Meet the actress who belongs from a filmy family, faced rejection due to her voice; later worked in a 120 crores action franchise

MUMBAI:Many star kids get an opportunity to work in an industry where sometimes they fail to impress an audience for which they leave the industry.  One such actress, who belonged to the family of stars, but quit acting  after flop debut. Later,  she made a comeback and became a star.

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The actress we are talking about started her career at the age of 18 and became a star at the age of 20. She has worked with many megastars in her career and at the age of 40 also led the biggest action franchise. She is none other than Rani Mukherji.

Rani revealed that she never wanted to be an actress and it was her mother who forced her into the profession. The actress made her acting debut at the age of 18 in the movie Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat, but the film flopped at the box office after which the actress decided to quit acting and to focus on her studies.

However, later, at the age of 20, the actress made her comeback opposite Aamir Khan in the film Ghulam, helmed by Vikram Bhatt, which marked her first commercial success. In the same year, Karan Johar cast her opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in his directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which again became a superhit.  With this, the actress became a star and established herself as an actress in the industry.

The actress after this becomes a star and gives several hits, however, her initial journey wasn't a bed of roses. The actress revealed in an interview how she faced rejections because of her unique voice and said, "If I really believed what people thought about my voice, then my voice would not have been loved by millions of people. If I hadn’t put my foot down and dubbed my own films…people today recognise me by my voice. Not many people thought that my voice could become so special."

Later,  Rani Mukerji became the only Indian actress to have her own action franchise, when she starred in Mardaani. The film did wonders at the box office and collected Rs 59.30 crore and following the success of the first part, after 4 years, the makers released the second part, Mardaani 2 which collected Rs 67 crore worldwide at the box office.

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