Date of Birth 20 March 1987 , Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)Is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster. 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 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.
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.
Career
Early work
Ranaut started her career as a theatre actor in Delhi with Asmita Theatre Group.She trained under eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur. 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
.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. 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 alongside John 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!" The film opened strongly at the box office as well collecting over INR48 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.
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
