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By Judi Silva Š2003 Bollyvista.com |
Our Star of the Week is Miss Rani Mukherjee, a beautiful, bubbly, Bengali girl who has made her way into the hearts of cinema goers worldwide. Her grey-green eyes and warm, infectious smile have graced the silver screen for some time now. It's well known that the driving force behind Rani's becoming an actress was her mother, Krishna.
And even though she has several famous relatives in the industry, - her father, Ram Mukherjee (founder of Filmalaya Studios), cousin Kajol, uncles Joy Mukherjee (actor) and Biswajeet (actor), to name a few, she hasn't counted on any one of them to bring her success. Instead, her hard-working and passionate attitude has brought her to where she is today - one of Bollywood's top ten actresses. I find her to be one of the few who can believably execute a tearful emotional scene (Saathiya).
Miss Mukherjee has appeared in commercial ads ranging from Lux Soap to Fanta's Orange Soda. She began her film career with the Bengali film Biyar Phool. Her Hindi film career, however, began in 1997 at the age of 19 in Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat with Shadaab Khan. Although this film didn't receive the desired triumph she hoped for, Rani overcame the disappointment and became a household name the following year. Everyone soon began singing Aati Kya Khandala from the movie Ghulam, where she played opposite another actor named Khan, Aamir, this time. That year she also won Filmfare's Best Supporting Actress Award for her role as Tina Malhotra in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, where she played opposite yet another famous Khan - Shah Rukh. But this would not be their last shared stage as co-stars. Five years and some sixteen films later, Aziz Mirza brought them together again for this summer's blockbuster hit, Chalte Chalte.
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