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Rani Mukerji

From a deaf-blind woman in Black to a headstrong journalist in No One Killed Jessica, Rani Mukerji's National Award-winning journey spans decades.

She established herself through commercially successful romantic films and critically praised dramas like Black (2005).[1] Rani Mukerji, a Hindi film actress, was born on 21 March 1978 in Bombay (now Mumbai).[2][3]

Quick Facts

Born
21 March 1978
Birthplace
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Education
SNDT Women's University
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1996–present
Spouse
Aditya Chopra (2014)
Children
1
Father
Ram Mukherjee

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Mukerji was born into the Mukherjee-Samarth family; her father Ram Mukherjee was a former film director and her mother Krishna Mukherjee a former playback singer.[3][4] She graduated with a degree in Home Science from SNDT Women's University and is a trained Odissi dancer.[5] In 1994, director Salim Khan offered her a lead role, but her father disapproved, so she rejected it.[6] At age 18, she accepted roles in Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat and Biyer Phool, both released on 18 October 1996.[6]

She married filmmaker Aditya Chopra on 21 April 2014 and gave birth to their daughter Adira the following year.[7] In the 2005 film Black, she portrayed a blind and deaf girl; the film received two National Film Awards.[8]

What the cited sources add

The Open Library record for "Producing Bollywood" confirms its publication by Duke University Press in 2012, a source cited for Mukerji's early career details.[9][10] The Open Library record for "The upside down tree" confirms its publication by Algora Pub. in 2009, a source cited for the film Paheli.[11][12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Rani Mukerji Awards: Achievements & Honors", The Indian Express (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Joshi, "Queen of hearts", Outlook, 8 August 2005; "Acting is a tough job!", Verve, 18 August 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Wish Rani Mukerji!", Rediff.com, 19 March 2008; Shekhar, "Sit With Hitlist: Rani Mukerji Decoded In An Exclusive Interview With Mid-Day", Mid-Day, 28 June 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Who is Rani Mukherji?", NDTV, 21 March 2012; Sen, "First-time fumblings", Rediff.com, 14 November 2007; Khubchandani, "My sister, Rani", Rediff.com, 22 August 2002; Roy, "Rani Mukerji: Bollywood's Bengal tigress", NDTV, 22 April 2014; Joshi, "Waking up Ayan", Mid-Day, 12 August 2008; Khubchandani, "Rani Mukerji: Don't just work for a paycheck", Rediff.com, 16 February 2012; Singh, Asha, "Her talent speaks for itself", The Tribune, 11 October 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Khubchandani, "Rani Mukerji: Don't just work for a paycheck", Rediff.com, 16 February 2012; Mukherjee, "Rani Mukerji won't marry an actor", The Times of India, 15 January 2012; Upadhyay, "Did you know Rani's an Odissi dancer?", The Times of India, 11 September 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mukherjee, "Rani Mukerji won't marry an actor", The Times of India, 15 January 2012; "Rani Mukherjee in a Bengali film", NDTV, 8 October 2010; Shekhar, "Sit With Hitlist: Rani Mukerji Decoded In An Exclusive Interview With Mid-Day", Mid-Day, 28 June 2018; Das, "I didn't want to join films initially: Rani Mukerji", Hindustan Times, 1 July 2008; "Ranind others heap praises on Roshan Taneja", The Times of India, 21 October 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Shatrughan Sinha addresses Rani Mukherjee as 'Rani Chopra'! What is the inside story?", The Indian Express, 12 February 2013; Singh, ""Aditya Chopra is my friend" – Rani Mukerji", Filmfare, 8 November 2012; Jha, Shefali S., "Finally: Rani and Aditya Chopra tie the knot", The Times of India, 22 April 2014; "New mom Rani Mukerji says daughter Adira is 'God's greatest gift'", The Indian Express, 10 December 2015; IANS, "Rani Mukerji: Time as mother is the happiest years of my life", Mid Day, 21 March 2017; Ghosh, "The return of Rani: Despite en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Joshi, "Queen of hearts", Outlook, 8 August 2005; Chatterji 2020, p. 264; Kaur, Swarleen, "Rani finds 'Black' a learning experience", The Tribune, 6 January 2005; "When Bollywood stars move closer to a silent world", Mid-Day, 17 June 2011; "Amitabh gets best actor award for 'Black'", Zee News, 14 September 2007; "Winners of the 51st Filmfare Awards", Zee News, 22 February 2006; Corliss, "2005's best movies", 23 December 2005; "Empire's Black movie review", Empire; "Filmfare – 80 Iconic Performances 9/10", Filmfare, 9 June 2010; "Rani en.wikipedia.org
  9. Open Library record, ISBN 9780822352136 ("Producing Bollywood"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Box Office 1998", Box Office India; Gangadhar, V., "Superstars", The Tribune, 5 February 2005; N, "Rani Mukerji:People still remember me as the Khandala girl", Rediff.com, 27 November 2012; Ganti, "Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry", Duke University Press, 7 March 2012, p. 388; "Interview with Rani Mukherjee", India Today, 2006, p. 16; "Shah Rukh Khan completes 23 years in Bollywood: From Fauji, Deewana to Dilwale", The Indian Express, 25 June 2015; "When Karan Johar had to beg Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji for en.wikipedia.org
  11. Open Library record, ISBN 9780875866499 ("The upside down tree"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Rani Mukerji" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Box Office 2005", Box Office India; Mehta, Sunanda, "Now showing: Bollywood to Hollywood, Paheli makes the moves", The Indian Express, 19 November 2005; "Paheli is India's Oscar entry", Rediff.com, 26 September 2005; Sen, Raja, "Paheli is a breathtaking dream", Rediff.com, 12 June 2005; Connerney, "The Upside Down Tree: India's Changing Culture", Algora Publishing, 2009, p. 70–71; Da Cunha, "I wanted to make Mangal Pandey 17 years ago", Rediff.com, 12 August 2005; "BJP demands ban on Mangal Pandey", The Indian Express, 11 August 2005; Ell en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Rani Mukerji (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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