Navneet Kaur Rana (also known as Navneet Ravi Rana) is a former Indian actress who mainly acted in

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. She is an elected Member of Parliament (MP) from

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in 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an

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candidate.

Film career

Kaur was born and brought up in

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, Maharashtra, India. Her parents are of Punjabi origin of

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Caste; her father was an army official. She completed her studies up to 10th standard in Karthika High School. After finishing 12th class, she discontinued her education and began working as a model, going on to appear in six music videos. Kaur made her feature film debut in ''Darshan'', a Kannada film. Then followed her debut in Telugu with ''

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'' (2004). ''Chetna'' (2005), ''Jagapathi'' (2005), ''Good Boy'' (2005), and '' Bhuma'' (2008) are some of her subsequent releases. Additional work include ''Kalachakram'', ''Terror'', ''Flash News'' and ''Jabilamma'' which was remake of Hindi film Chameli in Telugu. She was a contestant in the Gemini TV reality show named ''Humma Humma''. She starred in the Malayalam film '' Love In Singapore'', directed by

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. In 2010, she acted in the Punjabi film ''Lad Geya Pecha'' opposite

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Political career

After the marriage with Ravi Rana, she tried her career as a politician in 2014 Lok Sabha Election from

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however lost the election; citing the reason for the loss she stated that her competition was indirectly

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, who had rallied for the then winning candidate,

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. She was elected as an MP from

, Maharashtra constituency in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 as an Independent candidate, with support of

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and

defeating

of Shiv Sena. In this election as an independent candidate, she has spent Rs.65 Lakh while the previous two times MP, Adsul has spent Rs.49 Lakh for a democratic process. Her win is considered as a huge victory of an independent candidate in Shiv Sena's neglected fortress in

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. On various level (i.e. local, regional and national; in public or, in various institutions like Lok Sabha) she is seen to have altercation with Shiv Sena and its party members time-to-time.

Controversy

On 8 June 2021, the

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fined her Rs. 2 lakh, for submitting a fake Mochi caste certificate. The court cancelled her caste certificate, however, it remained silent on the validity of her position as an elected representative from a Lok Sabha seat reserved for people belonging to Scheduled Caste category. In April 2022, Kaur and her husband Ravi were arrested by Mumbai police following their insistence to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of ''Matoshree'' the residence of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. Later they were sent to 14 days of judicial custody, where Rana was sent to the Byculla women's jail on the orders of local magistrate.

Personal life

After a short hiatus from her film career, on 3 February 2011, she married Ravi Rana, an

MLA from

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constituency in

city. It has been reported that they got married along with a mass marriage ceremony where many leaders and

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, including the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra

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and Baba Ramdev, remained present to bless the newly wedded couple.

Filmography

References

External links

Profile on Lok Sabha website
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