Rani Mukherjee is one of the most charming, gorgeous and elegant film actresses in Hindi cinema. Born on March 21, 1978, she has captured millions of hearts with her smile and acting prowess. She made her debut with the movie, `Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat` in 1996 and then she has not looked back. Although the movie did not do too well in Box-office, her performance came into limelight straightaway. Her biggest commercial success came with the movie, `Kuch Kuch Hota Hai` in 1998 directed by Karan Johar, which earned her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. She starred opposite to Sharukh Khan and Kajol in that movie.

Rani Mukherjee spread her magic with `Saathiya` in the year 2002, which was commercially and critically successful in the box-office. In 2004, she gave a memorable performance in `Hum Tum` opposite Saif Ali Khan. In the same year she appeared in `Yuva` where her performance was critically acclaimed and won her her Best Supporting Actress award at the Filmfare, making her the first actress to win two major awards in the same year. Her intense performance in the movie `Black` with Amitabh Bacchan was a path-breaking performance where she portrayed a deaf and a blind girl. While in school at the age of 14, Rani Mukerji did a cameo role in the Bengali film "Biyer Phool" in the year 1992. Four years later, she played the protagonist of `Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat`.

Rani Mukerjee`s first release in 1998 was `Ghulam` opposite Aamir Khan, which did very well at the box office. In 2003, she starred opposite Shahrukh Khan in the movie, `Chalte Chalte` which became a success at the box-office. She received various nominations for her acclaimed performance in the Best Actress category at all award ceremonies. Rani Mukherji comes from a film-oriented family background. Her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios. Her mother Krishna Mukherji was a playback singer. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, is a national award-winning Bengali film actress and her cousin, Kajol, is also a well-known actress in the Hindi film industry.

Rani Mukerjee has been a stage performer and has participated in two world tours. Her first world tour was in the year 1999 with Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Twinkle Khanna. It was called the Magnificent Five. Five years later, Temptations 2004 came along. It was the most successful Bollywood concert in its time. She performed alongside Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra in nineteen stage shows across the world.

In the year 2005 she was also honored by the invitation of being the Guest of Honour at a state dinner to welcome and greet Pervez Musharraf in company of the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She also appeared along with a host of other Bollywood celebrities at the Closing Ceremony of 2006 Commonwealth Gamed in the Australian city of Melbourne. She also enthralled the small screen audiences by her appearance on a reality show Amul Star Voice of India. The contestants in turn delighted her by performing to a medley of songs of her movies in which she displayed her brilliant acting potential. Over all this actress has a lot more in her kitty to delight the audiences with in the coming times and it is also wished that she scales great heights of success in the near future.