Sabiha Shaikh (born 3 November 1989), known professionally as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in

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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

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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 ''

'' 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 ''

'' 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 ''

'' (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 ''

''. She later acted in Kooku App web series ''Rani Ka Raja''.

Selected filmography

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Rani 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