Bollywood Actress Biography
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Born in Bhambla, a small town in Himachal Pradesh, Ranaut initially aspired to a career in medicine on the insistence of her parents. Adamant on building her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly dabbled with modelling. After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, Ranaut made her feature film debut with the 2006 thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She subsequently received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the same category.
Ranaut subsequently featured in the commercially successful films Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), though was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A comic role in the 2011 box office hit Tanu Weds Manu proved to be a turning point in her career, though this was followed by a series of brief, glamorous roles in films that failed to propel her career forward. She then portrayed a superwoman in the science fiction film Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time, and established herself as a leading actress of Hindi cinema by playing the protagonist of the comedy-drama Queen (2014).
Ranaut's off-screen life has been the subject of scandal in the Indian media. She is particularly known for expressing her honest opinions in public, and is frequently credited as one of the most fashionable celebrities in India.
Early life and background
Ranaut was born on 23 March 1987 at Bhambla (now Surajpur), a small town in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, into a Rajput family. Her mother, Asha Ranaut, is a school teacher, and her father, Amardeep Ranaut, is a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli, who now works as her manager, and a younger brother, Akshat. Her great-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly and her grandfather, was an IAS officer. She grew up in a joint family at their ancestral haveli in Bhambla, and has described her childhood as "simple and happy".
Ranaut has said that she was "stubborn and rebellious" while growing up: "If my father would gift my brother a plastic gun and get a doll for me, I would not accept that. I questioned the discrimination."She didn't subscribe to the stereotypes that were expected of her, and experimented with fashion from a young age: "I would pair up accessories and clothes that, to my neighbours, would seem just bizarre." Ranaut was educated at the DAV School in Chandigarh, where she pursued science as her core subject, remarking that she was "very studious" and "always paranoid about [...] results". She was initially inclined to become a doctor: "I was brought up being told that medicine was a noble choice of career, that I should grow up and be a doctor so I could treat the poor for free. I believed in that, wholeheartedly because that's how kids in those days were trained to 'be good and do good'." A failed unit test in chemistry during her twelfth grade led Ranaut to reconsider her career prospect, and despite preparing for the All India Pre Medical Test, she didn't turn up for the exam. Determined to find her "space and freedom", she relocated to Delhi at the age of sixteen. Her decision to not pursue medicine led to "constant arguments" with her parents and her father refused to sponsor her "aimless pursuit".
In Delhi, Ranaut was unsure of what career prospect to choose; the Elite Modelling Agency were impressed by her looks and suggested that she model for them. She took on a few modelling assignments, but generally disliked the career as she found "no scope for creativity" Ranaut, thus, decided to shift focus towards acting, and joined the Asmita Theatre Group, where she trained under the theatre director Arvind Gaur. She has said: "It's because of theatre that I'm so comfortable in films [...] Arvind was very kind. I went to him and said, I'm going to Bombay, and I need a sort of crash course in acting. So, he taught me acting specially, just for an hour everyday." She participated in Gaur's theatre workshop at the India Habitat Centre, acting in several of his plays, including the Girish Karnad-scripted Taledanda. During a screening, one of the male actors went missing; Ranaut who had been "observing the character from a distance and had an idea about the dialogues and body language" played the part along with her original role of a woman. A positive reaction from the audience prompted her to relocate to Mumbai to pursue a career in film, and she enrolled herself for a four-month acting course from Asha Chandra's drama school.
Ranaut struggled with her meager earnings during this period, eating only "bread and aachar (pickle)"; her father offered to contribute financially, but she refused, later remarking that "it [was] the most damaging thing I did in my life, as it scarred my relationship with him." Her decision to act in films deteriorated her relationship with her relatives; her parents were "horrified", thinking that she would be exploited, her grandfather asked her to drop her surname, and they didn't correspond with her for several years. Ranaut later said: "Today, I have everything one can imagine and there is nothing I want from them, although I do a lot for my family and friends today."Bhambla in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, where her family still lives. Her father, Amardeep Ranaut is a businessman while mother Asha Ranaut is a school teacher. She has an elder sister, Rangoli and a younger brother, Akshit. She completed her schooling from DAV model school. She left her college education half way to join Elite Modelling Agency in Delhi in 2003 with the prospect of becoming a model.
Kangana started her career as a theatre actor in Delhi with the Asmita Theatre Group. She trained under eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur. She then went on to join Asha Chandra’s three-month course in 2004 to brush herself to face camera after which she moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies. In September 2005, Film maker Anurag Basu spotted her drinking coffee in a cafĂ©, he approached her, and eventually signed her up for a lead role in Gangster which was released during the year 2006. Gangster became both critically and commercially successful and Kangana’s performance was especially applauded. This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Who Lamhe (2006).
Kangana, then went on to star in yet another Anurag Basu project, Life In A…Metro, which went on to become a hit and her performance in the film earned her rave reviews. In 2007, she appeared as an aspiring singer in Shakalaka Boom Boom. However, her most noteworthy role happened with Fashion (2008) in which she starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse. The film portrayed the dark side of the fashion world and received grand critical success. Her role in the film as a supermodel who loses everything on drug abuse gained her widespread praise, fetching her various awards, including the prestigious Filmfare as well as the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009) with Emraan Hashmi was her last successful film. . The movie has been a commercial success and was declared as first reasonable hit of 2009. She has also starred in South Indian films such as Dhaam Dhoom in Tamil and Ek Niranjan in Telugu.
Personal life
Ranaut has said that her initial years in the film industry were marked with difficulties as she was unprepared to be an actress. She was conscious of her poor command of the English language, and struggled to "fit in":
"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 that. So dealing with rejection became a part of life. [...] All that has taken a toll, I guess. I find it hard to deal with praise. Today, when people say that I have made it and made it on my own, I feel like locking up myself somewhere... It scares me."
Ranaut found support in the actor Aditya Pancholi and his wife Zarina Wahab, and considered them her "family away from home". She was embroiled in a well publicised scandal when the media speculated on the nature of her relationship with Pancholi. She declined to speak about it openly, though made several public appearances with him. In 2007 it was reported that Ranaut had filed a police complaint against Pancholi for physically assaulting her under the influence of alcohol. The following year Pancholi confirmed the affair in an interview, saying that he had been cohabiting with Ranaut in the past, and accused her of owing him money worth ₹2.5 million (US$42,000). In response, Ranaut's spokesperson said that "[a]fter physically assaulting her in the middle of a road, he has no right to expect anything from her", adding that she had "already given ₹5 million (US$85,000) to [him] as a goodwill gesture". Ranaut later said that "dating a married man was a mistake" and that the incident had left her "physically and mentally" damaged.
While filming Raaz – The Mystery Continues in 2008, Ranaut began a romantic relationship with co-star Adhyayan Suman. On Suman's insistence that he focus on his professional career, the couple separated the following year. From 2010 to 2012, Ranaut was involved in a long-distance romance with Nicholas Lafferty, an English doctor; she described the relationship as "the most normal" she ever had, but decided on an amicable split as she wasn't ready for marriage. She has since maintained that she will never get married, and has expressed a desire to not be bound by a relationship: "I want to do some other things. I want to go [...] trekking and learn French cooking and more about wines."
Ranaut has maintained a strong connect, and makes yearly visits to her hometown of Bhambla. She lives in Mumbai with her sister Rangoli, who was the victim of an acid attack in 2006. A practicing Hindu, Ranaut follows the teachings of the spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda and considers meditation to be "the highest form of worshipping God". She practices vegetarianism and was listed as "India's hottest vegetarian" in a poll conducted by PETA in 2013. Since 2009 Ranaut has been studying the dance form of kathak from the Nateshwar Nritya Kala Mandir. She has said that the technical process of filmmaking is of tremendous interest to her, and to better her understanding of it Ranaut enrolled for a two-month screenplay writing course at the New York Film Academy in 2014. In an interview with Filmfare she said that despite her stardom, she wants to lead a normal life: "I don't want to lose my rights as a common person to learn and grow".
Career
Ranaut has started her career as a theatre artist 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. In 2005, luck hit her with the movie "Gangster", which stood at success on box office. Apart from bollywood, Kangna also stepped into a telugu film Ek Niranjana, where she proved her acting skills.
Marriage
Kangana Ranaut has no plans for marriage as she is busy with other priorities in life. "I have no plans for marriage and I like to be alone. There are other things in my life which are my priorities. Marriage is about companionship and commitment but I have no plans." She also said about her Mr Perfect " I want someone who is not very materialistic. He should be very overtly ambitious, but also a chilledout person like me."
Education
Kangana Ranaut was brought up in Dehradun and studied in DAV's High School, where she participated in many debates, Elocutions, and was a basket-ball player. Kangana attended Science College in Simla. After a few months of college, she was driven to Delhi to become a model and accompanied the Elite Modelling Agency in 2003. Kangana may have dropped out of college to pursue her dream of acting but the actress is now making up for it. Ms. Ranaut has joined New York Film Academy where she has taken up a two month course to learn screenplay writing.
Awards – Kangana won the Filmfare Best Debutant Award for Gangster (2006). She also won the Filmfare as well as the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a troubled model in Fashion (2008).
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