Kangana Ranaut

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Date Of Birth : 23 Mar 1987

Parents : Amardeep Ranaut (Father), Asha Ranaut (Mother)

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Movie Name : Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006), Life In A... Metro (2007), Shakalaka Boom Boom (2007), Raaz - The Mystery Continues (2009), Vaada raha... i promise (2009), Kites (2010), Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai (2010), Knock Out (2010), No Problem (2010), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Game (2011), Ready (2011), Double Dhamaal (2011), Rascals (2011), Miley Naa Miley Hum (2011), Tezz (2012), Shootout At Wadala (2013), Krrish 3 (2013), Rajjo (2013), Queen (2014), Revolver Rani (2014), Ungli (2014), Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), I Love NY (2015), Katti Batti (2015), Rangoon (2017), Simran (2017), Manikarnika - The Queen Of Jhansi (2019), Judgementall Hai Kya (2019), Panga (2020), Thalaivii (2021), Dhaakad (2022), Tiku Weds Sheru (2023), Tejas (2023),

Awards : Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who predominantly works in Hindi films, alongside a few Tamil films. She has received four National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards, three International Indian Film Academy Awards, and one award each from the Screen, Zee Cine, SIIMA, and Producers Guild award ceremonies.

Kangana Ranaut made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in the romantic thriller Gangster, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her portrayals of a character based on actress Parveen Babi in Woh Lamhe (2006) and a shrewd socialite in Life in a... Metro (2007) were lauded, with the latter earning her a Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the same category for playing a substance abusing supermodel in the drama Fashion (2008). Also in 2008, she featured in the Tamil film Dhaam Dhoom.

Kangana Ranaut featured in several commercially successful films, including the supernatural thriller Raaz%3A The Mystery Continues (2009), the crime film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), the romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu (2011), and the comedy Double Dhamaal (2011). For her role in Tanu Weds Manu, she received nominations for the Zee Cine and Screen Award for Best Actress. She followed this by playing brief roles in a series of box office flops that failed to propel her career forward. In 2013, Ranaut played Kaya, a shapeshifting mutant, in the science fiction film Krrish 3, which ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films. She received an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for it. Kangana Ranaut garnered critical acclaim for starring in the coming-of-age film Queen (2014), for which she also co-wrote the dialogues. She won several awards for Queen, including the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Kangana Ranaut played dual roles in the sequel Tanu Weds Manu%3A Returns (2015), which became the first female-led Hindi film to earn over ?1 billion (US$13 million) in India. She received a Filmfare Critics Award and a second consecutive National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.

This success was followed by a series of commercially failed films, which led to a decline in Kangana Ranaut's stardom. Her sole commercial success came with the 2019 period drama Manikarnika%3A The Queen of Jhansi, which she also co-directed. Her portrayal of freedom fighter Rani of Jhansi in it and a kabaddi player in the 2020 sports drama Panga jointly won her another National Film Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of J. Jayalalithaa in the biopic Thalaivii (2021) won her a SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil. In 2022, Ranaut hosted the streaming reality show Lock Upp to strong viewership. Further critical and commercial failures came with her 2023 releases, Chandramukhi 2 and Tejas.

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About
"My success is my sweet revenge against controversy."

Kangana Ranaut has left no stone unturned to be ruling the Internet with either her award-winning performances, her on-point style, or her extremely controversial statements. Always been a rebel, Kangana decided to run away from her house in order to pursue her career in acting, a career choice her father was not very pleased with.

Coming from a small town on Bhambla in Himachal Pradesh, little did the teenaged Kangana know that she would rule Bollywood one day, with remarkable performance in movies such as Queen and Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Apart from acting, Kangana is well-known for her fashion sense and launched her limited clothing line Marquee with fashion label Vero Moda.

Early Life
Kangana Ranaut was born on the 23rd of March to Amardeep Ranaut, a businessman, and Asha Ranaut, a school teacher. She has an elder sister Rangoli Ranaut, who is also her manager, and a younger brother Akshat Ranaut. She studied at the DAV School in Chandigarh, and after finishing with schooling she went on to study at a college in Shimla where she chose science as her core subject. Her family insisted that she become a doctor and hence Kangana prepared for the All India Pre-Medical Test. However, after she failed in her chemistry exam in college, she reconsidered her career options and decided to move to Delhi for a year. Despite her father`s disapproval of her plan, Kangana was firm on her decision, which eventually strained her relationship with her father.

After relocating to Delhi, Kangana pursued her modeling career after the Elite Modelling Agency spotted her, but she soon got bored of it since it lacked any scope for creative freedom. She then joined the Asmita Theatre Group, where she got the opportunity to train under well-renowned theater director Arvind Gaur. She gained a clear perspective on life and realized that she wanted to become a Bollywood actress, after which she moved to Mumbai, again, against the will of her family. She was first seen on the big screen in Anurag Basu`s 2006 release Gangster alongside Emraan Hashmi and Shiney Ahuja. She only reconciled with her family in the year 2007.

Personal Life
During her struggling days, Kangana was in a relationship with Aditya Pancholi, who is a married man with kids and also twenty years elder to her. They were living in together before they decided to part ways. Soon after breaking up with him, Kangana found in love in her Raaz co-star Adhyayan Suman. The two dated for a year after which both of them decided to focus on their respective careers.

After having dated two men from the industry, Kangana later was in the news for her relationship with UK-based doctor and scientist, Nicholas Lafferty. However, the two decided to call it quits for reasons best known to them, but it is believed that the distance played a major role in their split. In 2016, Kangana made it to the headlines with her alleged relationship with co-star and Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan, however, the relationship was never officially accepted by the two.

Acting Career
When Kangana first came to Mumbai, she was offered a role in producers Ramesh Sharma and Pahlaj Nilani`s film I Love You Boss. However, the project got shelved and Kangana was spotted by director Anurag Basu at a coffee shop. He then asked her to audition for his movie, but producer Mukesh Bhattfelt that the seventeen-year-old Kangana was too young to portray the role of an alcoholic woman. He then went on to cast Chitrangada Singh, however, she had to opt out due to date issues. Eventually, the role came back to Kangana and she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

After the success of Gangster, she was cast for Mohit Suri`s Woh Lamhe, which was loosely based on the life of actress Parveen Babi and her illicit relationship with director Mahesh Bhatt, where she portrayed the role of a schizophrenic actress. She was praised for her performance in the movie. Kangana was then seen in Madhur Bhandarkar`s Fashion after having featured in Shakalaka Boom Boom, Life in a...Metro, and Tamil movie Dhaam Dhoom. Kangana essayed the role of a supermodel in Fashion, who is also a drug addict. Her portrayal of the character garnered a lot of praise and she went on to win the National Film Award for it.

Anand L. Rai`s Tanu Weds Manu, in 2011, is considered as a game changer for Kangana. She was seen playing the role of a carefree girl, unlike her previous roles. Kangana achieved commercial success after Rakesh Roshan`s sci-fi flick Krrish 3 in 2013, where she played the role of a shape-shifting mutant. The movie went on to become one of Bollywood`s highest-grossing movies of all time.

After this big commercial success, Kangana was seen in Vikas Bahl`s Queen for which she also co-wrote the dialogues. Her performance in Queen is considered to be one of her finest courtesy of her effortless acting and dialogue delivery. She won, both, the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and the National Film Award for Best Actress for Queen. She got third-time lucky with the National Film Award in 2016 with Anand L. Rai`s 2015 release Tanu Weds Manu Returns, sequel to the 2011 movie, where Kangana plays a double role. She perfected the roles of both the carefree Tanuja and the Haryanvi athlete Kusum.

In 2017, Kangana starred alongside Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan in the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial Rangoon; a period drama which opened to mixed reviews but earned the actress much praise for her portrayal of the feisty Julia. This was followed by the heist comedy Simran, which was generally well-received. Among Kangana`s other significant projects in recent times are the historical drama Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019) where she essayed the titular role, the black comedy thriller Judgemental Hai Kya (2019) alongside Rajkummar Rao and Panga (2019). She then featured in Panga (2020), Thalaivii (2021), Dhaakad (2022), Chandramukhi 2 (2023), Tejas (2023) and Emergency (2023).

She also produced the movie Tiku Weds Sheru (2023) starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur.