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Kangna Ranaut

Kangna Ranaut (born 23 March 1987) is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role inGangster.^[2] She won a Filmfare as well as a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a troubled model in Fashion (2008) and subsequently featured in commercially successful films such as Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009), Once Upon A Time In Mumbai (2010), Tanu Weds Manu(2011), Double Dhamaal (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), and Krrish 3 (2013).

Early life

Ranaut was born in a Rajput family^[3] to Asha Ranaut, a school teacher, and Amardeep Ranaut, a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli and a younger brother, Akshit. Her family lives in Mandi.^[4] ^[5]

She completed her schooling in Dehradun. After a few months of college, she moved to Delhi to become a model and joined the Elite Modelling Agency in 2003.^[4]

Career

Early work

Ranaut started her career as a theatre actor in Delhi with Asmita Theatre Group.^[6] She trained under eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur.^[7] She participated in his theatre workshop at India Habitat Centre and acted in several plays. Her first play with Arvind Gaur was Girish Karnad's Taledanda (Rakt-Kalyan). Ranaut joined Asha Chandra's course in 2004 to brush herself to face the camera.

Debut and breakthrough in films, 2006-present

Ranaut moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies. In September 2005, Anurag Basu spotted her in a cafe in Mumbai, and offered her the lead role in Gangster.^[8] Released in 2006, the film became critically and commercially successful and her performance was especially applauded.^[9] This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Woh Lamhe, which also released in 2006.

Later, in 2007, Ranaut starred in Anurag Basu's Life In A... Metro. Her performance in the film earned her rave reviews. That same year she also starred in Shakalaka Boom Boom as an aspiring singer. Her next film, Fashion, starring Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse, was released in 2008. The film, portraying the dark side of the fashion world, was a critical success, and Ranaut's portrayal of a supermodel who loses everything to drugs gained her widespread praise, fetching her various awards, including a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film further became a commercail success as well despite competiition.

In 2009, Ranaut appeared in the thriller Raaz – The Mystery Continues with Emraan Hashmi. The movie became a commercial success and was declared the first reasonable hit of 2009. Rediff wrote,"Kangana puts in a great performance, one, I admit, I didn't know she was capable of. Her scenes when she gets possessed, as well as when she walks the ramp, are brilliant."

Her next release was Vaada Raha with Bobby Deol. She starred in Ek Niranjan, a Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh, whose previous film Pokiri has been remade in Hindi as Wanted.

Ranaut with R. Madhavan at a promotional event for Tanu Weds Manu, 2011

In 2010, Kangna was seen in a guest appearance opposite Hrithik Roshan in Kites and also starred in a leading role alongside Ajay Devgan in one of the year's most successful outings Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai. Ranaut also appeared in Knock Out and No Problem which were both critical and commercial failures.

Her first release of 2011 was Tanu Weds Manu opposite R. Madhavan, a romantic comedy that proved to be successful at the box office. Along with Ajay Devgan,Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan, Ranaut made a special appearance in Anees Bazmee's highly successful comedy Ready, which starred Salman Khan and Asin Thottumkal in lead roles. She was next seen in the multistarrer Double Dhamaal, the sequel of Dhamaal, which emrged as a moderate success at the box office. Ranaut later appeared in Rascals alongside Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt, which opened to a good response at the box office, however became a commercial and critical failure. She also appeared in Miley Naa Miley Hum which failed to do well at the box office.

In 2012, Ranaut once again appeared alongside Ajay Devgan in Tezz, which was a major failure at the box office. She appeared inShootout At Wadala alongsideJohn Abraham and Anil Kapoor. Though her role was not big, she received positive reviews. Komal Nahta wrote, "Kangana Ranaut may not have a key role but she, nevertheless, performs ably."

Ranaut featured in Krrish 3 with Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Vivek Oberoi. Upon release, the film and her performance met with positive critical response. Mohar basu of Koimoi stated," Kangana easily topples as the film’s most striking female character. As the wicked slimy chameleon Kaya, she puts up a devilish show indeed! Making her character look extremely sexy, in her bits she owns the film!"^[10] The film opened strongly at the box office as well collecting over

48 crore(US$7.7 million) just within two days of release despite the pre-Diwali period.

Ranaut is set to appear in I Love NY opposite Sunny Deol, Rajjo, Revolver Rani, Queenand Ungli alongside Emraan Hashmi. In July 2012, the actress made a directorial debut with a short film dealing with a complex subject of human-animal relationship, written in collaboration with an Australian writer and shot in the US.^[11]

Awards

2007

Asian Festival of First Films, Best Actress, Gangster
Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, Gangster
Filmfare Fairever Fresh Face of the Year Award, Gangster
IIFA Best Female Debut Award, Gangster
Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female, Gangster
Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut, Gangster
Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female, Gangster
Bollywood Movie Award – Best Female Debut, Gangster

2008

Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Life in a... Metro

2009

National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Fashion
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award, Fashion
Apsara Awards Best Supporting Actress, Fashion

2013

PETA India's Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2013^[12]

Nominated

2012

Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Tanu Weds Manu
IIFA Award for Best Actress, Tanu Weds Manu
Screen Award for Best Actress, Tanu Weds Manu
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female, Tanu Weds Manu

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Gangster	Simran	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
2006	Woh Lamhe	Sana Azim
2007	Shakalaka Boom Boom	Ruhi
2007	Life in a... Metro	Neha
2008	Dhaam Dhoom	Shenba	Tamil film
2008	Fashion	Shonali Gujral	National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2009	Raaz – The Mystery Continues	Nandita Chopra
2009	Vaada Raha	Pooja
2009	Ek Niranjan	Sameera	Telugu film
2010	Kites	Gina B. Grover
2010	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Rehana
2010	Knock Out	Nidhi Shrivastav
2010	No Problem	Sanjana
2011	Tanu Weds Manu	Tanuja R. Trivedi
2011	Game	Sia Agnihotri
2011	Ready	Kiran	Special Appearance
2011	Double Dhamaal	Kiya Nayak
2011	Rascals	Khushi
2011	Miley Naa Miley Hum	Anishka
2012	Tezz	Nikita Malhotra
2013	Shootout at Wadala	Vidya Joshi
2013	Krrish 3	Kaya
2013	Rajjo	Rajjo
2013	I Love New Year		Delayed
2014	Queen	Rani	Releasing February 28, 2014
2014	Ungli	Maya Khan	Releasing May 23, 2014
2014	Revolver Rani		Post-Production