Rani Mukerji Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More » Starsunfolded
- Does Rani Mukerji Smoke?: Yes
- Does Rani Mukerji Drink Alcohol?: Yes
- She is a trained Odissi dancer.
- When she turned 16, she was offered the lead role in ‘Aa Gale Lag Jaa’ (1994), opposite Jugal Hansraj. However, his father didn’t want her to act at such an early age, and she later replaced by Urmila Matondkar.
- Prior to signing for Bollywood films, she got training at Roshan Taneja’s acting institute.
- She is a private person and rarely interacts with media, unlike other celebrities.
- She has been termed as one of the most accomplished actresses of Bollywood by the critics.
- She doesn’t like being monotonous in films and so she tries different drastic roles.
- She did a cameo role at the age of 18 in her father’s Bengali film “Biyer Phool” (1996)
- She got her major breakthrough from the film “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”(1998).
- She was offered the lead role in Hollywood film ” The Namesake” (2006), however, she turned down the offer as the dates clashed with the Bollywood movie ” Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna” (2006).
- She changed the spelling of her surname from “Mukherjee” to “Mukerji” in her passport and hence opted not to change.
- She is the first actor in Bollywood to win two awards simultaneously “Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress” awards in a single year (2005) at the Filmfare.
- She hails from a total filmy background, her father is a retired film director and founder of the Filmalaya Studios, while her mother Krishna was a Playback Singer.
- Her brother is a producer turned director Raja Mukerji.
- Apart from being an actor, she is also a philanthropist and has done numerous concerts and stage shows to raise funds. Moreover, she has also raised her voice on issues faced by women and children.
- Debashree Mukerji who is a national award-winning actress is her maternal aunt.
- Her cousins are Kajol, Tanisha and Mohnish Behl.
- At the 2023 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Rani Mukerji disclosed that she lost her second baby five months into her pregnancy, having conceived at the end of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. She further added that 10 days after this loss, director Nikkhil Advani offered her a role in ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway.’ She accepted the offer immediately as she was drawn to the story of the film due to her personal grief.
- On 28 January 2024, she was awarded the Best Actress – Critics award for the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’ at the 69th Filmfare Awards, held at the GIFT City in Gujarat.
