Wednesday 25 January 2012

Rani Mukherjee

Name:  Rani Mukherjee
             21 March 1978
             Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names:     Rani Mukherji
                            Rani Mukerjee
Occupation :    Film actress
Years active:     1997–present

Rani Mukerji  born Rani Mukherjee on 21 March 1978) is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among thirteen nominations.
Making her acting debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997), Mukerji had her first, and still biggest commercial success with Karan Johar's romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film. She later starred in several films that fared below expectations, but in 2002 she tasted success with the critically acclaimed drama Saathiya, for which she received numerous awards and nominations, including her first Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.


In 2004, her performances in the hit Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards, respectively 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 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 Mukerji Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. Mukerji thus established herself as a leading actress of Hindi cinema. She then featured in a series of commercially unsuccessful films before re-inventing herself with Raj Kumar Gupta's semi-biographic thriller No One Killed Jessica (2011).
In addition to acting in films, Mukerji featured as a talent judge for Sony Entertainment Television's reality show Dance Premier League. She has also been the celebrity brand ambassador for several prominent brands such as Titan Raga, Munch and Fanta.








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