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Kangana Ranaut (Hindi: कंगना राणावत) (born 23 March 1987 in Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Early life Kangana Ranaut is from a village called Bhambla in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.[1] She completed most of her schooling in Shimla. She studied science and wanted to be a doctor at one point.[2] In a passion for acting, Kangana travelled to Delhi, where she did several theatre shows.
[edit] Personal life
Ranaut's father is a businessman and her mother is a school teacher.[3] Ranaut has an elder sister named Rangoli who survived an acid attack in late 2006.[4]. She has a brother named Akshit, who is a year younger than her.[5] She is mocked in bollywood for her Broken English.
[edit] Career
Also known as sex symbol. Kangana moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies. She was unsuccessful for quite a while, until she received the offer for Mahesh Bhatt's 2006 film Gangster. During September 2005 Bollywood Film-maker Anurag Basu spotted her having coffee in a cafe in Bombay, and signed her up for this movie
[6]. The film was critically and commercially successful,
[7] her performance was especially applauded.[8] This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Woh Lamhe (2006).[9] Kangana later starred in the hit film Life In A... Metro as a confused girl who is looking for a real love and in Shakalaka Boom Boom (2007) as an aspiring singer. Kangana was announced as heroine of Jeeva's forthcoming Tamil venture, Dhaam Dhoom on February 19, 2007. She is closely competing with Vidya Balan and Deepika Padukone in establishing herself as a new genre actress. Has a current offer to star in an US based film entitled "Between the Night and the Moon"(2009). She is to play a character named Zoon and is a romantic film lightly based on Romeo and Juliet. Set in Kashmir and Miami, Florida. Directed by Italian Director Gilda Pianelli. In march 2008 her driver filed a case against her for slapping him.
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