Kangana Ranaut (pronounced [kəŋɡənaː
raːɳoːʈʰ]; born 23 March 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a
career in Bollywood and is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Ranaut
is particularly known in the media for expressing her honest opinions in public
and is frequently credited as one of the most fashionable Indian celebrities.
She is the recipient of several awards, including two National Film Awards and
Filmfare Awards in four categories.
Born in Bhambla, a small town in
Himachal Pradesh, Ranaut initially aspired to become a doctor at the insistence
of her parents. Determined to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi
at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the
theatre director Arvind Gaur, Ranaut made her feature film debut in the 2006
thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female
Debut. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the
dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008).
Ranaut has stated that her
initial years in the film industry were marred with difficulties as she was
unprepared to be an actress. She was conscious of her poor command of the
English language and struggled to "fit in". In a 2013 interview with
Daily News and Analysis, Ranaut recollected:
"People in the industry
treated me like I didn't deserve to be spoken to and I was some unwanted
object. I couldn't speak English fluently and people made fun of me for that.
So dealing with rejection became a part of life. ... All that has taken a toll,
I guess. I find it hard to deal with praise. Today, when people say that I have
made it and made it on my own, I feel like locking up myself somewhere ... It
scares me."
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