List of roles and awards of Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut is smiling away from the camera
Ranaut in 2019

Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who predominantly works in Hindi and 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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  2. ^ "Kangana Ranaut's impressive Bollywood journey". India Today. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Last work of a talented director". Post. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Kangana Ranaut: Box Office Details and Filmography". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2012-Nomination List". Zee News. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Films like 'Rascals' didn't badly affect my career: Kangana Ranaut". CNN-IBN. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Worldwide Top Ten 2013". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Nominations for IIFA Awards 2014". Bollywood Hungama. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Pathak, Ankur (21 March 2014). "Queen and I". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Dhaakad Is One of the Biggest Disasters of All Time". Box Office India. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "SIIMA 2022: Kangana Ranaut, Arya, Tovino Thomas, Aishwarya Lekshmi win top acting honours". Daily News and Analysis. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Lock Upp become the most viewed reality show in OTT space". The Hindustan Times. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ 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.