indian celebrities: Rani Mukerji

Sunday 1 July 2012

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji (born Rani Mukherjee on 21 March 1978) is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. Born to the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she made her acting debut with a cameo appearance in the Bengali film Biyer Phool (1996), on the insistence of her mother. In 2004, her performances in the hit romantic comedy Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her theBest Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards, respectively, at the 50th Filmfare Awards. She later received unanimous praise for her portrayal of a blind, deaf and mute woman in Black (2005), for which she garnered two more Filmfare Awards: Best Actress and Actress - Critics.^[3] She went on to play leading roles in the comedyBunty Aur Babli (2005) and the adult drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), both of which emerged as major commercial successes in India as well as overseas.^[4] Mukerji thus established herself as a leading actress ofHindi cinema.