Bollywood stars
Rani Mukerji
National Film Award, Best Actress
About Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway, at the 71st awards announced on 1 August 2025 (the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau). Her films on the Yash Raj Films site alone run from 1998 to 2021.
On screen
She was Tina in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Suhani in Shaad Ali’s Saathiya (2002) and Rhea in Kunal Kohli’s Hum Tum (2004), and the same year appeared with Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta in Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara. In Black (2005) she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan.
Mardaani (22 August 2014) made her Senior Inspector Shivani Shivaji Roy of the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police, hunting a trafficking ring through the city; she returned to the role in Mardaani 2 (2019). In Hichki (2018) she plays the teacher Naina Mathur.
In Mardaani she is Senior Inspector Shivani Shivaji Roy of the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police.
Our advice: watch Mardaani for a portrait of the city, and Hum Tum for her comic timing.
Selected films
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (16 October 1998), directed by Karan Johar
Mann (9 July 1999), directed by Indra Kumar
Mujhse Dosti Karoge (9 August 2002), directed by Kunal Kohli
Saathiya (20 December 2002), directed by Shaad Ali
Chalte Chalte (13 June 2003), directed by Aziz Mirza
Yuva (21 May 2004), directed by Mani Ratnam
Hum Tum (28 May 2004), directed by Kunal Kohli
Veer-Zaara (12 November 2004), directed by Yash Chopra
Black (4 February 2005), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Paheli (24 June 2005), directed by Amol Palekar
Mangal Pandey: The Rising (12 August 2005), directed by Ketan Mehta
Ta Ra Rum Pum (27 April 2007), directed by Siddharth Anand
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman (12 October 2007), directed by Pradeep Sarkar
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (27 June 2008), directed by Kunal Kohli
Dil Bole Hadippa (18 September 2009), directed by Anurag Singh
Mardaani (22 August 2014), directed by Pradeep Sarkar
Hichki (23 March 2018), directed by Siddharth P Malhotra
Mardaani 2 (13 December 2019)
Bunty Aur Babli 2 (19 November 2021)
Release dates and directors are from the films’ pages on the Yash Raj Films and Red Chillies Entertainment websites.
Why it's on our list
- Best Actress, 71st National Film Awards
- Shivani Shivaji Roy of the Mumbai Police
- Saathiya, Hum Tum, Veer-Zaara
Release dates and directors come from the studios’ own websites, and the National Film Awards from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau.