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"When I did Ghulam (with Aamir) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (with Shah Rukh), I was treated like a child. Both of them were very protective towards me. I will always be thankful to them. They played a very important role in shaping my career..."
"Black will always be special to me. I can't expect every film to have a character like Michelle. For me, it's important to have a different character in every film. And I give 100 percent to all my characters, regardless of whether they are light or serious"
"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."
"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."
"My schedule for the day is somewhat fixed. I wake up early; go for my work-out. Play with the baby for a while, get ready and then I am off for my shoots. After work, I come home directly, play with her as long as she is awake. Then I have my dinner and hit the bed. That's it. My life revolves around my shooting schedules and Myeisha's daily routines."
"I cannot take 'Rani the actress' off me compeletely I owe a lot to her."
"Maybe I would like to see what it's like to be a man. You know, see what it's like to be able to flirt easily with women, to be a 'charmer.'"
"Now I put my heart and soul into every role I do. Post-'Black', people's expectations are scary."
"For me, hypocrisy is a total no-no."
"I get so passionate about anything I do, I don't know how I can balance a personal with a professional life."
"Preity is a lovely co-star. All our films together have worked. She keeps joking that she'll put me in her wedding picture to ensure her marriage would be a super hit ."
"Everyone says I should not dress up like that. But my fans on the e-mail seem to love my saris. So why shouldn't I?"
"And if I was found to be good for two awards, it doesn't mean I should be given just one just to make the awards look more democratic."
"Tomorrow, when it's all gone and I'm married, I need to be that simple Bengali girl, which I am at heart."
"If you don't grow as an actor, you don't change."
"I don't feel insecure but I always want to do better films."
"I've slogged hard to get where I am."
"I don't believe that by doing an item number or looking sexy you break your goody-two shoes image."
2007 London Dreams (Filming)
2007 Om Shanti Om (Special Appearance) (In Production)
2007 Saawariya (Filming)
2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (Releasing on 12 October 2007)
2007 Ta Ra Rum Pum (Releasing on 27 April 2007)
2006 Baabul
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award. Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival & the prestigious Tokyo International Film Festival)
2005 The Rising (Screened at the Locarno Film Festival)
2005 Paheli (India's official entry to the Oscars, also opened the ninth Zimbabwe International Film Festival)
2005 Bunty Aur Babli Vimmi Saluja (Babli) Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005 Black (Double-Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award & Filmfare Critics Award for Best performance. Screened at the Casablanca Film Festival. Also, Time Magazine�s selection of the Best Movies of the Year 2005, positioned at number 5.)
2004 Veer-Zaara (Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Screened at the Berlin Film Festival & the Casablanca Film Festival.)
2004 Hum Tum (Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award)
2004 Yuva (Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award)
2003 LOC Kargil
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho (Special Appearance-song)
2003 Calcutta Mail
2003 Chori Chori
2003 Chalte Chalte (Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award. Also, screened at the Casablanca Film Festival)
2002 Chalo Ishq Ladaaye
2002 Saathiya (Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance & Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award. Also, screened at the Casablanca Film Festival)
2002 Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
2002 Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Cameo, also the 1st Bollywood feature to have a theatrical release in Germany)
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero
2001 Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
2000 Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award)
2000 Bichhoo
2000 Hadh Kar Di Aapne
2000 Hey Ram (India's official entry to the Oscars)
2000 Badal
1999 Hello Brother
1999 Mann (Special Appearance-item number)
1998 Mehndi
1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award)
1998 Ghulam
1996 Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
She is also known as Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukherjee born March 21, 1978 in West Bengal, India
Her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and also the founder of Filmalaya Studios
She has appeared in nearly 40 films
She charged 4 crore rupees for Baabul, making her the highest paid actress in India.
She has worked six times with Shahrukh Khan, five times with Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, and four times with Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta.
Mickey Contractor does her make-up for most of her movies. The make-up artist also works with the likes of Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra.
Her trademarks are her light green eyes and her rasping voice.
Her first name means Queen in Hindi and Bengali.
The actress changed the English transliteration of her surname from Mukherjee to Mukerji several years ago. At the time, it was reported that she did this for numerological reasons. Recently, she has stated that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wanted to be consistent.
While in school at the age of 14, she did a cameo role in her father's Bengali film Biyar Phool.
Has won six Filmfare Awards
Over the past years, Mukherjee has been consistently topping Filmfare's annual power list of top Bollywood female stars for three consecutive years (2004-2006).
Got her first big break through with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Cousin of Kajol, Sharbani Mukherji, Mohnish Bahl and Tanisha. Niece of Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee.
Favorite comic: Archie and Donald Duck
Favorite outfit: Anything comfortable
Favorite hobby: Dancing
Favorite food: Fish made by her mom.
Favorite holiday: Sikkim
Favorite gift: Diamond ring her dad gave her.
Her favorite film is 'Titanic' along with that her favorite song is 'My Heart Will Go On' from 'Titanic'.
Favorite Perfume: Polo Sport
Her beauty secret is that she soaks herself with moisturizer. Rani who lost all the extra flab with "a balanced diet and junking sweets", lives on "home-cooked food - dal, roti, salad and soup." Fastfood and colas are a no-no, instead it's "nariyal pani, nimbu pani, jal jeera and water."
Won best actress for 'Hum Tum' in the 50th Filmfare, Screen, Cinegoers, Sports World, 1st GIFA, and Zee Cine awards (2004).
Won best supporting actress for 'Yuva' in the 50th Filmfare, Screen, Cinegoers, and Sports World awards (2004).
Won Sports World and South Africa awards for best supporting actress in 'Veer Zaara' (2004).
Won Sports World Jodi of the Year with Saif Ali Khan (2004). Only actress on Filmfare power list (2004).
Number 1 actress according to Taran, Adarsh, Filmfare, Rediff, and Komal Nahta
Won a Filmfare award for best supporting actress for 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' Directors then started taking her seriously, and then she signed up to do 22 films.
Is also an active stage performer. She starred in the successful Temptations 2004 concert with Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, Preity Zinta, and Priyanka Chopra.
She changed the English transliteration of her surname from Mukherjee to Mukerji several years ago. At the time, it was reported that she did this for numerological reasons. Recently, she has claimed that numerology was not a concern; her name had been put down as Mukerji on her passport, and she wished to harmonize her name and her passport.
She is the first actor to ever win both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress trophies in a single year (2005) at the Filmfare.
Two movies in which she appeared have been India's entry to the Academy Awards. Paheli (2005) was the official entry for the 2006 Oscars. Hey Ram (2000) was an earlier entry.
Appeared at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi.
Besides acting in films, she also does many charity appearances for noble causes. Her most noteworthy show was Temptations 2005 where she performed in New Delhi. The event provided the opportunity to raise funds for National Centre For Promotional of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a leading disabled rights group. Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra were also amongst the many who contributed to this cause.
In 2006, she celebrated her birthday in a different style with the students of The Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind. She befriended the members of this Institute, when she was enacting her role of a blind and deaf girl in the movie Black (2005). She thanked the students of the institute claiming she would not have been able to enact her performance in Black (2005) without them.
In 2005, she worked with the biggest production houses and banners: Black, Bunty aur Babli and The Rising. These three movies were amongst the top ten grosser of the year. Paheli, while only moderately successful, was India's official entry to the 2006 Oscars.
In February 2005, Filmfare Magazine published her face among the "Ten Most Powerful Names of Bollywood"; she was the only woman to receive such an honor. She was ranked eighth on the Power List in February 2006, configuring the highest ranking for a woman. Rani was also ranked number one in the Filmfare Top Ten Actresses' listing both years, 2004 and 2005.
She has won 55 Awards to date.
Listed as number 1 of 'Top Bollywood Actresses' of 2006, beating such actresses as Aishwarya Rai and Kajol. (rediff.com, 8-25-2006)
Was honored by an audience of 50,000 at the Casablanca Film Festival (2005) in Morocco where her selected four movies were presented to the foreign masses of people.
Her film, Paheli (2005) got the honor to open the ninth Zimbabwe International Film Festival in Harare a year later.
In 2006, the actress bought a new house for herself in Juhu. The interiors were done by Twinkle Khanna and it took an entire year to get ready.
Black (2005), Paheli (2005), and Veer-Zaara (2004) were all part of the final process of nomination selection for the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards amongst 60 foreign films in 2006.
Appeared at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi.
Listed #36 by UK magazine Eastern Eye one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" (Sept/2006).
Rani Mukerji have been the only member from the film industry to have been invited to the dinner in Honor of President Musharraf.
She was invited to the Toronto International Film Festival to promote her movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Due to her schedule shooting of Tara Rum Pum in New York City, she opt not to go.
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