Kangana Ranaut: Queen of Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut is a prominent Indian actress and filmmaker known for her versatility and bold portrayals in Hindi cinema. Born on March 23, 1987, in Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India, Ranaut initially aspired to become a doctor but later pursued a career in acting. She made her acting debut in the 2006 thriller film “Gangster,” which garnered her critical acclaim and a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Known for her portrayals of independent, outspoken women in female-driven movies, she has won numerous awards such as four National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards, and six spots on Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list. The fourth-highest civilian honor in India, the Padma Shri, was given to her by the government in 2020.

Ranaut dabbled in modeling for a while at sixteen before receiving training from theater director Arvind Gaur. In addition to winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her role in the 2006 thriller Gangster, she was praised for her portrayal of emotionally charged characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe… (2006), Life in a… Metro (2007), and Fashion (2008). She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the final one of these.

She starred in the financially successful movies Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010) and Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), but she received backlash for playing stereotypically neurotic characters. After a well-received comedic role in Tanu Weds Manu (2011), she went on to play a string of short, glamorous roles in movies that didn’t really advance her career.

When Ranaut portrayed a mutant in the superhero movie Krrish 3, which became one of the highest-grossing Indian films in 2013, her career prospects improved. Her dual roles in the comedy sequel Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), which at the time was the highest-grossing female-led Hindi film, and as an abandoned bride in the comedy-drama Queen (2014), earned her two consecutive National Film Awards for Best Actress. Stardom declined and there were multiple commercial failures after this. During this time, she only had one successful endeavor: co-directing the 2019 biopic Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. Her performance as the film’s warrior protagonist and her role as an athlete in Panga (2020) together brought her a fourth National Film Award.

Ranaut started her own production company, Manikarnika Films, in 2020. She serves as both a producer and director for the company. She is well-known for being frank and has been named by the media as one of the most stylish celebrities. Her views on right-wing ideology and her support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), coupled with her history of conflict in both her personal and professional relationships, have generated controversy. The BJP has announced her as a candidate for the general election that will take place in India in 2024.

Life and Background of Kangana Ranaut

Kangna Ranaut was born on March 23, 1987, into a Rajput family in the small village of Bhambla (now Surajpur). The town is located in the Mandi district. Her father, Amardeep Ranaut, is a businessman, and her mother, Asha Ranaut, teaches in schools. She has a younger brother named Akshat and an older sister named Rangoli Chandel who serves as her manager as of 2014. Her grandfather was an IAS officer, while her great-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, was a Legislative Assembly member. Her childhood was “simple and happy” and she grew up in a joint family at their ancestral haveli (mansion) in Bhambla.

Ranaut claims that she was “stubborn and rebellious” as a child, saying, “I would not accept it if my father got a doll for me and gave my brother a plastic gun.” I asked about the prejudice. She experimented with fashion from a young age, frequently matching up accessories and clothing that would seem “bizarre” to her neighbors, and she rejected the stereotypes that were placed upon her. Kangana attended the DAV School in Chandigarh, where she majored in science. She described herself as “very studious” and “always paranoid about […] results” during her time there.

Her parents had insisted that she become a doctor when she first intended to do so. Ranaut, however, had second thoughts about her career after failing a chemistry unit test in her twelfth grade. Although she studied for the All India Pre-Medical Test, she did not show up for the test. At sixteen, she moved to Delhi, determined to find her “space and freedom”. Her father refused to support her in what he saw as an aimless endeavor, and her decision to not pursue medicine resulted in ongoing arguments with her parents.

Ranaut wasn’t sure what to do for a living in Delhi until she was approached by the Elite Modelling Agency, who thought she would look good as a model. She accepted a few modeling jobs, but she felt there was “no scope for creativity” in the industry, so she avoided it altogether. After deciding to concentrate on acting, Ranaut joined the Asmita Theatre Group and received training from theater director Arvind Gaur. As part of Gaur’s theatre workshop at the India Habitat Centre, she performed in several of his plays, including Taledanda, which was written by Girish Karnad. Ranaut performed both her original role as a woman and the part of the missing male actor during a performance. She relocated to Mumbai to pursue a career in film after receiving positive feedback from the audience, where she enrolled in Asha Chandra’s drama school for a four-month acting course.

During this time, Ranaut struggled to make ends meet and would only eat “bread and aachar (pickle)”. She later regretted the rift in her relationship with her father caused by her refusal to accept his financial support. Her decision to pursue a career in film was met with disapproval from her family, who stopped communicating with her for a number of years. Following the publication of Life in a… Metro in 2007, she made amends with them.

Bollywood Career of Kangana Ranaut

2004–2008: Acting debut and critical acclaim

In 2004, it was announced by producers Pahlaj Nilani and Ramesh Sharma that Ranaut would star in her first motion picture, I Love You Boss, which was directed by Deepak Shivdasani. The next year, she was brought by an agent to producer Mahesh Bhatt’s office, where she met director Anurag Basu and tried out for the lead in the romantic thriller Gangster: A Love Story. Bhatt signed Chitrangada Singh in her place because she believed she was too young for the part. Ranaut was cast as Gangster’s replacement after Singh withdrew from the movie, but Ranaut chose not to participate in I Love You Boss.

Emraan Hashmi, a sympathetic friend, and Shiney Ahuja, a notorious gangster, are involved in a romantic triangle that traps an alcoholic woman named Simran. Ranaut, who was only seventeen at the time of filming, described her craft as “raw and immature” and stated that she “had difficulty first in understanding and then unwinding from the character”. Gangster was a critical and commercial success when it was released in 2006. “Kangana is a remarkable find, the actress coming across with great conviction,” Rediff.com’s Raja Sen said. She was the recipient of multiple debut awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Ranaut’s next role was in the semi-biographical drama Woh Lamhe… (2006), directed by Mohit Suri and based on the relationship between director Mahesh Bhatt and the schizophrenic actress Parveen Babi. She claimed that she was emotionally spent from playing Babi because she had started to “feel her desolation and loneliness.” Ranaut is the first Hindi film actress since Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, according to Sify film critic Subhash K. Jha, “Who wouldn’t be afraid to expose her soul to the camera.” Jha also stated that Kangana Ranaut is a “hugely expressive actress with an amazing capacity to use the eyes to communicate hurt, pain, and disbelief.” Even with positive reviews, the movie didn’t fail at the box office.

The following year, Ranaut costarred with Bobby Deol, Upen Patel, and Celina Jaitley in Suneel Darshan’s musical thriller Shakalaka Boom Boom as an aspiring musician. The film’s development was complicated by an argument between Ranaut and Darshan; the former said that he needed a particular “twang and accent” for her role, while the latter refused to have her voice dubbed by another performer. The movie was deemed an “amateur mess” by India Today, and it was a box office failure.

She later worked with Anurag Basu again on the ensemble drama Life in a… Metro, where she was a smart socialite named Neha who was having an affair with her married boss, played by Kay Kay Menon. Even though the movie had a bad start at the box office, it turned out to be a successful endeavor. Hindustan Times writer Khalid Mohamed criticized the movie, pointing out that it lacked both originality and realism. Ranaut “is refreshing […] and manages to herd her emotions well, playing a complex role but hardly ever overreaching,” according to Raja Sen, who gave a more positive review but criticized Ranaut’s delivery of English lines. Ranaut received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female in recognition of her performance.

Ranaut then costarred with Jayam Ravi as a village girl in the 2008 Tamil romantic thriller Dhaam Dhoom. Following the death of director Jeeva from cardiac arrest, the crew finished the movie, putting a temporary stop to production. Ranaut had “little scope” in an unsuitable role, according to a Post review. Her next movie, the drama Fashion (2008), was hailed as a “landmark” moment in her career by India Today.

In the film, which is set against the backdrop of the Indian fashion industry, Ranaut plays supermodel Shonali Gujral, who abuses drugs and finds it difficult to deal with her failing career. The Delhi Commission for Women ordered a stay on the film’s release and only approved it after a script narration because her role was allegedly based on the former model Geetanjali Nagpal, a claim Ranaut refuted.[b] Fashion was a commercial success, bringing in? 600 million (US$7.5 million) worldwide. The reviews for Ranaut’s performance were overwhelmingly positive. Her assured interpretation of the role was commended by Bollywood Hungama’s Taran Adarsh, while Nikhat Kazmi further stated that she “does an exquisite metamorphosis from a wispy, high-strung, nervous child-woman to a stunning ramp diva.” Ranaut won multiple accolades for her performance, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and the National Film Award.

2009–2012: Career fluctuations

Ranaut’s first 2009 release was the supernatural horror film Raaz: The Mystery Continues, directed by Mohit Suri. In it, she plays a successful model who is haunted by a ghost. Emraan Hashmi and Adhyayan Suman starred in the movie, which was a commercial success. Ranaut needed a “radical change of image,” according to Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express, who also pointed out that she was becoming stereotyped in roles that demanded that she be “hysterical.” She starred as the lead in two Telugu action films that year, Ek Niranjan and Vaada Raha, neither of which received much attention.

Ranaut had a brief role as Hrithik Roshan’s fiancée in Anurag Basu’s romantic thriller Kites (2010). After seeing the movie, she claimed to feel deceived because her role was significantly smaller than what she had originally agreed to. Later, she played the fictional character Rehana in the gangster movie Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, which was directed by Milan Luthria. The film, which also stars Prachi Desai, Emraan Hashmi, and Ajay Devgn, follows the ascent and eventual decline of an underworld don (Devgn) in the 1970s.

Ranaut stated that Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman’s performances became inspiration for her part, which she described as “a mix” of actress Madhubala and gangster Haji Mastan’s wife. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews, making it one of the year’s most successful releases. Ranaut had “never looked lovelier and been more playful,” according to India Today’s Kaveree Bamzai and Sarita Tanwar of Mid-Day thought the actress was “totally convincing” in the role. After starring as a TV reporter in the suspense thriller Knock Out (2010), Ranaut actively sought out a comedy, landing a part in Anees Bazmee’s No Problem (2010); however, neither movie helped further her career.

Ranaut, who was known for playing neurotic roles frequently, looked for roles that would be “less emotionally exhausting”. Tanu Weds Manu, directed by Anand L. Rai and starring R. Madhavan, was her first release of 2011; she calls it a “game changer” for her. She portrayed Kanpur-born, foul-mouthed, free-spirited, and rebellious university student Tanuja “Tanu” Trivedi, who enters an arranged marriage with London-based Indian doctor Manu (Madhavan).

According to Rai, he chose to cast her in the part to show that the actress could play a variety of parts and that the character she played in the movie was not like any of her previous roles. Although there were mixed reviews for the movie, her performance was appreciated. “Kangana Ranaut is a welcome surprise in a cheery, upbeat role that we haven’t seen her take on before,” wrote Rajeev Masand. Her distorted dialogue delivery only sometimes hinders her as she rises to the challenge.” She was nominated for Best Actress at multiple award shows, including Zee Cine and Screen.

Ranaut starred in a string of short, glitzy roles in four other 2011 films: Game, Double Dhamaal, Rascals, and Miley Naa Miley Hum, following the success of Tanu Weds Manu. All these movies did not do well, except for Double Dhamaal. Gaurav Malani of The Times of India wrote the following in his review of Rascals: “Kangana Ranaut is not comfortable in a comedic role. She finds it difficult to keep up and turns into a bimbo in her performance.” Ranaut later acknowledged that she took some of these roles for financial gain in addition to a lack of film offers. She starred in a supporting role opposite Ajay Devgn in Priyadarshan’s action thriller Tezz the following year, which was another box-office failure.

2013–2015: Established actress

Because Ranaut stood out in a mostly male-centric film, director Sanjay Gupta cast her in a brief role opposite John Abraham in the 2013 crime thriller Shootout at Wadala. Her role was written “to provide the sex quotient,” according to Tushar Joshi of The Daily News and Analysis, and critic Vinayak Chakravorty felt that she “does not get much scope […] beyond the steamy lovemaking grind.” The movie did fairly well at the box office.

Later in 2013, Ranaut found fame for her role as the shape-shifting mutant Kaya in Rakesh Roshan’s superhero movie Krrish 3, which also starred Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, and Vivek Oberoi. At first, she turned down the offer because she wasn’t happy with her performance in Rakesh Roshan’s film Kites. Following the rejection of the role by other actresses in a similar fashion, Roshan re-approached Ranaut with the promise of a better role, which she eventually accepted. Krrish 3 was praised for her performance but was criticized for being unoriginal and entertaining.”

According to Daily News and Analysis’s Sarita Tanwar, “She is delightful as an alien, making the weird hair and clothes work for her.” She even succeeds in making you feel her suffering. That was quite the accomplishment!” With a global gross of? 3 billion (US$38 million), it became one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films ever made and Ranaut’s most lucrative project to date. Later, in the critically and commercially unsuccessful musical drama Rajjo (2013), she portrayed the title role. Paloma Sharma of Rediff.com noted that she “struggles with her Mumbaiyya dialogues and is not as graceful in the dance sequences as one would have expected” in response to the harsh criticism directed towards her portrayal of a nautch girl.

2014 saw Ranaut further establish herself as a top actress in Hindi cinema when she starred in the coming-of-age comedy Queen, co-writing the dialogue alongside Anvita Dutt Guptan. She portrayed Rani, an innocent young woman who, after her fiancé (Rajkummar Rao) calls off their wedding, goes on her honeymoon by herself. “Independent and confident,” Ranaut thought the role was one of the hardest she had ever played because of the character’s dissimilar personality traits from her own.

Critics praised the movie and Ranaut’s performance in unison. Her ability to “jumps from one aspect of her character to another gracefully, showing her maturity as an actor,” according to Devesh Sharma of Filmfare; Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu stated that Queen is an utterly delightful journey because Rani, played by Ranaut in a role of a lifetime. Her innocence, small-town charm, vulnerability, spirit, strength, warmth, and gradually growing confidence are what first win us over.”Ranaut received the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the movie, which outperformed critics and became a big box office hit. Over the years, Queen has gained cult status and academic recognition as a significant feminist film.

After this triumph, Ranaut portrayed a combative politician in the 2014 black comedy Revolver Rani and a medical intern in the political drama Ungli. The Touch, an English-language short film about a four-year-old boy and his dog, marked her production and directing debut in the same year. She co-wrote the screenplay with an Australian writer and had it filmed in America.

In Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), the follow-up to Tanu Weds Manu, Ranaut played two parts the following year: she returned to the role of Tanuja from the first film and took on the role of Datto, an aspiring Haryanvi athlete. She attended workshops to learn the Haryanvi language, trained in the triple jump, and interacted with the University of Delhi students while posing as them in order to prepare for the latter role.

Critics gave the movie favorable reviews, with Ranaut’s performance being cited as its strongest point. She “brings such vitality and grace to these two very different characters that it can occasionally be difficult to recognize that the same actress is performing both parts,” according to Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV, and Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times appreciated her for her expertise in the body language and accents of the two women. Tanu Weds Manu Returns became the highest-grossing Bollywood film with a female lead after grossing over? 2.4 billion (US$30 million) globally.

Ranaut received a second consecutive National Film Award for Best Actress, a Filmfare Critics Award, and a nomination for Best Actress at the festival. Moreover, in 2015, Ranaut starred in two box office bombs: Nikkhil Advani’s Katti Batti and the romantic comedies I Love New Year (a production postponed since 2013). In the latter, Uday Bhatia of Mint observed that she “lack[ed] the sort of definition she’s had in her last few roles” in her portrayal of a cancer patient opposite Imran Khan.

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Following a year-long hiatus, Ranaut returned to the screen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s romantic drama Rangoon (2017), playing Julia, a 1940s heroine and stunt woman based on the actress Fearless Nadia. She was particularly drawn to the “fierceness and sensuality” of that era and played the part of an “amalgamation of many characters” from that era. She practiced sword fighting and horseback riding in addition to doing her own stunts. Even though Ranaut and Kapoor denied the media reports that suggested they had a feud, they both made public criticism of the other.

Reviews for Rangoon were largely favorable, with particular attention paid to Ranaut’s performance. She was dubbed “terrific” by Hindustan Times’ Rohit Vats, and NDTV named her among the year’s top actresses. She was put forward for a Filmfare Critics Award nomination. She played a Gujarati immigrant in Hansal Mehta’s crime comedy Simran that same year, where she committed a string of bank robberies to pay off her debts. She studied Gujarati for the part in order to get better at diction. While improvising multiple dialogues on set, she shared screenwriting credit with Apurva Asrani, who accused Ranaut and Mehta of undervaluing his contributions to the script. Her Simran performance was well received. Simran and Rangoon were both box office busts.

Ranaut won her fourth Best Actress prize at the 67th National Film Awards for her roles in Panga (2020) and Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019). She also functioned as co-director for the former, a biopic of the Indian freedom fighter Rani of Jhansi, after Krish left the project due to constant arguments with Ranaut. Because of disagreements with her, her co-star Sonu Sood also left the production. After that, Ranaut reshot a large chunk of the movie, which doubled the production budget. With largely positive reviews and a moderate level of mainstream success at the premiere, the focus of attention was primarily on Ranaut’s powerful performance as the film’s titular heroine.

Ranaut gave an “extraordinary performance,” as noted by Rajeev Masand, who praised the film for being “a purposefully basic movie; a classic patriotic tale told with full nationalist passion and in the broadest possible terms” Kangana Ranaut “commands the screen with a fiery, arresting presence, never go your attention wander away from her.”With largely positive reviews and a moderate level of mainstream success at the premiere, the focus of attention was primarily on Ranaut’s powerful performance as the film’s titular heroine.

Ranaut reconnected with Rajkummar Rao in Prakash Kovelamudi’s dark comedy Judgementall Hai Kya, which was her second release of the year. Her character was a quirky, mentally unstable woman who wanted to expose a man (Rao) who she thought might have killed his wife. She was deemed “terrific” by Shubhra Gupta, who also observed “connections between what’s happening on screen and Ranaut’s off-screen seemingly off-kilter joustings which routinely make so much news of the wrong kind.”Ranaut blamed the film’s poor box office performance on the high production costs brought on by her salary. Finding Ranaut’s role in the movie “decidedly more complicated and twisted” than her “riveting” turn in Manikarnika, Sukanya Verma named it one of the best performances of the year. Ranaut’s roles in both movies earned her nominations for Filmfare Awards.

Ranaut debuted in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s sports drama Panga at the start of the decade. She played Jaya Nigam, a former world champion in kabaddi who is urged to take up the sport again by her spouse. She trained every day for five months straight and kept a strict, healthy diet in order to get ready for the role. Her performance was sensitive, as noted by Anupama Chopra of Film Companion and Rachel Saltz of The New York Times.”Jaya is made specific and credible by Ranaut; she is not just another mom, athlete, or woman. Ranaut piques your interest in Jaya’s potential and makes you wonder what kind of place she can make for herself in the world.”

After establishing Manikarnika Films in 2020, Ranaut starred in the biopic Thalaivii (2021) the following year, portraying actor-turned-politicians J. Jayalalithaa and M. G. Ramachandran, respectively, alongside Arvind Swamy. Ranaut gained 20 kg (44 lb) for the part. Critics gave the movie mixed reviews, but they all gave her performance high marks. Baradwaj Rangan praised her decision to channel “the lack of power, the frustrations, the disappointments and the fact of what it meant to be a woman in politics back then” puts all of this across beautifully” as opposed to mimicking her”; however, Srivatsan S. from The Hindu thought she was miscast, pointing out that Swamy’s role is longer than Ranaut’s. She won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress in Tamil for her performance. Her nomination for a Filmfare Award for the role was revoked due to what the association rejected as “false accusations.” She expressed her extreme unhappiness with the nomination, claiming that Filmfare’s awarding method was dishonest and wrong, and threatened legal action if her name was not removed.

Ranaut was the host of the reality series Lock Upp in 2022, which attracted a lot of viewers when it streamed on MX Player and ALTBalaji. Later, she appeared in the action movie Dhaakad as a spy. Out of her nine previous films, this was her eighth box office failure. Magazines like Bollywood Hungama and Box Office India made comments about her declining popularity. She produced the critically acclaimed black comedy Tiku Weds Sheru in 2023, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur.

Her next role was as the lead dancer in Chandramukhi 2, a Tamil comedy horror sequel released in 2023. The movie was a huge financial failure and received negative reviews from critics. Priyanka Sundar of First called her performance “melodramatic” in a critical critique. In the drama Tejas, Ranaut then played the title role of an Indian Air Force pilot. There were mixed reactions to her performance. It performed poorly at the box office once more. In her upcoming second film, Emergency, which is based on the 1977 Indian Emergency, Ranaut will play Indira Gandhi. Additionally, she will work with R. Madhavan again on an untitled physiological thriller movie.

Political Career of Kangana Ranaut

Ranaut supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and identifies with right-wing ideologies. Being a frequent social media commenter, she frequently shares her political opinions, discusses her involvement in religion, and criticizes both the Hindi film industry and liberals. Her blunt approach and combative demeanor, demonstrated by multiple widely publicized altercations with colleagues regarding her opinions, have garnered considerable media attention.

Twitter permanently suspended her account in May 2021 due to repeated infractions of the company’s policies regarding abusive behavior and hateful conduct. In January 2023, after the ban was lifted, she went back on the platform. She was announced as a candidate by the BJP in March 2024 for the upcoming general election in India, which she will run in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat.

Ranaut has made frequent comments about political figures, some of which have drawn harsh criticism and retaliation from other political figures. Following her criticism of the then-chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his administration for their handling of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in September 2020, she received death threats from several Shiv Sena leaders, including Sanjay Raut. Furthermore, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished the illegal portions of her house and issued a backdated notice for illegal modifications on the orders of the Shiv Sena leadership. After the demolishing, the Bombay High Court found against the BMC and in her favor, stating that the BMC behaved maliciously and directed the BMC to compensate Ranaut. Ranaut was provided security by the Central Government’s Central Reserve Police Force due to the nature of the threats.

Personal Life of Kangana Ranaut

Ranaut has said that because she wasn’t ready to be an actress, her first few years in the business were difficult. struggled to “fit in” and was aware of her poor command of the English language. She recalled in a 2013 interview with Daily News and Analysis: Ranaut regarded actor Aditya Pancholi and his wife Zarina Wahab as her “family away from home” during the difficult times. When the media began to speculate about the nature of her relationship with Pancholi, she found herself at the center of a widely reported scandal. Despite making multiple public appearances alongside him, she refrained from discussing it in public. It was reported in 2007 that Ranaut had reported Pancholi to the police for physically abusing her while intoxicated. In an interview the following year, Pancholi confirmed the affair, claiming that he had previously lived with Ranaut and accusing her of owing him. 2.5 million (US$31,000). Ranaut’s representative responded by stating that she had “already given ? 5 million (US$63,000) to [him] as a goodwill gesture” and that “after physically assaulting her in the middle of a road, he has no right to expect anything from her”. Ranaut later claimed that she was “physically and mentally” damaged as a result of the incident.

Ranaut and co-star Adhyayan Suman struck up a romantic relationship in 2008 while Raaz: The Mystery Continues was being filmed. The following year, they split up at Suman’s insistence that he concentrate on his work. She was in a long-distance relationship with English doctor Nicholas Lafferty from 2010 to 2012; she called it “the most normal” she had ever been in a relationship, but they ended amicably because she wasn’t ready for marriage. Since then, she has insisted that she will never get married and stated that she wants to be free from the constraints of a relationship. Her co-star from Krrish 3, Hrithik Roshan, sued Ranaut in 2016 on charges of cyberstalking and harassment. Ranaut responded with a counter-charge against Roshan, refuting the allegations and saying that Roshan was trying to hide their affair from him in order to facilitate his divorce. Later that year, the case was closed due to insufficient evidence.

Alongside her sister Rangoli, who suffered an acid attack in 2006, Ranaut resides in Mumbai. She travels to her hometown of Bhambla once a year. Ranaut is a devout Hindu who adheres to Swami Vivekananda’s teachings and views meditation as “the highest form of worshipping God.” She is a vegetarian, having been voted “India’s hottest vegetarian” in a 2013 PETA survey. She has been learning Kathak dance from the Nateshwar Nritya Kala Mandir since 2009.

Kangana Ranaut has shown a keen interest in the technical side of film production, and in 2014 she participated in a two-month study at the New York Film Academy to learn more about the craft. She stated that she wants to live a normal life despite her fame in an interview with Filmfare, saying, “I don’t want to lose my rights as a common person to learn and grow.”

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