Ranaut in 2024
Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who predominantly works in Hindi films, in addition to a few Tamil films. She has received four National Film Awards , five Filmfare Awards , three International Indian Film Academy Awards , and one award each from the Screen , Zee Cine , SIIMA , and Producers Guild award ceremonies.
Ranaut made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in the romantic thriller Gangster , winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut .[ 1] Her portrayals of a character based on actress Parveen Babi in Woh Lamhe (2006) and a shrewd socialite in Life in a... Metro (2007) were lauded,[ 2] with the latter earning her a Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female .[ 1] She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Filmfare Award in the same category for playing a substance abusing supermodel in the drama Fashion (2008).[ 1] [ 3] Also in 2008, she featured in the Tamil film Dhaam Dhoom .[ 4]
Ranaut featured in several commercially successful films, including the supernatural thriller Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), the crime film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), the romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu (2011), and the comedy Double Dhamaal (2011).[ 5] For her role in Tanu Weds Manu , she received nominations for the Zee Cine and Screen Award for Best Actress .[ 6] [ 7] She followed this by playing brief roles in a series of box office flops that failed to propel her career forward.[ 8] In 2013, Ranaut played Kaya, a shapeshifting mutant , in the science fiction film Krrish 3 , which ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films .[ 9] She received an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for it.[ 10] Ranaut garnered critical acclaim for starring in the coming-of-age film Queen (2014),[ 5] [ 11] for which she also co-wrote the dialogues.[ 12] She won several awards for Queen , including the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[ 13] [ 14] Ranaut played dual roles in the sequel Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015), which became the first female-led Hindi film to earn over ₹ 1 billion (US$12 million) in India.[ 15] She received a Filmfare Critics Award and a second consecutive National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.[ 16]
This success was followed by a series of commercially failed films, which led to a decline in Ranaut's stardom.[ 17] [ 18] Her sole commercial success came with the 2019 period drama Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi , which she also co-directed.[ 19] Her portrayal of freedom fighter Rani of Jhansi in it and a kabaddi player in the 2020 sports drama Panga jointly won her another National Film Award for Best Actress.[ 20] Her portrayal of J. Jayalalithaa in the biopic Thalaivii (2021) won her a SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil.[ 21] In 2022, Ranaut hosted the streaming reality show Lock Upp to strong viewership.[ 22] Further critical and commercial failures came with her 2023 releases, Chandramukhi 2 and Tejas .[ 23] [ 24]
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^ "Nominations for 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards 2012" . Bollywood Hungama . 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2014 .
^ "Zee Cine Awards 2012-Nomination List" . Zee News . 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014 .
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^ "Nominations for IIFA Awards 2014" . Bollywood Hungama . 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014 .
^ Mehta, Ankita (6 March 2014). " 'Queen' Review Roundup: Watch it for Kangana's Superb Performance" . International Business Times . Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014 .
^ Pathak, Ankur (21 March 2014). "Queen and I" . Mumbai Mirror . Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014 .
^ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners" . The Times of India . 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015 .
^ "62nd National Film Awards' winners: 'Haider' wins five, Kangana Ranaut's 'Queen' two" . The Indian Express . 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015 .
^ "Box Office: Tanu Weds Manu Returns becomes first Women Centric film to enter the Rs. 100 cr club" . Bollywood Hungama . 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015 .
^ "Full list of winners of the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards" . Filmfare . 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016 .
^ "Dhaakad is a disastrous flop at the box office; 2nd consecutive nonstarter and 8 flops of the last 9 releases for Kangana Ranaut" . Bollywood Hungama . 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022 .
^ "Dhaakad Is One of the Biggest Disasters of All Time" . Box Office India. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022 .
^ "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha... Flops – Manikarnika Decent Second Week" . Box Office India. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019 .
^ "67th National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut, Sushant Singh Rajput's Chhichhore win. See complete list of winners here" . Hindustan Times . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021 .
^ "SIIMA 2022: Kangana Ranaut, Arya, Tovino Thomas, Aishwarya Lekshmi win top acting honours" . Daily News and Analysis . 12 September 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
^ "Lock Upp become the most viewed reality show in OTT space" . The Hindustan Times . 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
^ "Raghava Lawrence, Kangana Ranaut's Chandramukhi 2 to stream on Netflix from this date" . The Indian Express . 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023 .
^ Kaushal, Ruchi (30 October 2023). "Why Kangana Ranaut's Tejas crashed, per experts: 'It's a bad film, nowhere close to Top Gun' " . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 31 October 2023 .