25 Facts About Rani Mukherjee

Rani Mukherjee gained praise for playing an abused wife in the political thriller Yuva and a deaf and blind woman in the drama Black.

Rani Mukherjee has participated in concert tours and stage shows, and featured as a talent judge for the 2009 reality show Dance Premier League.

Rani Mukherjee's father, Ram Mukherjee was born on to the Mukherjee-Samarth family, and is a former film director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios.

Rani Mukherjee's mother, Krishna Mukherjee, is a former playback singer.

Rani Mukherjee's elder brother, Raja Mukherjee, is a film producer and director.

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Rani Mukherjee's maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, is a Bengali film actress and her paternal cousin, Kajol, is a Hindi film actress and her contemporary.

Rani Mukherjee said, "There were already too many actresses at home and I wanted to be someone different".

Rani Mukherjee is a trained Odissi dancer and began learning the dance form while in the tenth grade.

Rani Mukherjee's father disapproved of a full-time career in film at such a young age, so she rejected the offer.

Rani Mukherjee played Khan's character's love interest and later wife, Tina who dies after giving birth to their daughter.

Rani Mukherjee refused the offer at first as she disliked the idea of remaking an accomplished film but was convinced to accept the part by the film's producer Aditya Chopra.

Rani Mukherjee replaced Aishwarya Rai to play the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Aziz Mirza's romance Chalte Chalte.

Rani Mukherjee has said that working with Shah Rukh Khan was a learning experience for her, and he would often scold her if she performed inadequately.

Rani Mukherjee based her role on her house helps who were abused by their husbands, and observed their body language and speaking style.

Rani Mukherjee's role was that of Heera, a prostitute who becomes the love interest of Pandey.

Rani Mukherjee was excited to play the part of a mother for the first time, and modelled her character after her own mother.

Rani Mukherjee's portrayal earned her a seventh Best Actress nomination at Filmfare, but the film had poor critical and financial returns.

Rani Mukherjee insisted that the consecutive prostitutes she played were different from each other, with the one in Saawariya having "no problem with her profession".

Rani Mukherjee agreed to appear on television to gain visibility during a low phase in her film career.

Rani Mukherjee argues a lot and proudly labels herself a bitch but her hair stays perfectly in place and in the end, she even gets to do a super-hero-like slow motion walk.

Rani Mukherjee was part of the segment helmed by Johar, in which she played a journalist who discovers that her husband is gay.

Rani Mukherjee took on the role to show girls "how they need to protect themselves".

Rani Mukherjee was keen to work on a project that would accommodate her parental commitments and found it in the comedy-drama Hichki.

Rani Mukherjee has made public appearances to support other charities and causes.

Rani Mukherjee won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for Saathiya and Black, and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Hum Tum and Black.

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