- Rani Mukerji, who turns 45 on March 21, made her acting debut in 1996.
- But it took her until 1998 when she broke out in the mainstream.
- She was directed by her father Ram Mukherjee in the Bengali film Biyer Phool and made her Hindi debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat.
On March 21, Rani Mukerji, who turns 45 this year, made her acting debut in 1996. However, it wasn’t until 1998 that she made her way into the mainstream. She made her debut in Hindi with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat and was directed by her father, Ram Mukherjee, in the Bengali film Biyer Phool. In 1998, her exhibitions in both Ghulam and Kuch Hota Hai laid out her as one of the top female entertainers of the time, particularly after she won the Filmfare Grant for Best Supporting Entertainer for the last option. However, when Rani first started out, she didn’t think she had what it took to become a heroine like her idols Sridevi and Rekha. It was her mother’s idea to get into the movie business. In the beginning, the actor’s voice was dubbed into Ghulam. She also thought that her small stature might make it harder for her to get roles in the future. However, the actor eventually gained the support of her colleagues, including Aamir Khan and even Kamal Haasan, who advised her to continue her acting career regardless.
Rani stated, “I never thought I fit into the heroine category in the typical sense,” in an interview with India Today in 2021. In fact, I am not a heroine at all. My height is quite low, my voice is not suitable for a heroine, and my skin color is wheatish. I don’t think I ever thought I could be an actor when I started. I never imagined myself on par with Sridevi, Juhi, Madhuri, or Rekha ji, the screen goddesses I grew up idolizing.
“As my journey began, I spoke to many stalwarts with whom I had the opportunity to work,” she continued. Mr. Kamal Haasan, one of them, told me that actors like him can’t measure success by how tall you are physically, but rather by how far you can grow professionally. As a result, during my early days in Bollywood, I kind of broke all of the stereotypes of what an actress should be like.
Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway, directed by Ashima Chibber, is Rani’s most recent production. The actor plays a mother in a foreign country who must fight for custody of her young children when the government takes them away from her in the drama, which is based on real-life events.
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