Rani Mukerji
Indian actress who works in Bollywood movies.
Getting up at odd hours to catch flights. I hate the long hours of waiting. There are times when one is continuously travelling, from one city to another, hopping from one studio to another or changing from one costume to another. It is annoying, but after a point, one learns to be immune to one’s surroundings.
He's a fantastic actor because he is so unpredictable. I really saw a gradual change in him from Hum Tum to Ta Ra Rum Pum when I worked with him now. He's growing everyday as an actor. He's becoming completely flawless.
If I had to make Black a hundred times,it would be with Rani each time.I haven't seen such an honest,spirited and spontaneous performance in ages.
It would be very unfair to compare "Black" with any other film. I can't do a role of a handicapped person. It'd look like a carryover of "Black". Every film is a new experience for me. I respect my work too much to act superior about other films. "Black" is a kind of film that comes once in a lifetime. Even Sanjay [Leela Bhansali] can't make it again.
I don't party, I don't get drunk and I don't have affairs. So all my passion goes into my work.
For me, a director is more important than a big banner. A great director can do wonders. Of course, banners do matter because, ultimately, after all the hard work you put it, the film must release. This will happen only if you work with a good banner or a producer who markets your film well, gives the director whatever he wants, and releases the film.
On the Ash Replacement Controversy in Chalte Chalte (2003).
I love daal chawal. I am not a restaurant person. I enjoy home food a lot.
[On her fallout with Abhishek Bachchan] The truth is if someone chooses not to invite you to their wedding you realize where you stand with that person. You may be deluded and think you are friends but maybe that friendship was only extended as co-stars on the sets. It doesn't matter. It became very clear to me that we were only co-stars not friends.
She has very expressive eyes through which she conveys a lot. She has a great understanding of the scene, is able to catch the right key.
I’ve just gone through a life-changing experience. It’s called Black… Mr Bachchan’s is the best performance I’ve seen by a male actor. And Rani? My God! When I remember how I’d scream instructions at her during Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I wonder what I was doing! Rani has surpassed not just her contemporaries but almost everything done by actresses in our cinema in the last 50 years.
I admit I did Mangal Pandey for Aamir. I can never say no to Aamir or Shahrukh.
Salman Khan is probably one of the most good looking people we have in our industry.
I’m happy Black is a hit. It marks my hat-trick after Hum Tum and Veer-Zaara.
My favourite costars are Kajol and now Rani Mukerji. They're very natural actresses and act spontaneously."
Right from the start, director Aziz Mirza wanted Rani. She heard a full narration of the script before me. But she was doing what she thought was a similar film [Saathiya]. Though I had worked with her in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, I had never done a full-fledged role with her. She began her career with me in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She was supposed to do Dil Se with me as well. Chalte Chalte has given her a role worthy of her talent.
I agree I have great screen chemistry with Rani. I was watching ‘Hum Tum’ the other day and I just think it’s a magical movie in parts. I think she’s a phenomenal actor and she brings something really special to the screen, for which I respect her a lot. It is competitive for me to be working with her because I actually want to be better than her because she is so very good.
Rani is my favouritest actress. She is the Queen. And she's also my best friend.
Rani Mukerji has the most beautiful eyes in the world.
The kiss with Kamal Haasan [in Hey! Ram] was mechanical. He was constantly checking the right angle. Where was the passion?