Kangana Ranaut
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Early life
Kangana was born on 20 March 1987 to Asha, a school teacher and Amardeep, a businessman. She has a elder sister, Rangoli and a younger brother Akshit. She was born in a village called Bhambla in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.Her family was initially in Shimla and then moved to Chandigarh
She did her schooling in Chandigarh from DAV model school Sector 15 before moving to Shimla.She completed her high schooling in Shimla.She appeared for Medical Entrance test but failed miserably and could not become a doctor.She then moved to Delhi to become a model and theatre actor. She graduated with Bachelor's degree in Science from Delhi in March 2005.
Vital statistics
Body Measurements: 32-23-35
Height: 5ft 8 / 173 cm
Weight: 53kg / 118lb
Trading in a comfortable life
Mid-day points out that, Kangna left behind in her village to become an actress... a luxurious life, a 25-room haveli and an influential family.
Here's what Kangna left behind in her village to become an actress... a luxurious life, a 25-room haveli and an influential family
While people assumed Kangna Ranaut to be a struggling wannabe actress from Himachal Pradesh when she entered B-Town, the truth is far different.
The actress comes from one of the richest and politically most influential families in the state. Hers is not a rags to riches story.
Which explains the lakhs of rupees she spends on clothes, shoes and bags every month, more than even the top actresses of B-Town and star wives.
Have money, won't talk
A source close to Kangna confirms her family affluence, "She doesn't like talking about her family wealth as she's struggled on her own to be in her position. Besides that, she believes it's in bad taste to talk about one's wealth." Her family is from the blue-blooded Rajputs from Bhambla village in Himachal Pradesh.
Our village
Kangna has a huge 25-room ancestral house or haveli in Bhambla (currently called Surajpur) belonging to her great-grandfather. "While it was originally called Bhambla, when Kangna's great-grandfather became the local MLA, the village was named Surajpur after him. " Kangna grew up in a joint family, with her brother, sister, parents, great-grandparents, grand- parents and chacha and chachi. The family owns several acres of land in Surajpur. Luxurious living
Adds an insider, "Kangna's father Amardeep Ranaut is in the construction business and he supplies construction material for building roads etc for the Public Works Department (PWD) in Himachal Pradesh. She has been brought up in luxury and always had five cars parked in front of her home." But things suddenly took a turn for the worse when she decided to come to Mumbai to become an actress. Her grandfather was dead against any female from his family joining films as he felt it was demeaning.
On your own, please!
Kangna's father too supported his father, and when she insisted on acting, both of them stopped talking to her. Her father told her that he would give her no financial support and she would have to make it on her own.
Hard times
Kangna left home at 16 and initially stayed with a friend in Delhi before coming to Mumbai in 2005. She went through a lot of hardship but never asked her family for help. She lived in Aasha Chandra's hostel and shared a room with three other girls. It was a miserable time for her as she was cut off from her family and struggling in a strange city. It was only after Life In A... Metro that her family relented and welcomed her once again into their fold.
Preity connection
There was a family reunion when her parents, sister Rangoli and brother Akshat came to Mumbai. Today, her family is very proud of her.
Kangna's friend insists, however, that the actress is not related to Preity Zinta. "Preity's maternal aunt is a resident of Surajpur and PZ often comes to meet her. Once during a family function of Preity's in the village Kangna and her siblings met Preity. Now they keep in touch. That's all.
Kang's Grandpa
Kangna's great-grandfather (and idol) Sarju Singh Ranaut left his job as a head clerk [and not an IAS officer; there was no IAS then] for the British government to become a freedom fighter with Mahatma Gandhi.
Kangs still has the letters Gandhiji wrote to her great-grandfather. He was also the only man from his village who knew English at that time and got electricity to his village.
Early career
Kathak Kangana is a trained Kathak dancer. Kangana has been taking training at Nateshwar Nritya Kala Mandir,Khar for the last 4 years under the guidance of Rajendra Chaturvedi.
Modelling Kangana joined Elite Modelling Agency Delhi in 2003 with prospect of becoming a model but was not successful and hence left it before becoming a model.
Theatre Kangana ,joined as a theatre actor for Asmita Theatre group during 2003-2005 , before relocating to Mumbai.She came to Mumbai in early 2004 and struggled initially to get in to movies but went back to Delhi to complete her education. She also joined Asha Chandra's acting school in 2004 to brush herself to face camera.
First film After struggling for nearly two years she met her first director Anurag Basu in September 2005 and was selected for Gangster.
Love life
Dating history
Famous Fix’s ‘Historical look at Kangana Ranaut's relationships, listed in date order’ reveals the following historical epochs:
Kangana Ranaut and Aditya Pancholi 2004 - 2008
Adhyayan Suman and Kangana Ranaut 2008 - June 2009
Kangana Ranaut and Kintaro Mori 2009 - 2010
Kangana Ranaut and Dino Morea February 2010
The men
The men in Kangana Ranaut's life
Aditya Pancholi
According a report in dna.com, Aditya Pancholi is all set to release a tell-all book where he will also allegedly reveal the juicy details of his relationship with Kangana Ranaut.
Kangana's professional life may be going great guns, especially after films like Krrish 3 and Queen, but Kangana Ranaut's personal life is far from perfect. She has made it to the headlines time and again because of her controversial link-ups. One such episode is that of her link up with Aditya Pancholi. Kangana was allegedly in a relationship with Aditya Pancholi who is elder to her by 20 years. However, this love story, that had been kept under wraps for long, might make it to a book that is being penned down by Aditya Pancholi. If sources are to believed then, Aditya in his autobiography, will highlight details about their explosive relationship.
Let's take a look at tales of Aditya and Kangana's alleged romance..
Kangana Ranaut was a struggler when she had met actor, Aditya Pancholi. Reportedly, the two soon fell in love and were in a relationship, despite the huge age gap of 20 years between the two and the fact that Aditya was a much married man with children. However, things began to unravel when reports of physical abuse started making the rounds. Things went kaput and the two parted ways. Aditya Pancholi was rumoured to have paid a huge amount to Kangana in order for her to buy a house. He had apparently even paid for her sister's hospital bills when she became a victim of a cruel acid attack. At a press conference, when asked about her former boyfriend, the actress said that there was a time when she and Aditya Pancholi knew each other well but also admitted to not talking to him any longer.
Kangana's relationship with Aditya might now become public knowledge, what with Aditya's tell-all book
Aditya Pancholi had warned Adhyayan about Kangana
TNN | Apr 28, 2016
The shocking details revealed by Kangana Ranaut's ex-boyfriend Adhyayan Suman are blood-curling indeed. But the star kid admits that he was forewarned, none other than Aditya Pancholi. It is said that Kangana and Aditya were in a tumultuous relationship, one that she has on many occasions has referred to as an exhausting experience.
When rumours of their link-up were doing the rounds, Kangana and Adhyayan had attended a party together where they'd bumped into Aditya. He narrated to DNA, "A film called 'Haal-E-Dil' was releasing and she had come for the premiere. I remember Aditya Pancholi was standing at the exit and Kangana was just walking out. He stopped me, looked into my eyes and said, "Welcome to the circus my friend and all the best!" I didn't understand at that time. Kangana clarified saying that Aditya did that to intimidate people with her. I told her I am not scared because we are not doing anything wrong. At the time we were getting to know each other, but we hadn't made it public."
How he now wishes that he had paid heed to the word of caution...
Adhyayan Suman
Adhyayan Suman: The two met on the sets of their film, Raaz 2 and love blossomed. Kangana had broken up with Aditya Pancholi and reportedly found love in the arms of Shekhar Suman's son, Adhyayan Suman. The two were going steady for a while but things seemed to turn sour and the duo called it quits. Some media reports allege that it was Adhyayan's dad, Shekhar Suman who was against the relationship and wanted his son to marry the daughter of a prominent builder. However, in spite of what rumour mills were saying, the two parted ways. In an interview to The Times Of India, Adhyayan said, "Yes, we've moved on from this relationship. I guess this was how long it was meant to last. At this point, I really want to focus on my career and professional commitments. Sustaining a long-distance relationship of this intensity is tough." Kangana also admitted that they had moved on, and that she was shocked by Adhyayan's decision. "Adhyayan and I had a talk about our relationship and it was his decision to move on. It came as a shock to me. But I guess he has other priorities now, and many options in terms of people to be with. It's an amicable break-up and I wish him the best".
Adhyayan’s parents disclose more disturbing details about his relation with Kangana Ranaut
Rachel Baker | TNN | May 3, 2016
Adhyayan Suman and Kangana RanautAdhyayan Suman and Kangana Ranaut
To state that the Hrithik Roshan - Kangana Ranaut legal battle is getting murkier by the day is an understatement. And to add fuel to the fire, Kangana's former flame, Adhyayan Suman made some startling revelations about his relationship with the National Award winning actress. In an interview with DNA, Adhyanan alleged that the 'Queen' actress had abused him and performed black magic on him during their year-long courtship.
Now, Adhyayan's father, Shekhar Suman and his wife, Alka have lashed out at Kangana for allegedly hypnotising and abusing their son. In an interview with ABP News, Shekhar said, "One day my wife opened Adhyayan's drawer and she found supari, some coins and other weird things in it. She called me and asked 'kya hai yeh?' I hope he is not doing something crazy." Alka added, "We called the pandits and spoke to them. Even the pandits said she had performed 'vashikaran' on him...don't know how much of it is true, but he was completely obsessed with her. From his eyes, he looked as if he was drugged or under someone's spell."
He then continued, "One day, he came home completely bald. When we asked him why he chose to go bald, he replied by saying 'you won't understand fashion.' We later learnt that Kangana ji had made him do this. She told him that he looked nice this way." Narrating the Filmfare incident Shekhar said, "We were watching the function, Kangana was walking ahead and Adhyayan was walking 15 feet behind her as though he was her bodyguard and she was giving interviews and he was standing just like that, and I felt so horrible for my son. I must have died a thousand deaths... Eventually, she went on stage and thanked everyone, except Adhyayan. She also refused to pose with Adhyayan for any photo shoot or magazine cover."
He further added, "One day he (Adhyayan) called us up at 2 - 3 am and was crying. We asked him what happened and where he was. We were so worried. He told us that Kangana had locked him out of the house and that he was crying to let him in. I then asked Adhyayan to let me speak to Kangana and request her to take him in. When I spoke to her, she said 'I won't let him in and let him stand out the whole night, I can't allow him in.' I was emotionally disturbed and I got very angry. How could anybody do this to my son?"
Adhyayan's mother, Alka added, "She was horrible ya... At Hrithik Roshan's party, she abused my son with MC - BC gaalis and threw her chappal at him. She was completely drunk. She created a huge nuisance... I think Adhyayan was in Mumbai and Kangana was out of India shooting for 'Kites,' when he stumbled upon some of her intimate messages which she had sent to Hrithik." Shekhar added, "She led Adhyayan to believe that such messages were very normal, very casual. But that's when he made up his mind that he was being taken for a ride."
Other men
Ajay Devgn: Kangana Ranaut allegedly got involved with Ajay Devgn when the two were shooting for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai. The two actors reportedly got along well and soon their camaraderie seemed to blossom into a love affair with no strings attached. Ajay Devgn was married to Kajol and their love story is also of epic proportions. As per media reports, it was a casual romance where none expected anything from the other. It is also alleged that at Ajay's insistence, Kangana was cast in films like Rascals and Tezz. Vidya Balan was reportedly the original choice for Tezz but allegedly, Ajay Devgn convinced director, Priyadarshan to cast Kangana. But things reportedly seemed to get out of hand when Kangana got emotionally involved with Ajay and this did not go well with him as he had no intentions of leaving his wife, Kajol. In a controversial interview to Stardust magazine, Kangana even went on record to say that getting involved with a married man was a mistake.
Nicholas Lafferty: Kangana Ranaut was said to be in a rebound relationship with UK-based doctor and scientist, Nicholas Lafferty. While she was initially mum about her romance with the doctor, she went on record on Simi Garewal's show to say that she indeed was dating the 28-year old and they were in a long distance relationship. Kangana was spotted with Nicholas at several events in Mumbai and the two were going steady but to everyone's surprise, the duo called it quits. Maybe it was the distance between them made their affair a short-term one.
Black magic woman?
Does Kangana really practice black magic?
TNN | Apr 28, 2016 The Times of India
Well, her ex-boyfriend surely believes so. In an interview to DNA, he has let out some spine-chilling details about the 'Queen' actress Kangana Ranaut. He being a metropolitan guy could have never believed in it but he had to believe otherwise. he narrates the series of incidents that led him to buy into it. "One day Kangana called me at home in the night to do some puja. I reached at 11.30 pm as the puja was to start at 12. She had a small guest room in her apartment and she had covered it in black, including black curtains. There were some random statues of God, fire all around, some scary things kept puja. She asked me to chant some mantras, and locked me in. I was terrified. I didn't do it and I came out and told her that I had. Then she started taking me to Pallavi frequently. One day, Pallavi said go to the graveyard at 12 am and throw these certain things. I was chilled to the bone! I didn't go."
I have no grudges against Kangana: Adhyayan Suman
This obviously was a cause of worry for his parents. He added,"My mother was very worried and she called the family's Panditji to come home and meet me. The first thing he asked me was: "Khana banati hai tumhare liye?" When I said yes, he said, "Apna impure blood milati hai khaane mein black magic ke liye. Being a metropolitan kid studying in London and New York, I was always away from things like astrology and black magic. I remember going to my Tarot reader after she started making me doing pujas. She told me she sensed a woman from pahadi region doing black magic on me. I knew only one person back then, my girlfriend Kangana, who used to go to Himachal for certain pujas there. My Tarot reader said she saw something really bad happening and warned me to get out of the relationship.
She told me, "You feel you want to come out of it and every time you make a decision of wanting to come out, you fail and are back at it again." I would tell people who said anything negative about her to f*** off. The physical violence had become so frequent in my relationship with her that any other guy would have hit her back. But I couldn't. Every time I was hit, I wanted to retaliate but my hands would just stop. I was scared as hell. I would cry to my PR every single night. I would drive down Marine Drive with a bottle of scotch on my lap, drunk. I got into a phase where I could not accept reality and thought it was better to be perpetually drunk all the time. I had reached a stage where I would have either died because of an overdose of alcohol or gone mental. My mom prayed a lot for me.
The same Pandit later on came on Salman's Dus Ka Dum also and he looked at Kangana in the middle of the show and said "Aap Pisachini (demoness) hai." She treated it as if it was a joke. It's there on national TV. My career stopped completely. I had a successful film 'Raaz 2' behind me but nobody wanted to talk about me. I started seeing this decline. My films were shutting down while she was achieving more success. Even talking about it scares me now..."
Awards
- 2006: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Gangster
- 2007: GIFA Best Female Debut Award for Gangster
- 2007: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for Gangster
- 2007: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female for Gangster
- 2007: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for Gangster
- 2007: IIFA Star debut for Gangster
- 2007: AIFA Awards, Best Debut - Female for Gangster
- 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Female Debut for Gangster
- 2008: Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female) for Life In A... Metro
- 2014: Filmfare award for Best Actor (Female) for Queen
Filmography
As an actor
2006 Gangster
2006 Woh Lamhe
2007 Life in a Metro
2007 Shakalaka Boom Boom
2008 Dhaam Dhoom
2008 Fashion
2009 Ek Niranjan
2009 Raaz: The Mystery Continues
2009 Vaada Raha... I Promise
2010 Knock Out
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
2010 Kites
2010 No Problem
2011 Double Dhamaal
2011 Miley - Naa Miley - Hum
2011 Rascals
2011 Ready
2011 Tanu Weds Manu
2011 Game
2012 Tezz
2013 Krrish 3
2013 Rajjo
2013 Shootout at Wadala
2014 I Love New Year
2014 Revolver Rani
2014 Ungli
2014 Queen
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Returns
As a writer
2014 Queen (dialogues/ co-writer)
As a producer
2012 The Touch (Short)
As a director
2012 The Touch (Short)
