Kangana Ranaut (Hindi: कंगना राणावत) (born March 20, 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi and Tamil movies.

Career

[edit] Theatre Career

Ranaut started her career as theatre actor in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. She trained under eminent theatre director Arvind Gaur^[4]. She participated in his theatre workshop at India Habitat Centre and acted in many plays.

Her first play with Arvind Gaur was Girish Karnad's Taledanda ( Rakt-Kalyan). In this classic play, she was playing Lalitamba's character. On the day of the show, a male actor fell ill. It was a crucial time for Arvind's team but Kangana came out and prepared Damodar Bhatt's role within an hour. Damodar Bhatt 's role is very challenging but that day Kangana 's performance in both Male & female characters was outstanding

[edit] Film career

Ranaut moved to Mumbai to try her luck in movies and received the offer for Mahesh Bhatt's 2006 film Gangster. During September 2005, Hindi Film-maker Anurag Basu spotted her having coffee in a cafe in Bombay, and signed her up for this movie. ^[5].

The film was critically and commercially successful and^[6] her performance was especially applauded. This was followed by another acclaimed performance in Woh Lamhe (2006).

Later, Kangana starred in yet another Anurag Basu project, the hit film Life In A... Metro, as a confused girl who is looking for a real love. Her performance in the film earned her rave reviews. She also starred in Shakalaka Boom Boom (2007) as an aspiring singer. Her next film Fashion starring Priyanka Chopra and Mugdha Godse was released on October 29th 2008 and was very successful. Kangana has received extremely positive reviews for her portrayal of a supermodel who loses everything on drug abuse. Kangana's role in Fashion was critically and commercially acclaimed..

Her latest film is with Adhyayan Suman and Emraan Hashmi in the upcoming supernatural thriller Raaz - The Mystery Continues. The movie was released on January 23rd and has already been a hit grossing around INR 21.5 crores.

Kangana made her Tamil debut with the film, Dhaam Dhoom, directed by the late director, Jeeva. She is currently dating Adhyayan Suman.