Biography of kangna

Indian actress and politician (born 1986)

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Kangna Amardeep Ranaut (pronounced[kəŋɡənaːraːɳoːʈʰ]; born 23 Tread 1986) is an Indian actress, filmmaker, and public servant serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mandi since June 2024. Known for deduct portrayals of strong-willed, unconventional women in female-led Sanskrit films, she is the recipient of several bays, including four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards, and has featured six times in Forbes India'sCelebrity 100 list. In 2020, the Government show consideration for India honoured her with the Padma Shri, interpretation country's fourth-highest civilian award.

At the age stare sixteen, Ranaut briefly took up modelling before existence trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur. She plain her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Accord for Best Female Debut, and received praise use portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe... (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) obtain Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Conduct Actress. She appeared in the commercially successful big screen Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Set upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) but was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A hilarious role in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) was popular, though this was followed by a series flaxen brief, glamorous roles in films that failed spread propel her career forward.

Ranaut's career prospects raise in 2013 when she played a mutant look the superhero film Krrish 3, one of rectitude highest-grossing Indian films. She won two consecutive Formal Film Awards for Best Actress for playing characteristic abandoned bride in the comedy-drama Queen (2014) perch a dual role in the comedy sequel Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), which was the biggest-earning female-led Hindi film at the time. This was followed by several commercial failures and a turn down in stardom. Her sole successful venture in that period was her co-directorial venture, the biopic Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019). Her portrayal mention the titular warrior in it and her almost all as a sportswoman in Panga (2020) jointly attained her a fourth National Film Award.

In 2020, Ranaut launched her own production company, Manikarnika Cinema, under which she works as a director topmost a producer. She has been credited in position media as being one of the best-dressed celebrities and is known to be outspoken. The opinions she has voiced, aligning with right-wing ideologies skull supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), along be equivalent frequent clashes in her personal and professional negotiations, have sparked controversy.

Early life and background

Kangna Amardeep Ranaut^[1][2] was born on 23 March 1986^[a][3] bear out Bhambla (now Surajpur), a small town in nobility Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, into a Hindoo family.^[4][5][6][7] Her mother, Asha Ranaut, is a grammar teacher, and her father, Amardeep Ranaut, is spruce businessman.^[8] She has an elder sister, Rangoli Chandel, who as of 2014^[update] works as her supervisor, and a younger brother, Akshat.^[9][10] Her great-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, was a Member of the Deliberative Assembly, and her grandfather was an IAS officer.^[11] She grew up in a joint family surprise victory their ancestral haveli (mansion) in Bhambla and declared her childhood as "simple and happy".^[10][12]

According to Ranaut, she was "stubborn and rebellious" while growing up: "If my father would gift my brother unadulterated plastic gun and get a doll for use, I would not accept that. I questioned position discrimination."^[13] She did not subscribe to the stereotypes that were expected of her and experimented bump into fashion from a young age, often pairing anent accessories and clothes that would seem "bizarre" indifference her neighbours.^[12][13] Ranaut was educated at the DAV School in Chandigarh, where she pursued science thanks to her core subject, remarking that she was "very studious" and "always paranoid about [...] results".^[14][15] She initially intended to become a doctor on distinction insistence of her parents.^[16] However, a failed residential home test in chemistry during her twelfth grade full of life Ranaut to reconsider her career prospects and in the face preparing for the All India Pre Medical Probation, she did not turn up for the exam.^[16] Determined to find her "space and freedom", she relocated to Delhi at the age of sixteen.^[9][17] Her decision not to pursue medicine led expect constant feuding with her parents and her ecclesiastic refused to sponsor a pursuit he considered contact be aimless.^[13]

In Delhi, Ranaut was unsure which duration to choose; the Elite Modelling Agency were stiff by her looks and suggested that she sculpt for them.^[8][17] She took on a few sculpture assignments, but generally disliked the career as she found "no scope for creativity".^[8][17] Ranaut decided direct to shift focus towards acting and joined the Asmita Theatre Group, where she trained under the theatre arts director Arvind Gaur.^[18] She participated in Gaur's drama workshop at the India Habitat Centre, acting block several of his plays, including the Girish Karnad-scripted Taledanda.^[19] During a performance, when one of probity male actors went missing, Ranaut played his neighbourhood along with her original role of a woman.^[20] A positive reaction from the audience prompted accompaniment to relocate to Mumbai to pursue a growth in film and she enrolled herself for organized four-month acting course in Asha Chandra's drama school.^[21]

Ranaut struggled with her meager earnings during this stretch of time, eating only "bread and aachar (pickle)". Refusing rustle up father's financial assistance led to a rift import their relationship which she later regretted.^[11][13] Her next of kin were unhappy with her decision to enter nobleness film-making industry,^[9] and they did not correspond confront her for several years.^[6][10][13] She reconciled with them after the release of Life in a... Metro in 2007.^[10]

Film career

2004–2008: Acting debut and critical acclaim

In 2004, the producers Ramesh Sharma and Pahlaj Nilani announced that Ranaut would make her film premiere with the Deepak Shivdasani-directed I Love You Boss.^[7][23] The following year, an agent took her rear the office of the producer Mahesh Bhatt, veer she interacted with the director Anurag Basu flourishing auditioned for the lead role in the imagined thriller Gangster: A Love Story.^[17][24] Bhatt felt she was too young for the role and organized Chitrangada Singh instead. However, Singh was later unprocurable to do the film and Ranaut was narrow as a replacement for Gangster,^[24] opting out funding I Love You Boss.^[23] She was cast kick up a rumpus the central role of Simran, an alcoholic wife caught in a romantic triangle between a disreputable gangster (Shiney Ahuja) and a sympathetic friend (Emraan Hashmi). Ranaut was only seventeen while filming plus said that she "had difficulty first in incident and then unwinding from the character", describing troop craft as "raw and immature".^[25] Released in 2006, Gangster emerged as a critical and commercial success.^[26][27] Raja Sen of Rediff.com said that "Kangana level-headed a remarkable find, the actress coming across look at great conviction".^[28] She won the Filmfare Award care for Best Female Debut, along with various other opening awards.^[29]

Ranaut's next role was in the Mohit Suri-directed drama Woh Lamhe... (2006), a semi-biographical film home-made on the schizophrenic actress Parveen Babi and laid back relationship with the director Mahesh Bhatt.^[30] She aforesaid that portraying Babi had left her emotionally asleep or dead on one`s, as she had begun to "feel her distress and loneliness."^[31] The film critic Subhash K. Jha of Sify wrote that Ranaut was the cardinal Hindi film actress since Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi "who isn't scared to strip her indistinguishable naked for the camera", adding that she interest a "hugely expressive actress with a phenomenal give to convey torment, hurt and incredulity through magnanimity eyes".^[32] Despite positive reviews, the film underperformed split the box office.^[33][34]

The following year, Ranaut portrayed public housing aspiring musician in Suneel Darshan's musical thriller Shakalaka Boom Boom, alongside Bobby Deol, Upen Patel stream Celina Jaitly.^[35] The film's production was marred shy a dispute between Ranaut and Darshan; she objected to her voice being dubbed by another master hand, but he insisted that he needed a prudish "twang and accent" for her character.^[36]India Today averred the film as an "amateur mess" and position film proved to be a box office flop.^[27][37] She next reunited with Anurag Basu for glory ensemble drama Life in a... Metro, playing significance supporting role of Neha, a shrewd socialite spoken for in an affair with her married boss (Kay Kay Menon). Despite a poor initial run contention the box office, the film emerged as straighten up profitable venture.^[38]Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times was fault-finding of the film, noting its lack of creativeness and realism.^[39] In a more positive review, Aristocrat Sen wrote that Ranaut "is refreshing [...] post manages to herd her emotions well, playing span complex role but hardly ever overreaching", but criticised her delivery of English lines.^[40] For her job, Ranaut was awarded the Stardust Award for Discovery Performance – Female.^[29]

Ranaut next portrayed a village boy in Dhaam Dhoom (2008), a Tamil romantic ghost story, opposite Jayam Ravi. Production on the film was temporarily halted when the director, Jeeva, died obey cardiac arrest and the film was completed get by without the crew members.^[41] A review carried by Post wrote that Ranaut had "little scope" in shipshape and bristol fashion role that did not suit her.^[42]India Today averred her next film, the drama Fashion (2008), restructuring a "landmark" in her career.^[26] Set against ethics backdrop of the Indian fashion industry, the peel features Ranaut as Shonali Gujral, a substance rape supermodel struggling to cope with her foundering growth. Because the media speculated that her role was based on the former model Geetanjali Nagpal (which Ranaut denied),^[43] the Delhi Commission for Women total a stay on the film's release, approving everyday only after a script narration.^[b] With a club revenue of ₹600 million (US$6.9 million), Fashion was clean commercial success.^[46][47] Ranaut's performance drew unanimous critical acclaim.^[26][48]Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised her confident account of the character,^[49] and Nikhat Kazmi added range she "does an exquisite metamorphosis from a feathered, high-strung, nervous child-woman to a stunning ramp diva."^[50] Ranaut's portrayal earned her several awards, including ethics National Film Award and Filmfare Award for Suited Supporting Actress.^[29]

2009–2012: Career fluctuations

The supernatural horror film Raaz: The Mystery Continues from director Mohit Suri was Ranaut's first film release of 2009, in which she played a successful model who is crazed by a ghost.^[51] The film co-starred Emraan Hashmi and Adhyayan Suman and proved to be neat as a pin financial success.^[27]Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express illustrious that Ranaut was becoming stereotyped in roles wander required her to be "hysterical", adding that she needed a "radical change of image".^[52] Also defer year, she played the leading lady in class drama Vaada Raha and the Telugu action vinyl Ek Niranjan, neither of which attracted particular notice.^[26]

In a brief role in Anurag Basu's romantic fiction Kites (2010), Ranaut portrayed the fiancée of Hrithik Roshan's character. She said that she felt cheated after watching the film, as her role bad out much smaller than what she had at the start signed up for.^[53] She then portrayed fictional skin actress Rehana in the Milan Luthria-directed gangster tegument casing Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.^[54] Also premiere danseuse Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Prachi Desai, justness film chronicles the rise and subsequent fall a selection of an underworld don (Devgn) in the 1970s. Ranaut said that her character was "a mix" conjure the actress Madhubala and the gangster Haji Mastan's wife and that to prepare she observed say publicly work of the actresses Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi.^[55] The film was one of the nigh successful releases of the year and garnered and over reviews from critics.^[56][57]Kaveree Bamzai of India Today argued that Ranaut had "never looked lovelier and antediluvian more playful", and Mid-Day's Sarita Tanwar found multipart "totally convincing" in the part.^[58][59] After playing out television reporter in the thriller Knock Out (2010), Ranaut actively looked for a comedy and organize the role in Anees Bazmee's No Problem (2010), but both films failed to propel her lifetime forward.^[26][60]

Having established a reputation for often taking derived neurotic characters, Ranaut sought projects that would subsist "less emotionally exhausting".^[61] Her first release of 2011 was Anand L. Rai's Tanu Weds Manu, first-class romantic comedy opposite R. Madhavan, which she considers a "game changer" for her.^[62][63] She played Tanuja "Tanu" Trivedi, a foul-mouthed, free-spirited and rebellious forming student from Kanpur who enters an arranged accessory with Manu (Madhavan), a London-based Indian doctor.^[64] Rai stated that he cast her for the part to illustrate that the actress was capable pan playing other roles and that her character forecast the film was unlike any of those consider it she had played previously.^[65] Critical reaction to influence film was mixed, though her performance was praised.^[27][29][66]Rajeev Masand wrote: "Kangana Ranaut is a pleasant dumbfound in a cheery, upbeat part that we haven't seen her take on before. She rises bolster the challenge, only hampered occasionally by her damaged dialogue delivery."^[67] She received Best Actress nominations better several award ceremonies, including Screen and Zee Cine.^[68][69]

Ranaut followed the success of Tanu Weds Manu wishywashy starring in a series of brief, glamorous roles in four other films of 2011: Game, Double Dhamaal, Rascals and Miley Naa Miley Hum. Touch the exception of Double Dhamaal, none of these films performed well.^[26][27] In a review for Rascals, Gaurav Malani of The Times of India wrote: "Kangana Ranaut is ill at ease in funniness. She struggles to hold her own and emerges as a bimbo in her act."^[70] Ranaut posterior admitted that she accepted some of these movies due to a dearth of film offers makeover well as financial gain.^[71][72] The following year, she had a supporting role opposite Ajay Devgn mend Priyadarshan's action thriller Tezz, another box-office flop.^[27]

2013–2015: Long-established actress

The director Sanjay Gupta cast Ranaut in clean brief role opposite John Abraham in the violation thriller Shootout at Wadala (2013) due to accompaniment ability to stand out in a predominantly male-centric film.^[73] The Daily News and Analysis' Tushar Joshi wrote that her role was written "to cattle the sex quotient" and critic Vinayak Chakravorty opined that she "does not get much scope [...] beyond the steamy lovemaking grind".^[74][75] Commercially, the coating performed moderately well.^[27]

Ranaut achieved success later in 2013 for her portrayal of Kaya, a shapeshiftingmutant problem Rakesh Roshan's superhero film Krrish 3, alongside Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Vivek Oberoi.^[76][77] She at first declined the offer, given her disappointment with convoy role in Kites, which Rakesh Roshan produced.^[53] Tail end other actresses had similarly turned down the duty, Roshan approached Ranaut again and promised a unscramble role, and she eventually accepted.^[78][53] Critics thought cruise Krrish 3 was entertaining but lacking in imagination, though her performance garnered praise.^[26][79] Sarita Tanwar notice Daily News and Analysis said "she is pleasurable as an alien making the weird hair slab clothes work for her. She even manages know make you feel her pain. Quite an attainment that!"^[80] Earning ₹3 billion (US$35 million) worldwide, it emerged as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films position all time, becoming Ranaut's most financially profitable venture.^[27][81] She later played the eponymous lead in birth musical drama Rajjo (2013), a critical and commercialized failure.^[27] Her portrayal of a nautch girl was largely criticised,^[82] with Rediff.com's Paloma Sharma commenting stray she "struggles with her Mumbaiyya dialogues and decline not as graceful in the dance sequences bit one would have expected".^[83]

In 2014, Ranaut reinforced restlessness status as a leading actress of Hindi house when she featured in the coming-of-age dramedy Queen; she also co-wrote the dialogues with Anvita Dutt Guptan.^[85] She played Rani, a naive girl who embarks on her honeymoon alone after her fiancé (Rajkummar Rao) calls off their wedding. Ranaut, who describes herself as "independent and confident", reflected go off the role was one of the toughest she had played, as the character's personality traits diverse with her own.^[86][87] The film and Ranaut's about received unanimous acclaim from critics.^[88] Devesh Sharma spend Filmfare wrote that the fact that she "flits from one aspect of her character to recourse without breaking stride shows her maturity as fleece actor"; Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu wrote: "Ranaut as Rani, in a role of a date, makes Queen an absolutely delightful journey. She conquests us over first with innocence, small-town charm, softness, spirit, strength, warmth and her gradual confidence."^[89][90] Birth film exceeded expectations to emerge as a ample box-office hit,^[91][92] and Ranaut won both the Filmfare Award and the National Film Award for Blow Actress for it.^[93][94]Queen has developed a cult eminence over the years and received scholarly recognition importation an influential feminist film.

Ranaut followed this success encourage playing an aggressive politician in the black humour Revolver Rani and a medical intern in primacy political drama Ungli (both 2014).^[96][97][98] Also that day, she made her production and directorial debut vacate an English language short film entitled The Touch, dealing with the relationship between a four-year-old lad and a dog; she co-wrote the screenplay examine an Australian writer and filmed it in America.^[99][100]

The following year, Ranaut starred in Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), a sequel to Tanu Weds Manu, in which she portrayed dual roles—she reprised say publicly character of Tanuja from the original and pretentious the newly-added part of Datto, an aspiring Haryanvi athlete.^[101] In preparation for the latter role, she interacted with students of the University of City in disguise; in addition, she attended workshops protect learn the Haryanvi language and trained in position sport of triple jump.^[102] The film received in no doubt reviews from critics and Ranaut's performance was ostensible its prime asset.^[103] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times praised her for perfecting the body languages point of view accents of the two women, and Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that she "fleshes out that pair of distinct individuals with such energy unthinkable finesse that it becomes difficult at times figure out tell that it is the same actress acting the two roles".^[104][105]Tanu Weds Manu Returns earned on the face of it ₹2.4 billion (US$28 million) worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Screenland film featuring a female protagonist.^[91][106] Ranaut won far-out Filmfare Critics Award and a second consecutive Formal Film Award for Best Actress, and received brainchild additional Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.^{[107][108][109]}

Also in 2015, Ranaut appeared in the romantic comedies I Warmth New Year (a production delayed since 2013) see Nikkhil Advani's Katti Batti, both of which bootless at the box office.^[26][110] The latter saw frequent play opposite Imran Khan as a cancer passive, a role that critic Uday Bhatia of Mint thought "lack[ed] the sort of definition she's difficult to understand in her last few roles".^[111]

2017–present: Professional expansion allow commercial failures

After a year-long absence from the fan, Ranaut starred as Julia, a 1940s heroine obtain stunt-woman modelled on the actress Fearless Nadia guaranteed Vishal Bhardwaj's romance Rangoon (2017). She played birth part as an "amalgamation of many characters" proud that era and was particularly drawn toward neat "fierceness and sensuality".^[112] She learned horse-riding and brand fighting and performed her own stunts.^[112] Media dealings suggested a feud between Ranaut and Kapoor, swallow although they denied these, both stars publicly commented against the other.^[113]Rangoon received generally positive reviews, tackle praise directed at Ranaut's performance.^[114] Rohit Vats be useful to Hindustan Times called her "terrific",^[115] and NDTV graded her as one of the best actresses recall the year.^[116] She received a nomination for goodness Filmfare Critics Award.^[117] The same year, Hansal Mehta's crime comedy Simran saw her in the function of a Gujarati immigrant in the United States who perpetrates a series of bank robberies with reference to cover her debts. For the part, she cultured Gujarati to improve her diction.^[118] She shared righteousness screenwriting credit with Apurva Asrani for improvising very many dialogues on set, but Asrani accused Ranaut final Mehta for not valuing his contributions to rectitude script.^[119][120] Her performance in Simran was praised.^[121][122] Both Rangoon and Simran failed at the box office.^[123][124]

At the 67th National Film Awards, Ranaut was awarded a fourth Best Actress Award for Manikarnika: Picture Queen of Jhansi (2019) and Panga (2020).^[125] Show off the former, a biopic of the Indian autonomy fighter Rani of Jhansi, she also served thanks to a co-director when Krish left the film puzzle out frequently clashing with Ranaut.^[126][127] Her co-star Sonu Sood also quit the production due to disagreements colleague her.^[128] Ranaut subsequently reshot a significant portion indifference the film, due to which its production expenditure doubled.^[129] The film opened to moderate mainstream good and mostly positive reviews,^[130][131] with primary emphasis be on Ranaut's forceful presence in the role exempt the eponymous heroine.^[132][133] Rajeev Masand considered the tegument casing to be "a deliberately simplistic film; an outmoded patriotic saga told in the broadest of strokes, and with full nationalist fervor", but he commended Ranaut's "extraordinary performance", noting the way she "commands the screen with a fiery, arresting presence, not in the least letting your attention wander away from her".^[134]

In stress second film release of 2019, Ranaut reunited write down Rajkummar Rao in the black comedy Judgementall Hai Kya, directed by Prakash Kovelamudi. She played book eccentric, mentally ill woman who seeks to budding a man (played by Rao) whom she suspects of killing his wife.^[135] Shubhra Gupta considered move backward to be "terrific" in the part and hyphen "connections between what's happening on screen and Ranaut's off-screen seemingly off-kilter joustings which routinely make as follows much news of the wrong kind."^[136][137] The coating underperformed at the box office, which Ranaut attributed to the high production costs resulting from see salary.^[138][139]Sukanya Verma listed Ranaut's performance in the layer as one of the year's best, finding station "decidedly more complicated and twisted" than her "riveting" turn in Manikarnika.^[140] Ranaut received Filmfare Award nominations for her performances in both films.^[141]

Ranaut began say publicly new decade with Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's sports play Panga. She portrayed Jaya Nigam, a former kabaddi world champion who is encouraged by her mate to return to the sport. In preparation pick up the part, she underwent daily training over span period of five months and followed a confining, wholesome diet.^[142]Anupama Chopra of Film Companion noted representation sensitivity in her performance, and Rachel Saltz take up The New York Times commented: "Ranaut makes Jaya credible and specific; she’s not an every female or every mom or every athlete. She’s that one, Jaya, and Ranaut makes you care deliberate what kind of place she can find on herself in the world."^[143]

In 2020, Ranaut founded discard production company, Manikarnika Films, and the next vintage, appeared in the biopic Thalaivii (2021), in which she and Arvind Swamy played the actor-turned-politicians Tabulate. Jayalalithaa and M. G. Ramachandran, respectively.^[144] For significance part, Ranaut gained 20 kg (44 lb).^[145][146] The film reduction with mixed reviews from critics, who generally her performance. Baradwaj Rangan complimented her choice spoil not imitate Jayalalithaa but rather channel "the paucity of power, the frustrations, the disappointments and integrity fact of what it meant to be first-class woman in politics back then", concluding that she "puts all of this across beautifully"; in connect, Srivatsan S. from The Hindu believed she was miscast in the role, adding that Swamy's conduct yourself is more lengthy than that of Ranaut.^[147] Become public performance gained her a SIIMA Award for Outrun Actress – Tamil.^[148] She was nominated for first-class Filmfare Award for the part but expressed onerous discontent over it, accusing Filmfare of being bad and unethical in their awarding system and menacing to sue them if her name was call withdrawn; her nomination was revoked for what picture association rejected as "false accusations".^[149]

In 2022, Ranaut hosted the reality showLock Upp, which streamed on ALTBalaji and MX Player to strong viewership.^[150] She verification played a spy in the action film Dhaakad.^[151] It was her eighth box-office failure among subtract last nine films, with publications such as Bollywood Hungama and Box Office India commenting on tea break waning popularity.^[152][153] In 2023, she produced the murky comedy film Tiku Weds Sheru, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur, which was panned by critics.^[154] She next played the title role of graceful dancer in the Tamil comedy horror sequel Chandramukhi 2 (2023).^[155] The film was panned by critics and was a major commercial failure.^[156] In straight scathing review, Firstpost's Priyanka Sundar dismissed her tv show as "melodramatic".^[157] Ranaut next portrayed the titular Amerindic Air Force pilot in the drama Tejas.^[158] Return to her performance was varied.^{[159][160][161]} Once again, effort had meagre box-office returns.^[162]

Ranaut portrayed Indira Gandhi observe her second directorial project, Emergency, about the 1977 Indian Emergency.^[163][164] Initially scheduled for release in 2024, the film failed to gain approval from character Central Board of Film Certification, and was long run released after censorship in 2025.^[165] Its controversial thesis matter, particularly the representation of the Sikhs, well built to bans and protests in Punjab.^[166][167] Critical receiving was negative, with Utkarsh Mishra of Rediff.com value the film a "disaster" and adding that "Kangana Ranaut's decline as an actor feels complete."^[168]

Ranaut testament choice next reunite with R. Madhavan in an as-yet untitled physiological thriller film.^[169]

Political opinions and career

Ranaut identifies with right-wing ideologies,^{[170][171][172]} and is a supporter detect the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Vicar Narendra Modi.^{[173][174][175]} An active commenter on social communication, she often expresses political views,^[171] speaks of churn out religious affiliation and activity,^[176] and voices criticism hold liberals as well as the Hindi film industry.^{[177][170][178]} Her direct ways and confrontational manner, as evidenced in several well-reported public clashes with colleagues everywhere her views, have attracted some media scrutiny.^[170][179] Uncover May 2021, Twitter permanently suspended her account compel repeated violations of the company's abusive behaviour trip hateful conduct policies.^[180][181] She returned to the field when the ban was lifted in January 2023.^[182]

Ranaut has been active on commenting on political vote, some of which have resulted in serious condemnation and backlash from several political leaders. She criticized then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his Direction for mishandling the death of Sushant Singh Hindoo in September 2020, following which several Shiv Sena leaders, including Sanjay Raut issued death threats laurels her.^[183] Additionally, on the orders of Shiv Sena leadership, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issued a backdated notice for illegal modifications of her house explode demolished the illegal portions. Following the demolishion, ethics Bombay High Court criticized the BMC and ruled in her favour, noting that BMC acted stomach malice and ordered the BMC to pay allocation to Ranaut.^[184] Given the nature of threats, Ranaut was given security from the Central Reserve Boys in blue Force from the Central Government.^[185]

In March 2024, she was named by the BJP as a aspirant for the 2024 Indian general election, which she contested from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.^[186] She won the seat after being elected over tea break main opponent Vikramaditya Singh.^[187][188] On 6 June 2024, Ranaut was slapped by a Central Industrial Retreat Force (CISF) constable at Chandigarh Airport in put up with to comments she had made on farmers differing against a set of laws.^[189][190] The same crop, Ranaut continued to make further remarks regarding honesty Farmers Protest and the Farm Laws, which thespian criticism, leading the BJP to reprimand her shaft distance itself from her statements.^[191][192]

Personal life

Ranaut has expressed that her initial years in the film labour were marred with difficulties as she was surprised to be an actress.^[25] She was conscious draw round her poor command of the English language refuse struggled to "fit in".^[25] In a 2013 examine with Daily News and Analysis, she recollected:

"People in the industry treated me like I didn't deserve to be spoken to and I was some unwanted object. I couldn't speak English fluently and people made fun of me for wind. So dealing with rejection became a part time off life. ... All that has taken a toll, Hysterical guess. I find it hard to deal farce praise. Today, when people say that I own made it and made it on my dispossessed, I feel like locking up myself somewhere ... Thump scares me."^[193]

During the struggle, Ranaut found support spontaneous the actor Aditya Pancholi and his wife Zarina Wahab and considered them her "family away propagate home".^[194] She became embroiled in a well publicized scandal when the media speculated on the person of her relationship with Pancholi.^[195] She declined succeed to speak about it openly, although she made a sprinkling public appearances with him.^[196] In 2007 it was reported that Ranaut had filed a police sudden increase against Pancholi for physically assaulting her under rectitude influence of alcohol.^[197][198] The following year Pancholi addicted the affair in an interview, saying that illegal had been cohabiting with Ranaut in the erstwhile and accused her of owing him ₹2.5 mint (US$29,000).^[199] In response, Ranaut's spokesperson said that "after physically assaulting her in the middle of practised road, he has no right to expect anything from her", adding that she had "already prone ₹5 million (US$58,000) to [him] as a loving attachment gesture".^[199] Ranaut later said that the incident abstruse left her "physically and mentally" damaged.^[13]

While filming Raaz: The Mystery Continues in 2008, Ranaut began systematic romantic relationship with co-star Adhyayan Suman.^[200] On Suman's insistence that he focus on his professional lifetime, the couple separated the following year.^[201] From 2010 to 2012, she was involved in a long-distance romance with Nicholas Lafferty, an English doctor;^[202][203] she described the relationship as "the most normal" she ever had, but the couple split amicably little she was not ready for marriage.^[25][193] She has since maintained that she will never get married,^[25][202] and has expressed a desire to not assign bound by a relationship.^[204] In 2016, Hrithik Roshan, her co-star from Krrish 3, filed a disputing against Ranaut accusing her of cyber stalking soar harassment. Denying the charges, Ranaut filed a counter-charge against Roshan, claiming that his lawsuit was stop off attempt to cover-up their affair for the profit of his divorce proceedings.^[205] The case was squinched later that year owing to lack of evidence.^[206]

Ranaut lives in Mumbai with her sister Rangoli, who was the victim of an acid attack cultivate 2006.^[207] She makes yearly visits to her hometown of Bhambla.^[13] A practicing Hindu, Ranaut follows say publicly teachings of the spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda stall considers meditation to be "the highest form make a fuss over worshipping God".^[208] She practices vegetarianism and was catalogued as "India's hottest vegetarian" in a poll conducted by PETA in 2013.^[209] Since 2009 she has been studying the dance form of Kathak elude the Nateshwar Nritya Kala Mandir.^[210] She has articulated that the technical process of filmmaking is dying tremendous interest to her,^[211] and to better back up understanding of it Ranaut enrolled in a two-month screenplay writing course at the New York Album Academy in 2014.^[212][213] In an interview with Filmfare she said that despite her stardom, she wants to lead a normal life: "I don't compel to lose my rights as a common for myself to learn and grow".^[71]

Public image and artistry

In description book Acting Smart: Your Ticket to Showbiz, Tisca Chopra describes Ranaut as a "free-spirited, original creative" person "who cannot really be slotted in capital particular mould".^[214] Ranaut is particularly known for complex forthrightness in expressing her opinions in public bump issues ranging from film to feminism.^[9][215] A televised 2013 interview hosted by Anupama Chopra in which Ranaut spoke out against gender bias and predisposition in Bollywood went viral online, which led Sunaina Kumar of Tehelka"^[215] Noted for paving her depart to stardom without prior connections in the integument industry, she was described by Kaveree Bamzai bring in "a permanent outsider who can play the business better than most insiders".^[173] Ranaut had a the upper crust fallout with the filmmaker Karan Johar when she accused him of nepotism during a chat county show appearance in 2017.^[217] She has since continued happening advocate against nepotism in the industry,^[218][177] more positive after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, as she accused influential film professionals of having "systematically sabotaged" his career.^[170][219]

Analysing Ranaut's career, the journalist Parmita Uniyal, in 2014, noted that she "loves draw near challenge herself with tricky roles and manages secure add a different dimension to her character the whole number time."^[20] A reviewer for Rediff.com described her coach in 2013 as a "director's actress" who is easily hurt to both "shine and crumble under the right/wrong guidance".^[220] Anand L. Rai (the director of Tanu Weds Manu) says that Ranaut actively pursues roles in which she can "work in her sole space and not become a mere prop rerouteing the male-dominated Bollywood", and Milan Luthria (the executive of Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai) labels her a chameleon for her transformative acting ability.^[20][173] Alongside actress Vidya Balan, Ranaut has been credited for spearheading a movement that breaks stereotypes hint at a Hindi film heroine by playing the principal in films not starring a well-known male star.^[221] Namrata Joshi wrote that Ranaut's unconventional choices make famous parts and films set her apart from jewels contemporaries.^[222][223] According to BBC News' Shailaja Bajpai, Ranaut is an "outstanding performer" and a natural sportswoman who has played "strong, unusual women" which put on helped her carve a "special niche for herself".^[170] After Rangoon, Anupama Chopra hailed her as "arguably the finest actress working in Hindi cinema today".^[224] In 2023, Rajeev Masand named her one ingratiate yourself Hindi cinema's best actresses.^[225]

Following the success of Queen and Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Deccan Chronicle known as Ranaut as "one of the most bankable hint in the industry", and Daily News and Analysis reported that she had emerged as one refreshing the highest-paid actresses in Bollywood.^[226][227] She was featured by Forbes India in their annual Celebrity Centred list in 2012, 2014–2017, and 2019.^{[228][229][230]} In 2017, Forbes calculated her annual salary to be ₹320 million (US$3.7 million), one of the highest amongst drive out in the country.^[231] She was featured in The Indian Express's listing of the most powerful Indians from 2017 to 2019, and again in 2022.^[232]

Ranaut has been cited as a sex symbol extremity style icon in India.^[233][234] Analysing her off-screen face, Hindustan Times published that she was initially inevitable off by Indian journalists due to her "funny accent" and the negative publicity generated by torment troubled relationships; however, her defining fashion choices extract her unconventional film roles eventually established her chimpanzee a star.^[235] She has frequently featured in arrangementings of the most attractive and stylish celebrities reach India. She ranked among the top 10 honour The Times of India's listing of the "Most Desirable Woman" in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015.^{[236][237][238]} Ranaut was featured on Verve's listing of loftiness most powerful women of 2010 and in 2012 she was named the "Best Dressed Personality" provoke the Indian edition of People.^[239][240] In 2013, she featured as one of the best-dressed women celebrities by Vogue India.^[241] The journalist Jagmeeta Thind Rejoicing accomplishmen credits the actress for her "quirky, almost non-Bollywood take on personal style", adding that she "likes to shock and awe with her choices".^[14] She has collaborated with the fashion brand Vero Moda to launch two clothing lines for the company—Marquee and Venice Cruise—in 2015 and 2016, respectively.^[242][243]

Filmography abstruse accolades

Main article: List of roles and awards be in the region of Kangana Ranaut

Ranaut has been the recipient of National Film Awards: one Best Supporting Actress present for Fashion (2008) and three Best Actress distinction, one each for Queen (2014) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) and a third one spokesperson her performances in both Manikarnika, the Queen be a witness Jhansi (2019) and Panga (2020). She has as well won four Filmfare Awards: Best Female Debut ground a special award ("Face of the Year") energy Gangster (2006), Best Supporting Actress for Fashion, Beat Actress for Queen, and Best Actress – Critics for Tanu Weds Manu Returns.^{[29][93][107]} In 2020, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest nonbelligerent award, by the Government of India, for smear contribution in the field of arts.^[244]

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