Rani Mukherjee, the beautiful actress who has wooed the Bollywood audience with her great performance, was born on March 21, 1978. Rani belongs to a Bengali family which has a good background in films. While her father Ram Mukherjee was a director and the co-founder of Filmalaya Studios, her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Raja Mukherjee, her brother, is a film producer, who is now into direction. Moreover, Debashree Roy, her maternal aunt, is a national award-winning Bengali film actress and her cousin, Kajol, is another renowned Bollywood actress. Rani was trained in Odissi from a very early age. She joined Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu, and afterwards entered Mithibai College in Mumbai. At the age of 14, while she was still in school, Rani Mukherjee acted in a cameo role in the Bengali film Biyer Phool (1992), directed by her fatherRani Mukherjee’s first entry into mainstream Hindi cinema was in 1997, with Salim Akhtar’s film Raja ki Aayegi Baraat. But she had her first brush with commercial success with the romantic flick Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), directed by Karan Johar. In this film she worked with Shah Rukh Khan and her cousin Kajol. Her performance in this film as the London bred Tina Malhotra was highly acclaimed and she came to the spotlight.Her career in Bollywood also includes the following films: Mehndi (1998), Ghulam (1998), Hello Brother (1999), Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000), Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega... (2000), Bichhoo (2000), Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000), Hey Ram (2000), Badal (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001), Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (2001), Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Chalo Ishq Ladaaye (2002), Saathiya (2002), Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002), Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai (2002), LOC: Kargil (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Chori Chori (2003, Rani’s first comic role), Calcutta Mail (2003), Chalte Chalte (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Hum Tum (2004), Yuva (2004, for which she earned rave critical reviews by essaying the role of a Bengali housewife), Black (2005), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Paheli (2005), The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Baabul (2006), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) and Saawariya (2007). She also made special appearances in the films Mann (1999) and Om Shanti Om (2007).She has played diverse characters in these films, many of which are superhits. With the film Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Rani Mukherjee made her first entry into India’s biggest production house: Yash Raj films. In the film Veer-Zaara she proved her immense talent as an actor and earned a lot of praise. Here she plays the role of Saamiya Siddiqui, a Pakistani lawyer who takes it upon herself to give justice to and unite two lovers, Veer Pratap Singh (an Indian officer, played by Shah Rukh Khan) and Zaara Hayat Khan (a Pakistani woman, played by Preity Zinta). But her best performance till date is undoubtedly in the movie Black, directed by Sanjay Leela Bansali. In this movie, she essays the role of the deaf and blind Michelle Mc Nelly with great perfection.Rani won her first Filmfare award in 1998 for the Best Supporting Actress (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai). Subsequent filmfare awards include Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance (2002, Saathiya), Filmfare Best Actress Award (2004, Hum Tum), Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (2004, Yuva), Filmfare Best Actress Award (2005, Black) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance (2005, Black). She is the sole actress to win both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Filmfare awards in the same year. She also bagged the IIFA best actress awards (2004, 2006), IIFA best supporting actress award (2004), Zee Cine best actress awards (2004, 2005), Screen awards (2004, 2005) and Apsara best actress award (2005).This Bollywood diva has also involved herself in many charitable programmes. She visited Rajasthan along with the NDTV team in 2004 to encourage the jawans. Moreover, she performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert organised in 2005 to assist the Tsunami victims. An integral part of the the Temptations 2005 show, the actress helped in collection of funds for NCPEDP, a charitable group. Again, she donated her prize money in Kaun Banega Crorepati show to the Holy Family Hospital.
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