Kangana Ranaut is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works in Hindi films. The recipient of several awards, including four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards, she has featured six times in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.

 

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Kangana Amardeep Ranaut
Nickname(s)	Arshad, OTA (One Take Actor)
Profession(s)	Actress, Writer, Director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 55 kg in pounds- 121 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	34-26-34
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Bollywood Film (Actress): Gangster (2006) Tamil Film (Actress): Dhaam Dhoom (2008) Telugu Film (Actress): Ek Niranjan (2009) Writer: Queen (2014) Director: Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
Awards, Achievements	National Film Awards 2009: Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Fashion' (2008) 2015: Best Actress for the film 'Queen' (2014) 2016: Best Actress for the film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' (2015) 2019: Best Actress for two of her films 'Panga' and 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' Filmfare Awards 2007: Best Female Debut for the film 'Gangster' (2006) 2009: Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Fashion' (2008) 2015: Best Actress for the film 'Queen' (2014) 2016: Best Actress (Critics) for the film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' (2015) Note: Along with these, she has many other awards, honours, achievements to her name
Personal Life
Date of Birth	23 March 1986
Age (as of 2021)	35 Years
Birthplace	Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Aries
Signature/Autograph
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India
School	DAV Model School, Sector 15, Chandigarh
College/University	N/A
Educational Qualification	12th standard
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Kshatriya (Rajput)
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Political Inclination	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) [1]
Address	A 4-BHK apartment in Khar, Mumbai
Hobbies	Cooking, Reading, Writing, Doing Yoga, Listening to Music
Tattoo(s)	Nape of the Neck- A sword and wings with a crown Left Ankle- A warrior angel
Controversies	• During her initial days in Bollywood, she was in a relationship with Aditya Pancholi, who was around 20 years older than her and already married. However, things got complicated when she accused Aditya of violence and broke up with him. • After her break up with Adhyayan Suman, he said, "I was emotionally badgered because of my relationship. Kangna only knows how to use, abuse and throw. She has flooded me with abusive calls ever since the truth about her fake claims came out. I have remained silent on her abusive nature for so many years, but she is crossing all limits now. Since I haven’t been taking her calls, her aides have been calling my mother and harassing her." • She is known for her bold statements, but she made a blunder during a chat show by saying that, "Just good friends could be friendship plus f**k buddies. Just friends in Bollywood mean f**k buddies who are little promoted." • During the 2012 Blender Pride Fashion Week, in Mumbai, she suffered a wardrobe malfunction while walking the ramp for designer Gavin Miguel. • She and Hrithik Roshan had a media-led fight which started off with her calling him as a "silly ex", and later resulted in full-blown name-calling, e-mail leaking, legal battle. • In 2018, during the MeToo movement, Kangana Ranaut alleged that Vikas Bahl had harassed her on the sets of 'Queen.' • In January 2019, just before the release of her film 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi,' the Karni Sena threatened the makers of the film that if the image of Rani Lakshmibai is maligned in the film, then makers will have to "face consequences." To which Kangana strongly replied, "Four historians have certified 'Manikarnika', we have got censor certificate as well, Karni Sena has been conveyed this but they are continuing to harass me. If they don't stop then they should know I am also a Rajput and I will destroy each one of them." • Kangana Ranaut and Sanjay Raut of the Shiv Sena locked in a bitter war of words since Kangana termed Mumbai unsafe after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Earlier, her comment that she feared living in Mumbai had led to a severe backlash from the Shiv Sena, and the state's home minister Anil Deshmukh said she had no right to stay in Mumbai. Kangana accused Sena leaders like Sanjay Raut of threatening her and remarked "why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir." This comment escalated the row between Kangana and Shiv Sena. [2] Later, the Centre government sanctioned "Y-plus" security cover to Kangana Ranaut; with this, the actress had a total of 11 CRPF personnel for her personal protection. [3] • Amid the row between Kangana Ranaut and Maharashtra Government, the BMC officials served a notice under section 354/ A of the Municipal Corporation Act after inspection to Kangana Ranaut and pasted the notice at her office gate in Mumbai. The notice pointed out over a dozen alterations in the bungalow, like a "toilet being converted into office cabin" and "new toilets being constructed alongside the staircase." [4] • In December 2020, she attracted controversy after she misidentified an elderly woman as the 'Dadi' (Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh fame) through a tweet in which she doubted the intention of her taking part in the ongoing farmers' protest against the central government's newly drafted farmer's bills. Later, the elderly woman was found to be a Sikh woman, Mahinder Kaur. Punjabi actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh took to Twitter to condemn Kangana's remarks on the elderly woman, and this Twitter war became intense after Kangana retaliated and addressed Diljit a ‘pet’ of filmmaker Karan Johar. Later, Kangana received criticisms from many celebrities including Swara Bhaskar, Richa Chadda, Ammy Virk, Mika Singh, and others. [5] • On 1 February 2021, she received a summon from a metropolitan magistrate court in Mumbai to appear on 1 March 2021. The summon was issued after a criminal complaint filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar in which he alleged that on 19 July 2020, during an interview, Ms. Ranaut linked his name to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's alleged suicide case. [6]
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Aditya Pancholi (Actor) Adhyayan Suman (Actor) Ajay Devgan (Actor, Rumour) Nicholas Lafferty (British Doctor) Hrithik Roshan (Actor)
Family
Husband/Spouse	N/A
Parents	Father- Amardeep Ranaut (Businessman) Mother- Asha Ranaut (Teacher)
Siblings	Brother- Akshit Ranaut Sister- Rangoli Ranaut (Elder, Manager)
Favourite Things
Food(s)	Berry Burst, Dal-Chawal
Beverage(s)	Coffee, Red Wine
Cuisine	Italian
Actor(s)	Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan
Actresses	Sridevi, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn
Film(s)	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Piku, Bombay Velvet
Colour	Black
Book	Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
Sport	Basketball
Perfume	Chanel No. 5
Fashion Icon	Sonam Kapoor
Restaurant	KongPoush in Mumbai
Hotel(s)	Soho Grand Hotel in New York, Le Meurice in Paris, Four Seasons in Maldives, Courthouse in London
Destination(s)	Paris, Milan, London, New York
Style Quotient
Car Collection	BMW 7 Series
Assets/Properties	• A 67,000 per sq. ft bungalow in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai (worth ₹20.7 crore, as in 2018) [7] • A 8-BHK bungalow in Manali, Himachal Pradesh [8]
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Rs. 14 crore/film (as in 2019)
Net Worth (approx.)	$10 million (as in 2017)

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kangana Ranaut

• Does Kangana Ranaut smoke?: Yes

• Does Kangana Ranaut drink alcohol?: Yes

• Kangana was born to a well-off Rajput landlord family of Himachal Pradesh.

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut’s Childhood Photo

• She grew up in a male dominant conservative joint family and the biased restriction made her rebellious. She told in an interview, “My father slapped me for the first time at 15 and I told him, If you slap me I will slap you back.”

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut Teenage Photo

• Her mother wanted her to get married at the age of 16, but Kangana straightaway showed her disapproval.

• In her childhood, she rarely saw films; as her hometown didn’t have a theatre and DVD’s was a rarity at that time.

• She was always a bright student and aspired to become a doctor. As a science student, she used to study for around 18 hours a day and secured 90% in her intermediate. But she suffered a setback when she failed to clear her pre-medical, which made her quit studies and move out of her hometown.

• While studying at DAV School in sector -15, Chandigarh, she shared her hostel room with Ranita and Bondina who became her close friends, and they were called “Charlie’s Angels.”

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut’s picture from her school days

• In her younger days, she was an active participator in the beauty contests.

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut Participating In Various Beauty Competitions

• She was kicked out of her house when she told her family that she wanted to enter the glamour world.

• When she moved to Delhi, she initially learnt music, and in 2003, she joined Elite Modelling Agency in Delhi in 2003, to become a model.

• Before doing films, she worked as a theatre actor in Delhi with the Asmita Theatre Group. Her first play was Girish Karnad‘s Taledanda (Rakt-Kalyan). Moreover, she also did plays for Arvind Gaur’s workshop at India Habitat Centre.

• In 2005, her younger sister Rangoli Chandel was attacked with acid by a man, who had entered her house as a money order delivery boy.

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut With Her Sister Rangoli Ranaut

• She learnt acting skills from Asha Chandra’s acting school in Mumbai.

• When she was in Mumbai for a catalogue shoot, she gave auditions to Mohit Suri, Anurag Basu, and Mahesh Bhatt, for the film ‘Gangster’ (2006). Mahesh Bhatt was reluctant to cast her; as he considered her too young for the role, and instead, he shortlisted Chitrangada Singh. Two months later, the dejected Kangana Ranaut got a call from Anurag Basu that she has been selected to play the lead role in the film as Chitrangada had some issues with the outdoor shoot.
  

• After making her acting with in the Bollywood film Gangster in 2006, she was felicitated at her school in DAV Chandigarh by her principal ma’am Dr. Sachdeva who crowned her as the “Pride of DAV.”

   

  

  Kangana Ranaut crowned as Pride of DAV in 2006

• She is one of the youngest Indian actresses to win the National Film Awards at the age of 22, Best Supporting Actress for Fashion (2008).

• She went to New York for her scriptwriting course but had to leave it midway; as she had to return to India to promote her film ‘Queen.’

• Earlier, she used to be a hardcore non-vegetarian, in 2013, she turned vegetarian. Moreover, in the same year, she was listed as “India’s Hottest Vegetarian” by PETA.

• She has won 3 National Awards for her performance in Fashion (2006), Queen (2014), and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015).

• She is a trained Kathak dancer.

• Her first crush was English footballer, David Beckham.

• She has hardly seen a dozen films and doesn’t watch TV shows at all.

• She dreams of purchasing an organic farmhouse and a stable in Shimla after she retires from her work.

• In September 2017, she revealed explosive things about her personal life and Bollywood film industry on Rajat Sharma‘s ‘Aap Ki Adalat.’

• A few days before the release of her film ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi,’ President Ram Nath Kovind watched a special screening of it at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre; where he also felicitated the cast and crew of the film.

 

• On 15 January 2020, Kangana added another feather to her cap after launching her production company, Manikarnika Films at Pali Hills in Mumbai. Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel, while sharing the news on her Twitter handle, tweeted,

  This is Kangana’s studio in Pali Hill prime location in Mumbai; she saw this dream 10 years ago and today we also saw it, if people can achieve anything with honesty and truth why do people do choti moti bundlebazi and act so dishonest.”

  

  Kangana Ranaut’s Film Studio

• Kangana spearheaded the row over nepotism following Sushant Singh Rajput‘s death after he committed suicide on 14 June 2020. She blamed certain dominant lobbies in Bollywood for promoting nepotism and treating outsiders in the industry as outcasts. She was praised heavily on social media for leading the nepotism row to criticize such lobbies in the industry. Her Instagram followers were also increased after that.

 

• Amid the growing row between Kangana Ranaut and the Shiv Sena, her office in Mumbai was demolished by the BMC the day when she returned to Mumbai from Manali on 9 September 2020. By sharing the photos of her damaged office on Twitter, she captioned the photos as “Pakistan…” and “Babur and his army.”

 

 

• Minutes before her landing at the Mumbai airport on 9 September 2020, the Bombay High Court put a stay to the demolition work. Later, while taking a dig at the Maharashtra Chief Minister, she shared a video message on her Instagram account.