Rani Mukherjee Photos

Your Rani in Saree

2008-02-20T09:04:00.000-08:00

Rani is determined to take a U-turn in her career by performing only those characters, which add to one’s prestige in society. And, she is always ready to take the risk. Now, she is looking forward to be seen in Kunal Kohli’s movie in the role of a fairy, who lands on earth from her abode in heaven to take care of Saif Ali’s children. Though she refuses to divulge details about the Kunal’s movie, she is very confident of giving a pleasant surprise to her audience through her role

Black tight top

2008-02-20T09:02:00.000-08:00

Rani Mukherjee who was once considered to be the bee queen of Bollywood for playing very bold roles like that of a prostitute in movies like ‘Laaga Chunri Mein Daag’, ‘Saawariya’ and earlier in ‘The Rising’ has now decided to distance herself from repeating such roles in future. After all, she has completed a trilogy of this kind of roles. Sources close to Rani have revealed that Rani has of late been declining offers from several producers to

play such roles in their movies.

Never A Purple Patch

2008-01-05T21:35:00.001-08:00

Rani portrayed many challenging roles in her career like the ones in Black, Yuva, Paheli, Veer-Zaara, and Saathiya. While other actresses tend to be stereotyped, she is one actress who has proved that she can play all kinds of roles with ease. She has a dubious record of sorts. It seems she is one Bollywood Actress with maximum number of prostitute roles in the movies. You do not believe me? What about her cameos in Saawariya and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. There was even a rumour that Rani was trying to make it to the Guiness Book Of World Records by doing maximum number of prostitute roles in the movies. Now that is one distinction I guess Rani can do without.

Challenge?

2008-01-05T21:33:00.000-08:00

There is a saying that old news never dies. So when i heard of this piece of gem I thought I must bring it to our dear readers. There were rumours going round about the engagement of Rani Mukherjee with Aditya Chopra, son of Yash Chopra.

According to the romour, they got engaged with only close relatives and friends attending the engagement. There was even rumoured that Rani wore dress designed by Pallavi Jaikishen.

But Monika Bhattacharya, Yash Raj Films spokesperson, has denied any such event. Even actor Anupam Kher, who was supposed to be on the guest list of the engagement, also said that it is a false news.

Ever since Aditya Chopra filed a divorce earlier, there were many such false news going around between Rani Mukherjee and him.

Lovely Smile

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Some quotes from the Bubbly Girl:

"I'd never trade my dad's house, even for Buckingham Palace. I'm very sentimental about living with my parents."

"I'd rather have a room full of cuddly teddy bears than a diamond necklace in a safe deposit locker."

On her character in The Rising (2005): "See, my role started as a cameo. I was supposed to play the widow Jwala's character - yes, the one Aishwarya Rai was supposed to have done. Now Amisha Patel is doing that. When I read the script, I fell in love with the small role of the prostitute. There were two or three very good scenes. The script underwent a change, and I got more space than before. But it's still a cameo - nothing like what Smita Patil did with Ketan Mehta in Mirch Masala, though I wish had."

"I can never be rude to people who want photographs and autographs, but I don't like to be followed and stared at constantly."

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham

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She has won many Filmfare awards including best actress award, supporting actress award and also won several critics awards. Last year she won Filmfare Best Actress Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for the movie black. She also is the winner of multiple Star screen awards and Zee cine awards. All these awards rightly give us an idea about the kind of talent she has. As an actress, Rani was proud to be associated with an actor-director of Kamal Haasan's caliber and was thrilled to have Hey Ram in her lap. Even Hey Ram did not propel her career to the extent she had expected. There wasn't any critical appreciation of her performance in the film. Infact, Rani's fans became aloof when they saw their favorite actress locked in a passionate kiss in the film.

The actress does not regret though. ''I wanted to work with Mr. Kamal Haasan. The rest did not matter'' she said in an interview some time ago.

Waiting For Shirdi

2008-01-05T21:30:00.001-08:00

Getting into an avoidable tangle, Rani Mukherjee is stuck in a property case in Shirdi. The hearing for the case was conducted on 31 Dec 2007. Mukherjee was duped of Rs 33 lakh in a land deal in Shirdi in Ahmednagar district.The actress bought a plot in the pilgrim town, hoping to build a house but was duped into paying for land belonging to the State Farming Corporation. The plot is yet to receive the required government clearance.The actress had bought 1,100 sq mt of land near Nimgaon Korhade at Shirdi, 271 km north of Mumbai, in December 2005 from More for Rs 33 lakh.The Corporation had given agricultural land slightly above a hectare, on a conditional basis, to Raman Kshirsagar, a farmer, in 1977. Kshirsagar sought non-agricultural status for part of the land to set up a brick kiln. Although the status was granted, Kshirsagar carved up the land and sold it to 17 buyers instead of setting up the kiln. One of the buyers was More, who in turn sold it to Mukherjee.

Glam Is me

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Her personal life is full of activities, but she is someone who always loved to stay away from controversies and she appears in the news only for appearances at movie premieres, special events, film festivals, award ceremonies, film promotion-related proceedings, or charity work. She is very close to her niece, Mayesha whom she lovingly calls 'Mishti' (which means "sweet" in Bengali). Recently when asked about her idol by a British news paper she mentioned Adolf Hitler and this was enough for Gossip columnists and tabloids to shape a new controversy, but later she denied ever mentioning Hitler’s name.

Saathiya

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Here are some personal quotes from the actress:

"The kiss with Kamal Haasan (in Hey! Ram) was mechanical. He was constantly checking the right angle. Where was the passion?"

"I don't party, I don't get drunk and I don't have affairs. So all my passion goes into my work."

"Kamal Hassan re-invented the actress in me after the 'Hey Ram' experience."

"When Karan wanted my voice to be dubbed for 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', I really thought that it was bad and very husky and rough, but slowly I worked to improve my diction, and am now quite comfortable with it."

"You sign two films with a hero and it's said you're having a scene with him. Please, the only scenes I'm into are in front of the camera."

"Why should I try to imitate Kajol? I am not a mimicry artist."

"It's frustrating for the media to see me going about my work like Florence Nightingale - They'd like me to be Rangeeli Rani."

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Here I Am

2008-01-05T21:27:00.001-08:00

With both OSO and Saawariya outscoring the Robert Redford-Tom Cruise political thriller, ‘Lions for Lambs’, at the international box-office, our desi actors have surely made a mark on the international scene.

To add to that, the latest rumour says that Hrithik Roshan is making his Hollywood debut with none other than Penélope Cruz. The film will be extensively shot in Hollywood.

Penélope’s agent, who had asked for Hrithik’s profile, was bowled over by his international look and recommended him to the Spanish actress.

On the female front, after Ash, it is Rani Mukherjee now who has been offered a role in Hollywood. However, the lady says she wants to do interesting roles and the country she works hardly matters. Rani says that she is not willing to go west just for the sake of acting in a Hollywood movie.

Beauty From Black

2008-01-05T21:26:00.001-08:00

This was at an awards ceremony a few years back where Rani had won the award for Best Actress for her Black performance. Whatever may be your views on her sexiness coefficient, you have to hand it to her that at public appearances no one looks as good as her. She is always impeccably dressed. She looked stunning as always in a yellow Sari at this award ceremony and literally no one could keep their hands off her. This was pre Aishwarya period and apparently, the chemistry between Rani and Abhishek was pretty evident for all to see. The way she went to Abhishek for a quick hug as soon as she got off the stage was quite revealing. They might have gone their separate ways now but many people would love to see them on screen together again.

Kuchh Kuchh Hota ai

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She had her high school education at Cooper High School in Juhu. There she used to participate in stage shows and dramas. At the age of 14 she did a cameo role in her father’s Bengali movie called ‘Biyar Phool’. But she never considered acting seriously enough, back then to hinder the studies and she completed high school. After leaving the high, she enrolled in Mithibai College in Mumbai for higher studies. During this period she received several movie offers, one of them was from Salim Akhtar, a family friend for a project named ‘Aa gale lag ja’. But she turned the offer down because her father was against it and Urmila Matondkar played that role instead. After her 1998 hit ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, she continuously produced mediocre films which kind of affected her star value.

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The Bubbly Girl

2008-01-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

The year 2005 was one of importance in Rani Mukherjee's career. This was the year that saw the release of the film Bunty Aur Bubbly. Playing a small town girl who dreams to achieve big by any means, Rani Mukherjee in those designer salwar kameez suits looked ravishing. Playing the lead against Abhishek Bachhan, she held her own even when coming into sequences involving the Big B, Amitabh Bachhan himself. The look given to Rani Mukherjee in the movie struck an instant appeal with the people with Bubbly type salwar kameez suits gaining in popularity. The movie did quite well at the box office and was critically acclaimed as well.

I Got You

2008-01-05T21:20:00.000-08:00

There are some public appearance goof ups that Rani got caught into. In June 2005, Mukerji was widely criticized following the publication of an interview with British newspaper Desi Xpress. Mukerji was asked to name her idol and she replied, "Adolf Hitler". However, in an interview with Times Now a year later, she denied ever mentioning Hitler's name. That was a wise decision Rani. Nobody wants to be ever associated with a tyrant who thought little of taking human lives for the sake of his personal beliefs.

Paheli

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Paheli was an experiment of sorts for Rani Mukherjee. The movie, directed by Amol Palekar, was based on an idea that is at the same time is very alien and very dear to the Indian Psyche. Rani Mukherjee plays wife to a business obsessed super obedient son played by Shahrukh Khan. On their way back from Rani's village, a ghost takes liking to her and tries to seduce her by taking the form of her ever absent husband. The movie demanded a complex yet convincing performance, which Rani produced. The movie was selected as the Indian entry for Oscars in the other languages category. The costumes worn by Rani in this movie were authentic Rajasthani Costumes which made her look the part of the landscape.

Heights Scaled

2008-01-05T21:18:00.001-08:00

Rani Mukherjee comes from a Bengali origin film family. Her father, Ram Mukherjee is a retired director. Her mother Krishna used to be a playback singer, while her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer. Her maternal aunt is Debashree Roy. The popular Bollywood actress, Kajol, is her second cousin.
She began her film career with the Bengali film Biyer Phool. Her first Hindi film was Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), which did not do well at the box office. It was her next two offering - Ghulam and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) - that catapulted her to fame and were India-wide hits. For the latter she received her first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Rani Of Hearts

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Member of the same illustrious film family from which Kajol draws her lineage Rani Mukherjee may still be at a distance from the citadel that houses her cousin. But there is no doubt about the light-eyed Bengali girl's mass appeal. Moreover, she is putting all her efforts and working hard to reach there.

Precocious yet innocently oblivious of it, it is the actress's unassuming self which draw friends and well-wishers to her.