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Rani Mukerji (; born 21 March 1978) is an Indian actress. Through her Bollywood career, she has become one of the most high-profile celebrities in India, winning several awards, including seven Filmfare Awards. Her film roles have been cited as a significant departure from the traditional portrayal of women in Bollywood. Although Mukerji was born into the Mukherjee-Samarth family, in which her parents and relatives were members of the Indian film industry, she did not aspire to pursue a career in film. However, while still a teenager she dabbled with acting by playing a supporting role in her father's Bengali language film ''Biyer Phool'' (1996) and later accepted a leading role in the 1997 social drama ''Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat'' on the insistence of her mother. She then began a full-time career in film and gained recognition for a supporting role in the romance ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998). After this initial success in her career, Mukerji's films fared poorly at the box office for the next three years. Her career prospects improved when Yash Raj Films cast her as the star of the drama ''Saathiya'' (2002). By 2004, Mukerji had established herself as a leading actress of Bollywood with roles in the romantic comedy ''Hum Tum'', and the dramas ''Yuva'' and ''Veer-Zaara''. She achieved further success for portraying a deaf, blind and mute woman in the acclaimed drama ''Black'' (2005) and an unhappily married woman in ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' (2006). Mukerji then collaborated with Yash Raj Films on several unsuccessful films which led critics to criticise her for choosing poor roles and pairing with the same set of actors. The semi-biographical thriller ''No One Killed Jessica'' (2011) proved to be her first box office hit in four years, and she followed it by starring in the successful thrillers ''Talaash: The Answer Lies Within'' (2012) and ''Mardaani'' (2014). In addition to acting in films, Mukerji is involved with several humanitarian causes and is vocal about issues faced by women and children. She has participated in concert tours and stage shows, and featured as a talent judge for the 2009 reality show ''Dance Premier League''. Though she is reticent to discuss her personal life in public, her off-screen life is the subject of substantial media coverage in India. She is married to filmmaker Aditya Chopra. ==Early life and background== Rani Mukerji was born in Mumbai on 21 March 1978. Her father, Ram Mukherjee (born to the Mukherjee-Samarth family), is a former film director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios. Her mother, Krishna Mukherjee, is a former playback singer.〔 Her elder brother, Raja Mukherjee, is a film producer and director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, is a Bengali film actress and her paternal cousin, Kajol, is a Hindi film actress and her contemporary. Another paternal cousin, Ayan Mukerji, is a scriptwriter and film director. Despite her parents and most of her relatives being members of the Indian film industry, Mukerji was uninterested in pursuing a career in film. She said, "()here were already too many actresses at home and I wanted to be someone different". Mukerji received her education at Maneckji Cooper High School in Juhu and graduated with a degree in Home Science from SNDT Women's University.〔 She is a trained Odissi dancer and began learning the dance form while in the tenth grade. As part of an annual tradition, the Mukherjee family celebrates the festival of Durga Puja in the suburban neighbourhood of Santacruz every year. Mukerji, a practising Hindu, takes part in the festivities with her entire family. In 1994, director Salim Khan approached her to play the lead female role in his directorial, ''Aa Gale Lag Jaa''. Her father disapproved of a full-time career in film at such a young age, so she rejected the offer.〔 At the age of eighteen, Mukerji experimented with acting by portraying a supporting role in her father's Bengali language film ''Biyer Phool'' (1996).〔(【引用サイトリンク】British Film Institute">title=Biyer Phool (1996) )〕 The film starred Prosenjit and Indrani Haldar in lead roles and narrates the story of two sisters; Mukerji played the younger sibling of Haldar's character. Soon after, Khan approached her with another film offer to play the protagonist of the social drama ''Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat'', Mukerji accepted the role due to her mother's insistence that she continue to pursue acting on an experimental basis. Before she began work on the film, Mukerji trained at Roshan Taneja's acting institute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rani Mukerji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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