20 Facts About Rani Mukerji

Very few actresses manage to leave footprints that are hard to erase. Rani Mukerji Rani Mukerji is one of the most celebrated Indian >> Read More... , who is at present enjoying motherhood, perhaps is one of those actresses who will get offers for films no matter when she decide to come back. She is currently on maternity leave, after having given birth to her daughter Adira. Today, we will talk about the actress and discuss 20 facts about her.

1. Her Debut

The actress made her debut at a very young age. She was barely 14 when she appeared in Biyer Phool Story soon >> Read More... , a Bengali film, which was by Ram Mukerji, her father. This movie’s plot was strikingly similarly to that of “Sense And Sensibility” by Jane Austen. In the film, Rani essayed the role of one of the younger sisters. Since it was a Bengali film, not a lot of people are aware of it.

2. Her Bollywood Debut

The actress then entered Bollywood with her film Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat, which proved to be a massive failureat the box office. However, her now husband, Aditya Chopra Aditya Chopra is an Indian film director, scriptwr >> Read More... noticed the potential in her despite the flop film. This lead to her being offered the role of Tina in the film “ Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, which took her career upwards.

3. Tina In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Karan Johar Karan Johar is one among the top ten celebrities i >> Read More... has always been a very close friend of Twinkle Khanna Twinkle Khanna made herdebut in Indian film indust >> Read More... . In fact, he describes her as the only girl he has ever fallen in love with. Even the role of Tina In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was written keeping Twinkle Khanna in mind. But since the actress hated acting and knew that she was not good at it, she quit acting and refused to do the role, which was then offered to Rani, who grabbed the opportunity.

4. Her Unique Records

The actress may be absent from the silver screen now as she is busy handling her personal life, but there was a time when she was giving back to back hits. In those days, she actually won the Filmfare best supporting actress and the Filmfare best actress in the same year, in 2005. These awards were for ‘ Mani Ratnam Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker deeply rooted t >> Read More... ’s ‘ Yuva Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Kunal Kohli One of the prominent faces in the industry of Boll >> Read More... ’s “ Hum Tum Click to look into! >> Read More... ”.

5. The Namesake Click to look into! >> Read More...

The Namesake was a Hollywood film based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s award winning novel of the same name. Both ‘ Tabu Tabu is a wonderful gift to the Indian cinema. She >> Read More... ’ and Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More... established themselves firmly as Hollywood actors with this film. But the film has actually gone to Rani Mukerji before it went to Tabu. However, Rani could not do the film as the dates of the shooting schedule of the film clashed with those of “ Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Click to look into! >> Read More... ”, and she had already committed to that film.

6. President Pervez Musharraf

The relations between India and Pakistan have never been ideal. However, before some time, Pakistan used to be incredibly fond of watching Indian films and television shows. Still, no one had been invited to a dinner hosted in their President’s honor. However, Rani became the only Bollywood celebrity to have received an invitation to a dinner hosted in Pervez Musharraf’s honor a few years back.

7. Her Media Image

Among the media, Rani actually became the first actress who shifted the focus of the people from the complexion of the heroine. She was dark skinned, and she was not ashamed of it. She made people realize that it is not a curse to have a dusky complexion and proved how desirable a woman of her complexion can be. She has also never been involved in the endorsement of a fairness cream.

8. Uday Chopra Born on 5th January, 1973, This actor is the son o >> Read More...

Since Rani is married to Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra is her brother-in-law. He has a very interesting name for his brother and his wife, which we are sure, has a great story behind it. He calls Aditya, Voldemort and calls Rani, Bhabi Voldemort.

9. Her Affair With Govinda Govinda is a popular Bollywood star who is known f >> Read More...

The actress did a lot of films with ‘Govinda’, where they also went to foreign locations for the shoot. In these films, the crew of the film would be aware of the relationship that Rani and Govinda shared. Govinda was already married then, but his relationship with Rani was among the affairs he had after his marriage. It would perhaps never have come in the public eye, but a journalist, who had gone to take Rani’s interview to her house found Govinda coming out of their room in his night dress.

10. Her Affair With Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a ve >> Read More...

These two were supposed to have bonded when they were shooting for films like Bunty Aur Babli Click to look into! >> Read More... and Yuva. However, this affair seemed to barely have seen the light of the day as the actor soon got married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More... . Surprisingly, even Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... is said to have been incredibly fond of Rani but things just did not work. Then Rani too got married to Aditya Chopra.

11. Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More...

The song Aati Kya Khandala and her chemistry with Aamir Khan in the film seems to have done some very good things for Aamir Khan’s career. It is said that they were so good together in real life, that it transferred in the chemistry they shared on screen. This was also the time when Aamir’s first marriage was going through a rocky patch and Rani confessed to having a crush on him. She even said that he was one person she could call at any time of the day. The two then grew apart as the chemistry they had shared fizzed away.

12. Filmfare Power List

2015 was a remarkable year for the actress. Not only did she get two Filmfare awards, she was also featured in the power list by Filmfare in that year. What made her achievement even greater was the fact that she was the only woman who got featured in that list that year.

13. Odissi Dancer

The actress belongs to a Bengali household, where traditional art forms are taken very seriously. Rani too trained in Odissi classical dance for some 10 years, during which she also performed on various stages. She was trained by Guru Ravindra Athibudhi.

14. The Films She Did Not Do

Rani was the first choice for the film Aa Gale Lag Jaa that released in the year 1994. But when Salim Khan Salim Khan was born in 1935 and he is considered a >> Read More... , ‘ Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... ’s father, approached her to do the film, her (Rani) father rejected the offer, because he did not think she was old enough to start acting. Other films she did not do were Munnabhai M.B.B.S, Dil Se and ‘Lagaan’, because her dates did not match with the shooting schedule.

15. Why She Was So Serious About Acting

Acting was not Rani’s first choice of career. She studied home science from SNDT College and then wanted to pursue interior designing and jewelry designing, for which the fees was 3 lakh rupees. Since Rani could not afford this fees, she took her acting seriously, as it would disappoint her parents if she did not do well in the field.

16. Her Father’s Condition

Rani belonged to a traditional Bengali family and had an orthodox father who considered acting to be a taboo. However, when Rani insisted, he allowed her to act but only if her mother would accompany her to every location of her shooting schedule.

17. Her First Screen Test

The actress who proved to be so brilliant in her work was actually rejected in her first screen test. She was upset and cried on her way home. Nothing could have consoled her except her mother. The glamor world was proving to be too much for the naïve Rani but she still continued to work towards it because back then her father’s financial condition was continuously declining.

18. Her Views On Marriage

Rani made it very clear from the beginning that she will not marry someone who belonged to the field of acting. She believed that it was impossible for megalomaniacs to co-exist and she thought that they would perhaps kill each other. This is a notable thing to say, as most actors in the industry believe that it is suitable to have a partner from the acting world so they can understand each other’s profession and boundaries. However, Aditya luckily does like to stay behind the camera and they are leading a happily married life with their daughter.

19. Her Favorites

Rani Mukerji loves ‘ Titanic Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ the most, and her favorite song too is the only song in the film, called ‘My Heart Will Go On’. Her favorite actors are Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... and Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... , while her favorite actresses are Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later sh >> Read More... and ‘ Sridevi Sridevi is an Indian an actress renowned for her w >> Read More... ’.

20. The Beginning

Rani’s acting career began in its true sense after she enrolled in the acting institute owned by Roshan Taneja Roshan Taneja was a renowned Indian acting coach a >> Read More... , where she learnt to act.