'Bold,
vivacious
and
talented'.
These
three
words
perfectly
define
Rani
Mukerji.
Give
her
any
role
and
the
actress
hits
it
straight
out
of
the
park
for
a
sixer.
These
days,
we
often
hear
reports
about
leading
ladies
being
quite
choosy
about
the
length
of
the
role,
but
the
doe-eyed
Rani
is
one
of
the
few
actresses
in
Bollywood
who
has
never
shied
away
from
picking
up
roles
with
minimal
screen-time
and
creating
an
impact
there
too!
(Remember
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
and
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham?)
She
has
been
a
part
of
glossy,
larger-than-life
films
and
then,
she
has
pulled
up
films
like
No
One
Killed
Jessica
and
Mardaani
with
equal
success.
"My
career
kept
me
taking
off
when
I
started
to
build
my
career
through
the
work
I
did.
So,
I
never
had
any
plans.
Everything
just
fell
in
place
for
me.
Probably,
it
was
universally
destined
for
me
to
be
an
actor
and
I
became
one.
So,
I
never
had
feelings
about,
'Oh,
I
should
or
shouldn't
have
done
this.'
Whatever
I
got,
I
felt
very
grateful
and
very
humbled
with
the
love
that
I
got
from
the
audience,
the
actress
once
confided
to
Filmibeat
in
an
interview.
As
Rani
Mukerji
turns
42
today,
we
bring
you
some
of
her
interesting
quotes
which
prove
that
she
is
a
'Mardaani'
in
real
life
as
well.
Are
The
Newbies
In
The
Film
Industry
Listening
This?
In
an
exclusive
interview
with
Filmibeat,
the
actress
once
told
us,
"No
number
of
experience
can
make
you
completely
set
in
a
way
because
whenever
you
are
an
actor,
you
try
to
choose
roles
that
challenge
you.
The
day
you
don't
feel
a
role
challenging
you,
you
won't
be
interested
doing
films.
So,
it's
very
important
to
do
a
film
which
challenges
you
enough
as
an
actor
and
the
day
it
stops
challenging
you
as
an
actor,
you
should
retire."
Who
Says
Married
Women
Don't
Have
A
Career?
"I
have
always
believed
in
letting
my
work
do
the
talking
and
not
pay
heed
to
what
the
stereotypes
said
about
actresses.
Having
been
in
the
industry
for
a
while
now,
I'm
aware
of
loose
conversations
like
a
woman
ceases
to
be
a
leading
actor
once
she
is
married
or
how
she
can
say
bye
to
her
career
if
she
becomes
a
mother.
It's
regressive
thinking. Over
the
years,
I
have
seen
more
and
more
women
joining
the
workforce
of
our
country
and
being
self-made,
independent
and
ready
to
chase
their
dreams.
I
see
married
women,
women
with
children
balancing
their
work
and
personal
life
beautifully.
They
have
really
helped
change
the
perspective
of
society.
I
have
been
an
actor
ever
since
I
grew
up," Rani
told
IANS.
Finding
Joy
In
Simple
Things
In
an
interview
with
Filmfare
magazine
in
2003,
the
actress
said, "I
am
a
simple
person
trying
to
live
a
simple
life
in
a
complex
world.
I
know
this
is
difficult
because
life
can
get
very
complicated
in
this
world
of
entertainment.
But
I
am
not
waiting
for
something
dramatic
to
happen
to
me.
It's
the
little
things
that
make
me
smile.
I'd
be
happy
even
if
someone
handed
me
a
glass
of
water."
She
Never
Minces
Her
Words;
Here's
The
Proof
"The
worst
part
of
being
an
actress
is
that
you
have
to
act
constantly,
in
real
and
reel
life.
To
the
extent
that
you
start
asking
yourself,
am
I
acting
or
am
I
being
my
normal
self?,"
the
actress
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Filmfare
magazine
in
June
2004.