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Age: 38 Years
Caste: Rajput
Hometown: Bhambla, Himachal Pradesh

Kangana Ranaut

Bio/Wiki
Full NameKangana Amardeep Ranaut
Nickname(s)Arshad, OTA (One Take Actor)
Profession(s)Actress, Writer, Director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)5' 6" (168 cm)
Weight (approx.)55 Kg (121 lbs)
Figure Measurements (approx.)34-26-34
Eye ColourDark Brown
Hair ColourBlack
Career
DebutBollywood Film (Actress): Gangster (2006)
Gangster (2006)
Tamil Film (Actress): Dhaam Dhoom (2008)
Dhaam Dhoom (2008)
Telugu Film (Actress): Ek Niranjan (2009)
Ek Niranjan (2009)
Writer: Queen (2014)
Queen (2013)
Director: Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
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)
Kangana Ranaut receiving the National Award for the film Queen
2016: Best Actress for the film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' (2015)
Kangana Ranaut receiving the National Award for the film Tanu Weds Manu Returns
2019: Best Actress for two of her films 'Panga' and 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'
Kangana Ranaut posing with her National Film Award along with her parents

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)

State Awards

2020: Padma Shri
Kangana Ranaut receiving Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind

Note: Along with these, she has many other awards, honours, achievements to her name
Politics
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP (March 2024-present)
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Political Journey• 2024: Joined the BJP in March
Kangana Ranaut with BJP National President J P Nadda after joining the BJP
• 2024: Contested the Lok Sabha election from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh on a ticket of the BJP and won by a margin of 74,755 votes against her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh
• September 2024: Assigned to Parliament's standing committee on Communications and IT
Personal Life
Date of Birth23 March 1986 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)38 Years
BirthplaceBhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Zodiac signAries
Signature/AutographKangana Ranaut's Autograph
NationalityIndian
HometownBhambla, Himachal Pradesh, India
SchoolDAV Model School, Sector 15, Chandigarh
College/UniversityN/A
Educational Qualification12th standard
ReligionHinduism
CasteKshatriya (Rajput)
Food HabitNon-Vegetarian
AddressA 4-BHK apartment in Khar, Mumbai
Kangana Ranaut's Apartment In Khar, Mumbai
HobbiesCooking, Reading, Writing, Doing Yoga, Listening to Music
Tattoo(s)Nape of the Neck- A sword and wings with a crown
Kangana Ranaut's Neck Tattoo
Left Ankle- A warrior angel
Kangana Ranaut's Foot Tattoo
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. [1]NDTV 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. [2]The Times of India

• 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." [3]The Times of India
The notice pasted by the BMC on the office gate of Kangana Ranaut in Mumbai

• 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.
Kangana Ranaut's tweet about Bilkis Bano taking part in farmers' protest in Delhi
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. [4]Hindustan Times

• 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. [5]The Hindu

• On 4 May 2021, her Twitter account was permanently suspended after she posted a series of controversial tweets. Following the result of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Elections, violence erupted in the state, and Kangana took to Twitter to give a piece of her mind and said that violence could only be stopped through violence. [6]The Hindu
Kangana Ranaut's tweet over the violence in West Bengal
On 24 January 2023, her Twitter account was reinstated after nearly two years. [7]The Hindu

• Chandigarh Airport slap incident
On 6 June 2024, a woman personnel named Kulwinder Kaur belonging to the Central Industrial Security Force slapped Kangana at Chandigarh airport. In a video that Kangana later shared on Twitter, she revealed that when she asked the CISF personnel why she slapped her, she replied that she supported the farmer's protest. The CISF personnel was later suspended and taken into the police custody. [8]The Hindu Kulwinder Kaur also shared a video in which she said that her mother had participated in the 2020-21 protest by farmers against (now-scrapped) three farm laws. Kaur said that she slapped Kangana as she was upset by Kangana's comment in December 2020 that people were willing to join the protest for as low as Rs. 100. [9]NDTV Kangana also shared a story on Instagram condemning Bollywood for not speaking out on the incident; however, she later deleted the story.
Kangana Ranaut's Instagram story on Bollywood's silence about the slap incident
• War of words with Annu Kapoor
During the press conference of Annu Kapoor's film Hamare Barah, he was asked about Kangana Ranaut's slap incident at Chandigarh Airport to which he seemed unaware of her identity and said,

“Yeh Kangana ji kaun hain? Please batao na kaun hain? Zaahir hai aap pooch rahe hain toh koi bahut badi heroine hongi? Sundar hain kya?”

A journalist later told him that Kangana was an elected Member of Parliament to which Annu Kapoor said,

“Oho woh bhi ho gayi! Abhi toh bahut shaktishaali ho gayi hain. Ek sundar hai toh hume waese hi unse jalan horahi hai kyuki hum toh bohut bhadde...aadmi hai. Uske baad powerful hai. Aap bolrahe hai kisi officer nein unhe thappad maar diya? Toh unko puri kaarwahi karni chahiye definitely.”

Kangana Ranaut later posted a reply on her Instagram story where she wrote,

“Do you agree with Annu Kapoor ji that we tend to hate a successful woman, hate her more if she is beautiful and hate her even more passionately if she is powerful? Is it true?”

Annu Kapoor later responded to her reaction to his comments and posted an apology letter on social media and clarified that not knowing someone was not a crime.
Annu Kapoor's apology letter to Kangana Ranaut
• Javed Akhtar sought non-bailable warrant against her
In July 2024, Javed Akhtar requested the court to issue a non-bailable warrant against Kangana Ranaut for her continuous non appearance in court. The case was related to a meeting at Akhtar's Mumbai residence in March 2016, where Akhtar asked Kangana to apologise to Hrithik Roshan. Kangana and Roshan had war of words over some exchanged emails. [10]India Today In September 2024, the case was transferred to a Special Magistrate Court in Mumbai as she became an MP in June 2024. [11]Hindustan

• Defamation Case Against Kangana
In August 2024, a senior Supreme Court lawyer named Narendra Mishra filed a defamation case of Rs. 44 crore against her after she shared an edited photo of Rahul Gandhi on her Instagram handle in which he was seen wearing a tilak on his forehead, a cross around his neck, and a taqiyah (Muslim skull cap). She was also criticised by the netizens for sharing such photos.
A snip of the Instagram story uploaded by Kangana Ranaut
• Criticised for Her Remarks
In the same month, Kangana Ranaut hit the headlines after she uploaded a tweet on X claiming that the farmer's protests could have led to a Bangladesh-type situation in India had the Indian government not handled it correctly. She also claimed that during the protests, many dead bodies were found hanging and that there were instances of sexual abuse as well. Following her remarks, she received criticism from many politicians and netizens. The BJP also criticised her for her remarks and said,

"It is not Kangana's department to speak on farmers, Kangana's statement is personal. PM Modi and BJP are farmer friendly. The opposition parties are working against us and Kangana's statement is doing the same." [12]India Today

Later, she released a statement saying that her views on the farm laws were personal, and it did not represent the views of the party.

• Remarks on Atul Subhash's Suicide
She received criticism in December 2024 after she commented on the death of the Bengaluru-based techie Atul Subhash, who ended his life due to problems in marriage. In her statement, she said that "in 99 per cent of marriages, men are at fault."
Relationships & More
Marital StatusUnmarried
Affairs/BoyfriendsAditya Pancholi (Actor)
Kangana Ranaut with Aditya Pancholi
Adhyayan Suman (Actor)
Kangana Ranaut With Adhyayan Suman
Ajay Devgan (Actor, Rumour)
Kangana Ranaut With Ajay Devgan
Nicholas Lafferty (British Doctor)
Kangana Ranaut With Nicholas Lafferty
Hrithik Roshan (Actor)
Kangana Ranaut With Hrithik Roshan
Nishant Pitti (founder of EaseMyTrip) (rumoured)
A snip of Kangana Ranaut's Instagram story about dating rumours
Note: On 24 January 2024, Kangana Ranaut denied rumors of dating Nishant and revealed that she was dating someone else; she, however, did not disclose the name.
Family
ParentsFather- Amardeep Ranaut (Businessman)
Mother- Asha Ranaut (Teacher)
Kangana Ranaut With Her Parents And Siblings
SiblingsBrother- Akshit Ranaut
Sister- Rangoli Ranaut (Elder, Manager)
Favourites
Food(s)Berry Burst, Dal-Chawal
Beverage(s)Coffee, Red Wine
CuisineItalian
Actor(s)Guru Dutt
ActressesSridevi, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn
Film(s)Children of Heaven (1997), Moonlight (2016), La La Land (2016), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Blazing Saddles (1974)
Filmmaker(s)Christopher Nolan, K. Asif, Guru Dutt
ColourBlack
BookMahatma Gandhi Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
Sport Basketball
PerfumeChanel No. 5
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 [13]Hindustan Times• Mercedes GLE 350D SUV
• Audi Q3
• BMW 7 Series
Kangana Ranaut's BMW 7 Series
• Mercedes Maybach S-Class
Kangana Ranaut posing with her Marcedes Maybach S Class
• Mercedes-Maybach GLS
• Range Rover
Kangana Ranaut with her Range Rover
Assets/Properties (as of 2024)Movable (Rs. 28.7 crore)
• Gold Jewellery: Rs. 5 crore
• Silver Jewellery (60 Kg): Rs. 50 lakh
• Diamond Jewellery (14-carat): Rs. 3 crore
• Luxury Cars: Rs. 3.91 crore
• Share Market: Rs. 21 lakh

Immovable (Rs. 62.9 crore)

• A 67,000 per sq. ft bungalow in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai (worth Rs. 23.98 crore, as of May 2024)
• An 8-BHK bungalow in Manali, Himachal Pradesh (worth Rs. 4.97 crore as of May 2024)
Kangana Ranaut's Bungalow In Manali
• A residential property in Zirakpur, Punjab
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)Rs. 14 crore/film (as of 2019)
Net Worth (approx.)Rs. 91 crore (as of 14 May 2024)

Kangana Ranaut

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kangana Ranaut

  • Does Kangana Ranaut smoke?: Yes
  • Does Kangana Ranaut drink alcohol?: YesKangana Ranaut With A Glass Of Alcohol
  • Kangana was born to a well-off Rajput landlord family of Himachal Pradesh.

    Kangana Ranaut's Childhood Photo

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.
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  • 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

    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.
  • 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 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.

  • In September 2024, she revealed in an interview that she was compelled to sell the office of her production house Manikarnika Films in Mumbai for Rs. 32 crore due to financial constraints due to the delay in the release of her film Emergency. She said,

    Naturally, my film was supposed to release. I put all my personal property on it. Now that it’s not released, so anyway, that’s what properties are for – for times of crisis.”

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