005 Bunty Aur Babli
2005 Paheli
2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2006 Baabul
2007 Ta Ra Rum Pum
2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
2007 Saawariya
2007 Om Shanti Om
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2009 Luck by Chance
2009 Dil Bole Hadippa!
2011 No One Killed Jessica
2012 Talaash
2012 Koochie Koochie Hota Hain
2012 Aiyaa
