Sabiha Shaikh (born 3 November 1989), known professionally as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in
Bhojpuri
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-language films. She is known for her roles in films like ''
Sasura Bada Paisawala
''Sasura Bada Paisawala'' () is a 2003 Indian Bhojpuri-language romance-drama film directed by Ajay Sinha, starring Manoj Tiwari and Rani Chatterjee. The film, released in 2003, cost about 30 lakhs to make, and was the highest grossing Bhoj ...
'', ''Sita'', ''
Devra Bada Satawela
''Devra Bada Satawela'' is a 2010 Indian Bhojpuri language film directed by Rajkumar R. Pandey. The main stars are Ravi Kishan, Pradeep Pandey Pakhi Hegde, Monalisha in this film.
Cast
* Pradeep Pandey as Chintu
*Ravi Kishan as Ravi
* Rani ...
'' and ''Rani No. 786''.
She also worked in the 2020 webseries ''
Mastram
''Mastram'' () is 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed by Akhilesh Jaiswal, and starring Rahul bagga and Tara Alisha Berry. The film is about an aspiring litterateur turning into an initially reluctant finally full-fledged ...
''.
Early life
Chatterjee was born as Sabiha Shaikh in a
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
family on 3 November 1989.
She was born and brought up in Mumbai.
Chatterjee did her schooling from Tungareshwar Academy High school, Vasai. Rani, who is originally Sabiha Shaikh on her documents, shares an interesting reason behind it. Talking to a section of media recently Rani said, "In 2004 I was shooting for a Bhojpuri film titled ''
Sasura Bada Paisawala
''Sasura Bada Paisawala'' () is a 2003 Indian Bhojpuri-language romance-drama film directed by Ajay Sinha, starring Manoj Tiwari and Rani Chatterjee. The film, released in 2003, cost about 30 lakhs to make, and was the highest grossing Bhoj ...
'' and one day we were shooting a sequence in a temple where I have to bang my head on the floor. And while the shoot was on a few media people had come to interview me also there was a lot of crowd was also watching the shoot. So my director thought revealing my original name might create a scene as I am a Muslim. So when someone people asked my name he said Rani and when they asked about my surname so he couldn't think of anything and said Chatterjee as Rani Mukerji was very famous at that point of time. And she also became famous with this name".
Rani also adds, "My family was definitely angry on me for keeping that name as my identity but she convinced them as she really found that name lucky. Manoj Tiwari was opposite me in the film and it became a huge hit on box office. In fact, made many records. Due to which I was offered a lot of work and I became the highest-paid actress in
Bhojpuri industry".
Career
Chatterjee made her film debut in the 2003 Bhojpuri family drama ''
Sasura Bada Paisawala
''Sasura Bada Paisawala'' () is a 2003 Indian Bhojpuri-language romance-drama film directed by Ajay Sinha, starring Manoj Tiwari and Rani Chatterjee. The film, released in 2003, cost about 30 lakhs to make, and was the highest grossing Bhoj ...
'' featuring
Manoj Tiwari.
The film released in 2004 and was a success and won several awards. She followed it up with major hits like ''Bandhan Tute Na'' (2005), ''Damaad Ji'' (2006) and ''Munna Pandey Berozgar'' (2007). She earned a lot of critical acclaim for her titular role in ''Munnibai Nautanki Wali'' (2009). She won her first Best Actress Award for ''
Devra Bada Satawela
''Devra Bada Satawela'' is a 2010 Indian Bhojpuri language film directed by Rajkumar R. Pandey. The main stars are Ravi Kishan, Pradeep Pandey Pakhi Hegde, Monalisha in this film.
Cast
* Pradeep Pandey as Chintu
*Ravi Kishan as Ravi
* Rani ...
'' (2010).
The sixth
Bhojpuri Awards in 2013 declared Chatterjee as the Best Actress of the year for her performance in ''Nagin''.
Rani has acted in a Punjabi film Aasra. In 2020, Chatterjee acted in MX player web series ''
Mastram
''Mastram'' () is 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed by Akhilesh Jaiswal, and starring Rahul bagga and Tara Alisha Berry. The film is about an aspiring litterateur turning into an initially reluctant finally full-fledged ...
''. She later acted in Kooku App web series ''Rani Ka Raja''.
Selected filmography
Television
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Actresses from Mumbai
Indian film actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian web series actresses
Actresses in Bhojpuri cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants
21st-century Indian actresses