Rani Mukerji is one of the most talented leading ladies in the Indian film industry, who has won many a heart with her charming personality, amazing acting ability and unconventional husky voice. She has portrayed several powerful characters in Bollywood, during her career span.
Net Worth: $ 12 million
Income Sources: Rani Mukerji has acted in a number of hit Hindi films during her career. She makes an average of Rs 2-3 crores per movie, she has also endorsed some brand and appeared in television commercials.
Born: 21st March, 1978 (37 years old)
Marital Status: Married to film producer and director, Aditya Chopra.
Height/Weight: 5 feet 3 inches, 56 kg
Personal Background
Rani Mukerji was born in Mumbai and hails from a family with big names from the industry. Her father, Ram Mukherjee is a former film director, who has the credit of being one of the founders of Filmalaya Studio, while her mother, Krishna Mukherjee has worked as a playback singer in the industry. Rani is also related to actress Kajol and director Ayan Mukerji, both of whom are her cousins. She did her schooling from Maneckji Cooper High School and graduated from SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai. She was interested in dance and trained in Odissi dance during her young days. Despite coming from a film background, Rani never wanted to become an actress, but fate had something else in store for her. She caused quite a stir by getting married to director Aditya Chopra, who divorced his first wife for this reason. Besides her acting career, Rani Mukherjee is recognized for her humanitarian efforts and has worked in support of child education and children’s rights.
Career Graph
Rani Mukerji had an unconventional debut in a 1997 movie called “Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat”, a movie without a big star cast and had her portray the character of a middle class rape victim. The film was not successful commercially, but fetched lots of praise for this promising young actress. Rani went back to complete her education, but came back in 1998 with a film called “Ghulam”, in which she was paired opposite Aamir Khan. But the film which really established her in the industry was “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, which had her in a supporting role, with Shahrukh Khan and Kajol playing the lead roles. She also received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the short, yet influential role in the movie. In the coming years, Rani Mukerji went on to work in a large number of movies which got her mixed reviews, such as “Hey Ram”, “Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega”, “Chori Chori Chupke Chupke”, “Mujhse Dosti Karoge”, “Saathiya”, “Nayak: The Real Hero”, “Yuva”, “Chalte Chalte”, “Hum Tum”, “Ta Ra Rum Pum”, “Veer Zaara” and “Calcutta Mail”. Some of her best acclaimed performances came in “Black”, which co starred her with Amitabh Bachchan and “No One Killed Jessica”, based on the true incident of murder case of Jessica Lal. Her recent performance in “Mardaani” which portrayed her as a tough female cop, brought her a lot of accolades and proved that she has still not lost her magic touch.
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