She earned a lot of critical acclaim for her titular role in Munnibai Nautanki Wali (2009). She followed it up with major hits like Bandhan Tute Na (2005), Damaad Ji (2006) and Munna Pandey Berozgar (2007).

The film released in 2004 and was a success and won several awards. Career Ĭhatterjee made her film debut in the 2003 Bhojpuri family drama Sasura Bada Paisawala featuring Manoj Tiwari. Due to which I was offered a lot of work and I became the highest-paid actress in Bhojpuri industry'. Manoj Tiwari was opposite me in the film and it became a huge hit on box office. 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. And she also became famous with this name'. 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. So my director thought revealing my original name might create a scene as I am a Muslim. 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. Talking to a section of media recently Rani said, 'In 2004 I was shooting for a Bhojpuri film titled Sasura Bada Paisawala and one day we were shooting a sequence in a temple where I have to bang my head on the floor. Rani, who is originally Sabiha Shaikh on her documents, shares an interesting reason behind it. Chatterjee did her schooling from Tungareshwar Academy High school, Vasai. She also worked in the 2020 webseries Mastram.Ĭhatterjee was born as Sabiha Shaikh in a Muslim family on 3 November 1979. She is known for her roles in films like Sasura Bada Paisawala, Sita, Devra Bada Satawela and Rani No.

Sabiha Shaikh (born 3 November 1979), known professionally as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bhojpuri-language films. Best Actress 2013, 5th Bhojpuri Film Awards

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