Rani Mukerji: Perbedaan antara revisi

Pada 1998, Mukerji tampil bersama [[Aamir Khan]] dalam film aksi [[Vikram Bhatt]] ''[[Ghulam (film)|Ghulam]]'' (1998), kesuksesan komersial pertamanya.<ref name="Box Office 199821998">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=204&catName=MTk5OA==|title=Box Office 1998|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010125407/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=204&catName=MTk5OA%3D%3D|archivedate=10 October 2012|accessdate=8 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meski perannya dalam film tersebut kecil, lagu "[[Aati Kya Khandala]]" memberikannya sambutan publik.<ref name="tribune" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rani-mukerji-people-still-remember-me-as-the-khandala-girl/20121127.htm|title=Rani Mukerji:People still remember me as the Khandala girl|last=N|first=Patcy|date=27 November 2012|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130015846/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rani-mukerji-people-still-remember-me-as-the-khandala-girl/20121127.htm|archivedate=30 November 2012|accessdate=27 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Karena suara serak Mukerji, Bhatt menyewa seseorang dengan suara bernada tinggi untuk menyulih dialognya; Mukerji menyatakan bahwa hal tersebut dilakukan karena suaranya "tidak sesuai dengan karakternya".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hb83FwNGuR4C&pg=PA388|title=Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry|last=Ganti|first=Tejaswini|date=7 March 2012|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-5213-6|page=388|accessdate=6 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605163550/http://books.google.com/books?id=Hb83FwNGuR4C&pg=PA388|archivedate=5 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3FDAAAAYAAJ|title=Interview with Rani Mukherjee|work=India Today|year=2006|page=16|accessdate=6 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605153707/http://books.google.com/books?id=A3FDAAAAYAAJ|archivedate=5 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, [[Karan Johar]] memilihnya sebagai lawan main dari [[Shah Rukh Khan]] dan [[Kajol]] dalam debut penyutradaraannya ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]''. Peran tersebut awalnya ditulis untuk [[Twinkle Khanna]], tetapi ketika ia dan beberapa wanita terkemuka lainnya menolak peran tersebut, Johar memilih Mukerji atas desakan Khan dan pembuat film [[Aditya Chopra]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/When-Karan-had-to-beg-Salman-Rani-for-Kuch-Kuch-Hota-Hai/articleshow/53156257.cms|title=When Karan Johar had to beg Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji for 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'|work=The Times of India|date=11 July 2016|accessdate=3 November 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808091807/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/When-Karan-had-to-beg-Salman-Rani-for-Kuch-Kuch-Hota-Hai/articleshow/53156257.cms|archivedate=8 August 2016}}</ref> Ia memerankan wanita idaman dan kemudian istri dari karakter Khan, yang meninggal setelah melahirkan putri mereka. Awalnya Johar berniat untuk menyulih suara Mukerji, tetapi ia memperbaiki diksi dan akhirnya menampilkan suaranya sendiri.<ref name="poor cousin2cousin">{{cite news|title=Rani&nbsp;— From poor cousin to Bollywood's biggest star|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1239725371.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=8 March 2013|date=21 March 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518065149/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1239725371.html|archivedate=18 May 2013}}{{subscription required|via=Highbeam}}</ref> Mengulas film tersebut untuk ''[[India Today]]'', Nandita Chowdhury menulis bahwa "kecantikan Rani [...] mencuri perhatian. Mengalir keuletan dari setiap pori, ia juga membuktikan dirinya seorang aktris yang waktunya telah tiba".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-starring-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-rani-mukherjee/1/265174.html|author=Chowdhury, Nandita|title=Three is company (Movie review: 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai')|work=[[India Today]]|date=26 October 1998|accessdate=6 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805224035/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-starring-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-rani-mukherjee/1/265174.html|archivedate=5 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' menjadi sebuah terobosan bagi Mukerji; film tersebut menghasilkan lebih dari {{INRConvert|1.03|b}} sehingga muncul sebagai film Hindi terlaris pada tahun tersebut, dan meraih delapan [[Penghargaan Filmfare]], termasuk [[Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik|Aktris Pendukung Terbaik]] untuk Mukerji.<ref name="lifetime" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Years/year_world_total/1998#.VbxZD9xViko|title=Top Worldwide Grossers 1998|date=22 July 2015|website=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802055656/http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/year_world_total/1998|archivedate=2 August 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23055646.html|title='Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' wins all top Filmfare honors|work=India Abroad|date=26 February 1999|accessdate=14 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608083928/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23055646.html|archivedate=8 June 2014}}{{subscription required|via=Highbeam}}</ref> Setelah film tersebut, ia tampil dalam ''[[Mehndi (film 1998)|Mehndi]]'' (1998) dan ''[[Hello Brother (film 1999)|Hello Brother]]'' (1999), kegagalan kritis dan komersial yang gagal mendorong kariernya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3618-32.html|title=Rani Mukherji's avatars since 1997|publisher=IBNLive|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326054852/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3618-32.html|archivedate=26 March 2011|accessdate=23 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=205|title=Box Office 1999|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010125326/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=205&catName=MTk5OQ%3D%3D|archivedate=10 October 2012|accessdate=8 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mukerji mulai bekerjasama dengan [[Yash Raj Films]] pada 2002, ketika perusahaan tersebut memilihnya dalam dua produksi terkenal: ''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]'', sebuah film komedi percintaan yang turut dibintangi oleh [[Hrithik Roshan]] dan [[Kareena Kapoor]], dan ''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]'', sebuah buat ulang dari film percintaan ber[[Film Tamil|bahasa Tamil]] ''[[Alaipayuthey]]''.<ref name="midday" /> Yang pertama tampil buruk dalam box-office, seperti halnya dua kolaborasinya dengan [[Govinda (aktor)|Govinda]]{{mdash}}''[[Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai]]'' dan ''[[Chalo Ishq Ladaaye]]''.<ref name="boxofficeindia20022">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg==|title=Box Office 2002|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131949/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg%3D%3D|archivedate=14 October 2013|accessdate=8 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Namun, film drama percintaan ''Saathiya'', menjadi sebuah titik balik dalam kariernya, memberikannya [[Penghargaan Kritikus Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik]] serta sebuah nominasi [[Penghargaan Aktris Terbaik Filmfare|Aktris Terbaik]] dari acara yang sama.<ref name="oldawards" /><ref>{{cite news|work=Hindustan Times|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|title=Rani Mukerji on a roll|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema/Rani-Mukerji-on-a-roll/Article1-29311.aspx|accessdate=8 January 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726153341/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema/Rani-Mukerji-on-a-roll/Article1-29311.aspx|archivedate=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite news|author=Gangadhar, V.|work=The Tribune|title=Superstars|date=5 February 2005|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050205/saturday/main1.htm|accessdate=11 February 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121110907/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050205/saturday/main1.htm|archivedate=21 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="oldawards" /><ref name="mint">{{cite news|work=Mint|last=Jha|first=Lata|title=Ten hits that helped actors bounce back|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/QMUFu4fxJ02I8tjwr8yCFN/Ten-hits-that-helped-actors-bounce-back.html|date=2 December 2015|accessdate=25 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706104429/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/QMUFu4fxJ02I8tjwr8yCFN/Ten-hits-that-helped-actors-bounce-back.html|archive-date=6 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Hindustan Times|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|title=Rani Mukerji on a roll|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema/Rani-Mukerji-on-a-roll/Article1-29311.aspx|accessdate=8 January 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726153341/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema/Rani-Mukerji-on-a-roll/Article1-29311.aspx|archivedate=26 July 2013}}</ref> [[Shaad Ali]] memilihnya untuk memainkan peran seorang mahasiswa kedokteran yang berurusan dengan masalah dan ketidakpuasan menikah pada usia muda, untuk kerentanan yang ia temukan dalam dirinya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/dec/17shaad.htm|title=''Saathiya'' is like an exam for me|author=Selvaraj, Sreeram|date=17 December 2002|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113160130/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/dec/17shaad.htm|archivedate=13 November 2012|accessdate=25 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia menolak tawaran tersebut pada awalnya karena ia tidak suka dengan film buat ulang, tetapi diyakinkan untuk menerima peran tersebut oleh produser film Aditya Chopra.<ref name="midday" /> Dalam film tersebut, ia beradu peran dengan [[Vivek Oberoi]], yang dengannya ia tidak semangat berkarya, mengatakan bahwa "sikapnya menyusahkan".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/rani/20030321.htm|title='People are happy with me in Saathiya. So am I'|author=Jha, Subhash K|date=21 March 2003|website=Rediff.com|accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> ''Saathiya'' muncul sebagai sebuah kesuksesan komersial.<ref name="boxofficeindia20022" /> [[BBC]] menulis bahwa "Mukerji memainkan karakter seorang gadis kelas menengah dengan keyakinan besar",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/2003/01/saathyia.shtml|title=Saathyia|last=Gajjar|first=Manish|publisher=BBC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111022433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/2003/01/saathyia.shtml|archivedate=11 November 2012|accessdate=8 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> dan Udita Jhunjhunwala dari ''[[Mid Day]]'' menambahkan, "Ekspresi dan aktingnya dinyatakan dalam peran yang cocok baginya."<ref>{{cite news|author=Jhunjhunwala, Udita|title=Saathiya|work=Mid Day|date=21 December 2002|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hindimoviesreview/2002/december/39633.htm|accessdate=26 October 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030202113210/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hindimoviesreview/2002/december/39633.htm|archivedate=2 February 2003}}</ref>

Tahun 2003 menandai dimulainya periode kesuksesan dalam karier Mukerji.<ref name="top actresses">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|title=Top Actress|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104803/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|archivedate=17 October 2013|accessdate=8 January 2008}}</ref> Ia menggantikan [[Aishwarya Rai]] untuk beradu akting dengan Shah Rukh Khan dalam film romansa [[Aziz Mirza]] ''[[Chalte Chalte (film 2003)|Chalte Chalte]]''.<ref name="cc">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/30chalte.htm|title=I worked hard to match Shah Rukh|last=Kulkarni|first=Ronjita|date=30 April 2003|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102103053/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/30chalte.htm|archivedate=2 January 2007|accessdate=13 October 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> Laporan media menyatakan bahwa Rai digantikan setelah berselisih dengan pacarnya, yang pada saat tersebut, Salman Khan dalam lokasi syuting film, tetapi Shah Rukh Khan bersikeras bahwa Mukerji telah menjadi pilihan asli untuk peran tersebut.<ref name="cc" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Shah, Kunal M.|title=A decade of decadence|date=31 December 2010|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-31/news-interviews/28236351_1_rakhi-sawant-salman-khan-vivek-oberoi|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020040304/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-31/news-interviews/28236351_1_rakhi-sawant-salman-khan-vivek-oberoi|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Mukerji meyakini bahwa tema ''Chalte Chalte'', yang berkaitan dengan kesalahpahaman antara pasangan yang telah menikah, mirip dengan ''Saathiya'', dan ia mencoba memberikan variasi dalam perannya dengan menempatkan "mereka dengan latar belakang yang berbeda".<ref name="rediff03">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/12rani.htm|title=Shah Rukh would scold me if I performed badly|last=Kulkarni|first=Ronjita|date=12 June 2003|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726164354/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/12rani.htm|archivedate=26 July 2013|accessdate=3 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia mengatakan bahwa bekerja dengan Shah Rukh Khan adalah pengalaman belajar baginya, dan ia sering memarahinya jika ia tampil tidak memadai.<ref name="rediff03" /> Sebuah kesuksesan komersial, [[Box Office India]] menyatakan bahwa film tersebut sebagai sebuah kekembalian karier bagi Mukerji, dan ia dianugerahi dengan nominasi Aktris Terbaik kedua dari Filmfare.<ref name="top actressesoldawards" /><ref name="oldawardstop actresses" /><ref name="boxofficeindia">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|title=Box Office 2003|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131904/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw%3D%3D|archivedate=14 October 2013|accessdate=8 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tidak satupun dari rilis lainnya pada tahun tersebut—''[[Chori Chori (film 2003)|Chori Chori]]'', ''[[Calcutta Mail]]'', dan ''[[LOC Kargil]]''—berbuah sebagai sebuah kesuksesan.<ref name="boxofficeindia" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/aug/05rani.htm|title=Friends forever|author=Dubey, Bharati|date=5 August 2002|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013113956/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/aug/05rani.htm|archivedate=13 October 2007|accessdate=28 May 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Kesuksesan dalam cerita seru dan ''Hichki'' (2011–20142011–sekarang) ===

Kritikus film Aniruddha Guha dari ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'' mendeskripsikanmenggambarkan penampilan Mukerji dalam film 2011 ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]'' sebagai "salah satu penampilan terbaiknya hingga saat inisekarang".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |author=Guha, Aniruddha |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=25 October 2011 |title=Review: No One Killed Jessica is the film to beat in 2011 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_review-no-one-killed-jessica-is-the-film-to-beat-in-2011_1490682 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211042203/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_review-no-one-killed-jessica-is-the-film-to-beat-in-2011_1490682 |archivedate=11 February 2012 }}</ref> FilmDibintangi tersebut (yang juga menampilkanoleh [[Vidya Balan]]), film tersebut merupakanmenjadi kesuksesan komersial pertama Mukerji sejak filmsemenjak ''Ta Ra Rum Pum'', dan khususnyaterutama dikenal karena suksesketiadaan meskipun tidak ada pemeranbintang laki-laki yang menonjol.<ref name="boxoffice2011">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bollywood-rediscovered-mega-hits-in-2011/212464-8-66.html |title=Bollywood rediscovered mega hits in 2011 |publisher=IBNLive |accessdate=17 December 2011 |date=16 December 2011 |publisherurl-status=IBNLivelive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726093958/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bollywood-rediscovered-mega-hits-in-2011/212464-8-66.html |archivedate=26 July 2013|accessdate=17 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Film tersebut adalah suatu film cerita seru semi-biografi yang didasarkan pada [[Pembunuhan Jessica Lal|kasus pembunuhan Jessica Lal]], didan manamenampilkan Mukerji memainkan karakter fiksi Meera Gaity,sebagai seorang jurnaliswartawan televisifiksi bermulut kotor yang sangat terlibat dengan kasus tersebut.<ref>{{cite web|urlauthor=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/news/type/view/id/5914/newsid/1194301Ramsubramaniam, Nikhil |date=14 July 2011 |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |title=Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerji in No One Killed Jessica|author=Ramsubramaniam, Nikhil|dateurl=14 July 2011|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726191655/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/news/type/view/id/5914/newsid/1194301|archivedate=26 July 2013|accessdate=22 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Dalam rangka mempromosikan film tersebut, ia mengulangi perannya sebagai Gaity dalam serial televisi ''[[C.I.D. (serial TV India)|C.I.D.]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lalwani|first=Vickey|title=Rani overshadows Vidya?|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-22/news-interviews/28268030_1_rani-and-vidya-rani-mukerji-rajkumar-gupta|work=The Times of India|accessdate=10 January 2011|date=10 January 2011|archive-urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2013072616243520130726191655/http://articleswww.timesofindia.indiatimesbollywoodhungama.com/2010-12-22celebritymicro/news-interviews/28268030_1_rani-and-vidya-rani-mukerji-rajkumar-guptatype/view/id/5914/newsid/1194301 |archive-datearchivedate=26 July 2013|url-status=live }}</ref> DalamIa sebuahmenggambarkan wawancarabetapa denganberbedanya ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' ia mengatakan bahwa, "Peranperan tersebut merupakan suatu perandari yang sungguh berbeda untuk dimainkan. Peranolehnya tersebutsebelumnya, bukandengan merupakanmengatakan, peran yang khas bagi wanita perfilman India. Meera lebih seperti pahlawan. Itu adalah karakter yang"Aku benar-benar membawa cerita ke depan. [..] Meera membuat banyak hal terjadi. Itu bukan sesuatu yang pernah saya lakukan sebelumnya. Aku sebenarnya harus memerankan seorang pria!"<ref>{{cite news |work=The Telegraph |title='It's nice to be a trendsetter' |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111205/jsp/entertainment/story_14838591.jsp |accessdate=22 November 2012 |date=5 December 2011 |first=Priyanka |last=Roy |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726215501/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111205/jsp/entertainment/story_14838591.jsp |archivedate=26 July 2013}}</ref> Namun kritikus, beberapa kritikusdiantaranya mengkritikkritis terhadap penampilannya tersebut, sepertitermasuk [[Anupama Chopra]] dari [[NDTV]], yang menyebut perannya sebagai, "Kefatalannota dalamfatal filmdan salah dalam ''No One Killed Jessica''," dengan alasanberargumen bahwa "karakter tersebut ditulis secara dangkal dan penggambaranpenampilan Rani terhadap dirinya sama-sama dangkal. Ini semua tentang eksternal. Ia banyak berdebat dan dengan bangga menyebut dirinya seorang pelacur, tetapi rambutnya tetap sempurna di tempatnyatempat dan pada akhirnya, ia bahkan bisa melakukan gerakan lambat seperti pahlawan super."<ref>{{cite web|title=Movie Review: No One Killed Jessica |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/movie-review-no-one-killed-jessica-585 |titlepublisher=MovieNDTV Review:|accessdate=22 NoApril One2011 Killed Jessica|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|date=7 January 2011 |publisherurl-status=NDTVlive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109030640/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/movie-review-no-one-killed-jessica-585 |archivedate= 9 January 2014|accessdate=22 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Meski begitu, penampilannya dalam filmperan tersebut membuatnyamemboyongnya meraih beberapa penghargaan dan nominasi, yang meliputi penghargaanpiala Aktris Pendukung Terbaik ketiganya didari Filmfare.<ref name="f2011">{{cite news|work=The Times of India |title=Filmfare Awards 2011 winners |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Filmfare-Awards-2011-Winners/articleshow/11676105.cms |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=31 January 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201090424/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Filmfare-Awards-2011-Winners/articleshow/11676105.cms |archivedate= 1 February 2012 }}</ref>

SetelahMukerji kesuksesan dari film ''No One Killed Jessica'', Mukerjikemudian memainkanmenerima sebuah peran utama dalam film karya [[Sachin Kundalkar]] ''[[Aiyyaa]]'' (2012), sebuah film [[komedi sopan santun]] yang ikutturut dibintangi oleh [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]]. Ia berperan sebagai Meenakshi Deshpande,memerankan seorang wanita dengan indra penciuman tinggi yang menciptakan sebuahmengembangkan ketertarikan sepihak denganterhadap karakter Prithiviraj. Film tersebut tidak berhasilGagal secara kritis maupundan komersial., Rediff.com mengkritikmengkritisi keputusan Mukerjikeputusannya untuk membintangi film tersebut, dengan menulis bahwa ia "tidak mendapat dukungan dari cara karakternya ditulis".<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Aiyaa |last=Zore |first=Prasanna D. |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-aiyyaa-what-a-letdown/20121012.htm|title=Review: Aiyaa|lastaccessdate=Zore|first=Prasanna12 October 2012 D.|date=6 November 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014170213/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-aiyyaa-what-a-letdown/20121012.htm |archivedate=14 October 2012|accessdate=12 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> KesuksesannyaKesuksesan yang lebih besar datang ketika iadengan berperanperannya sebagai Roshni Shekhawat, seorang ibu yang kehilanganberduka anakatas tunggalnyakematian dalam sebuah kecelakaananaknya, padadalam film cerita seru psikologipsikologis [[Reema Kagti]] ''[[Talaash: The Answer Lies Within]]''. BeraduDibintangi aktingbersama denganoleh Aamir Khan dan Kareena Kapoor, film tersebut meraupmendapatkan keuntungan sebesardunia lebih dari {{INRConvert|1.74|b}} disehingga seluruhmuncul duniasebagai film Hindi berkeuntungan tertinggi kedelapan pada tahun tersebut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5301&nCat=|title=Top Ten Worldwide Grossers 2012|accessdate=21 January 2013|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602044123/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5301&nCat=|archivedate=2 June 2013|accessdate=21 January 2013}}</ref> Ronnie Schieb dari ''Variety'' mendeskripsikanmenggambarkan Mukerji sebagai "teranghidup dalam peran simpatik yang tenangdiam-diam simpatik",<ref>{{cite news|last=Schieb |first=Ronnie |title=Talaash&nbsp;– Film review |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/talaash-1117948845/ |work=Variety |date=29 November 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315171216/http://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/talaash-1117948845/ |archivedate=15 March 2013 }}</ref> dan ia meraihmendapatkan nominasi Aktris Pendukung Terbaik pada beberapa acara penghargaan, sepertidari Filmfare.<ref name="t2">{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/barfi--gangs-of-wasseypur-lead-filmfare-nominations/1059676/0 |title='Barfi!', 'Gangs of Wasseypur' lead Filmfare nominations |date=15 January 2013 |accessdate=21 January 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119051002/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/barfi--gangs-of-wasseypur-lead-filmfare-nominations/1059676/0 |archivedate=19 January 2013 }}</ref>

PadaSetelah 2014kelahiran anaknya, Mukerji tampilmengambil padacuti filmempat ceritatahun seruuntuk kejahatanfokus karyakepada Pradeepputrinya Sarkardan ''[[Mardaani]]'',dibujuk dioleh manasuaminya, iaAditya memainkan peran utama sebagai Shivani Shivaji RoyChopra, seorang polisi wanita asal [[Orang Marathi|Marathi]] yang terlibat dalam suatu kasus penculikan yang menuntunnya untuk mengungkapkankembali rahasia [[perdagangan manusia]] di Indiaberakting.<ref Ia memilih peran tersebut name="untuk menunjukkan kepada semua gadis apa kenyataannya, apa yang telah terjadi pada dunia, dan bagaimana mereka perlu melindungi diri mereka sendirioutlook18".<ref>{{cite news |last=SinghJoshi |first=PrashantNamrata |title=ImperativeI toam showNo. all1 girlsin themy reality:own game, says Rani Mukerji |url=http://www.hindustantimesthehindu.com/bollywoodentertainment/imperativemovies/rani-tomukerji-showi-allam-girlsno-the1-realityin-ranimy-mukerji/storyown-a6KFYrN3gn8qfFVMEbTKGMgame-ahead-of-hichki-release/article22907546.htmlece |work=HindustanOutlook Times|date=232 March August2018 2014|accessdate=2326 AugustMarch 2018 2014|archive-url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2017120104180520180302195421/http://www.hindustantimesthehindu.com/bollywoodentertainment/imperativemovies/rani-tomukerji-showi-allam-girlsno-the1-realityin-ranimy-mukerji/storyown-a6KFYrN3gn8qfFVMEbTKGMgame-ahead-of-hichki-release/article22907546.htmlece |archive-datearchivedate=12 March 2018 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> UntukIa persiapan,ingin iamengerjakan bertemusebuah denganproyek beberapayang pejabatakan seniormengakomodasi padakomitmen orang tua dan menemukannya dalam film komedi-drama ''[[PolisiHichki]]'' Mumbai|cabang(2018). Terinsipirasi oleh otobiografi [[Brad kejahatanCohen]] Mumbai''Front of the Class'', danfilm mempelajaritersebut teknikmenceritakan belakisah diridari IsraelNaina Mathur, seorang guru bercita-cita tinggi pengidap [[Kravsindrom MagaTourette]] yang mendidik anak-anak kurang mampu.<ref>{{cite news |last=TanwarSahani |first=SaritaAlaka A.|title=I'veRani becomeMukerji: theEveryone bosshas ofto theput house:in Rania little effort to accommodate working mothers Mukerji|url=http://www.dnaindiaindianexpress.com/entertainmentarticle/interviewexpress-isunday-veeye/rani-becomemukerji-theeveryone-bosshas-ofto-theput-housein-rania-mukerjilittle-2006379effort-to-accommodate-working-mothers-5076464/ |work=DailyThe NewsIndian andExpress Analysis|date=3025 JulyFebruary 2018 2014|accessdate=126 AugustMarch 2018 2014|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2014080108595920180326202750/http://www.dnaindiaindianexpress.com/entertainmentarticle/interviewexpress-isunday-veeye/rani-becomemukerji-theeveryone-bosshas-ofto-theput-housein-rania-mukerjilittle-2006379effort-to-accommodate-working-mothers-5076464/ |archivedate=126 March 2018 August 2014}}</ref> Mukerji berinteraksi dengan Cohen dan ia dilatih untuk membuat motorik karakter dan vokal [[gerenyet]]<nowiki/>nya muncul spontan.<ref name="outlook18" /> Dalam sebuah ulasan campuran, [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] dari ''[[Firstpost]]'' menulis bahwa ia "mengangkat ''Hichki'' setiap kali ia berada dalam tempat kejadian, membawa empati dan pesona dalam karakter Naina tanpa setiap saat meminta belas kasihan penonton."<ref>{{cite news |last=Vetticad |first=Anna M. M. |title=WatchHichki movie review: Rani Mukerji's Israeli'To self-defenceMa'am techniqueWith for 'MardaaniLove' hits the mark, hiccups and all |url=http://www.deccanchroniclefirstpost.com/140728/entertainment-bollywood/article/watchhichki-movie-review-rani-mukerjis-israelito-selfmaam-defencewith-techniquelove-mardaanihits-the-mark-hiccups-and-all-4402515.html |work=Deccan[[Firstpost]] Chronicle|date=2823 JulyMarch 2018 2014|accessdate=123 AugustMarch 2018 2014|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2014073020031020180323185433/http://www.deccanchroniclefirstpost.com/140728/entertainment-bollywood/article/watchhichki-movie-review-rani-mukerjis-israelito-selfmaam-defencewith-techniquelove-mardaanihits-the-mark-hiccups-and-all-4402515.html |archivedate=3023 March 2018 July 2014}}</ref> RajeevFilm Masandtersebut menyatakanmenghasilkan bahwakeuntungan Mukerjidunia menjadi{{INRConvert|2.33|b}}, modaldengan mayoritas yang utamadatang dari filmbox-office tersebutCina, dan menambahkankesuksesan bahwafilm dengantersebut "memberimembuat ShivaniMukerji kekuatanmengungkapkan fisikminat danuntuk keberanianberkarya emosional,lebih iasering memberipada kitamasa seorang pahlawan yang sulit untuk dicari"depan.<ref>{{cite webnews |title=Rani Mukerji's Hichki crosses Rs 200 crore mark at global box office, thanks to China dream run |url=httphttps://ibnlivewww.inhindustantimes.com/newsbollywood/mardaanirani-reviewmukerji-reasonablys-shorthichki-andcrosses-minusrs-songs200-thecrore-filmmark-isat-consistentlyglobal-watchable/493689box-47office-84thanks-to-china-dream-run/story-Qr3rYAbImKMFyZL29EIvIN.html |titlework='Mardaani'Hindustan review:Times Reasonably|date=31 short andOctober minus2018 songs, the film is consistently watchable|lastaccessdate=Masand|first=Rajeev|date=221 AugustNovember 2018 2014|publisher=CNNarchive-IBN|archiveurlurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2014082521490420181101021809/httphttps://ibnlivewww.inhindustantimes.com/newsbollywood/mardaanirani-reviewmukerji-reasonablys-shorthichki-andcrosses-minusrs-songs200-thecrore-filmmark-isat-consistentlyglobal-watchable/493689box-47office-84thanks-to-china-dream-run/story-Qr3rYAbImKMFyZL29EIvIN.html|archivedate=25 August 2014|accessdatearchive-date=231 AugustNovember 2018 2014|url-status=live }}</ref> Menulis untuk ''Hindustan Times'', Anupama Chopra juga memuji penampilannya, dengan menulis bahwa ia tidak hanya "mengkaruniai Shivani dengan tekad baja tetapi juga memberinya kedalaman emosional".<ref>{{cite news|last=Chopra|first=Anupama |title=MovieWon't reviewtake bya Anupamalong Chopra:gap Bestfor thingnext aboutproject, Mardaanisays isRani theMukerji performances|url=httphttps://wwwtimesofindia.hindustantimesindiatimes.com/entertainment/reviewshindi/moviebollywood/news/wont-reviewtake-bya-anupamalong-chopragap-bestfor-thingnext-aboutproject-mardaanisays-israni-the-performancesmukerji/article1-1255454articleshow/63538264.aspxcms |work=HindustanThe Times of India |date=225 AugustApril 2018 2014|accessdate=236 AugustApril 2018 2014|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2014082308524620180330200745/httphttps://wwwtimesofindia.hindustantimesindiatimes.com/entertainment/reviewshindi/moviebollywood/news/wont-reviewtake-bya-anupamalong-chopragap-bestfor-thingnext-aboutproject-mardaanisays-israni-the-performancesmukerji/article1-1255454articleshow/63538264.aspxcms |archivedate=2330 March 2018 August 2014}}</ref> Film tersebut sukses secara komersial dan membuatnyaIa meraih sebuah nominasi Aktris Terbaik dilainnya dari Filmfare.<ref>{{cite webnews |url=httphttps://www.boxofficeindiafilmfare.com/Moviesnews/movie_detailbollywood/mardaani|title=Mardaani|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://webnominations-for-the-64th-vimal-filmfare-awards-2019_-32898-1.archive.org/web/20150802073121/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/mardaani|archivedate=2html August 2015|accessdatetitle=23Nominations Aprilfor 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><refthe name="ff15nom">{{cite64th news|title=60th BritanniaVimal Filmfare Awards 2014:2019 Complete nomination list|urlwork=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-nomination-list/articleshow/45949466.cms |workdate=The12 TimesMarch of2019 India|access-date=2013 JanuaryMarch 2015|accessdate=202019 January 2015|archive-url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2016012009073820190316052927/httphttps://timesofindiawww.indiatimesfilmfare.com/entertainment/hindinews/bollywood/news/60thnominations-Britanniafor-Filmfarethe-Awards64th-2014vimal-Completefilmfare-nominationawards-list/articleshow/459494662019_-32898-1.cmshtml |archivedatearchive-date=2016 JanuaryMarch 2019 |url-status=live 2016}}</ref>

Meskipun mendapat perhatian dari media secara terus-menerus, Mukerji tidak pernah menyebarluaskan banyak soal kehidupan pribadinya.<ref name="ruin">{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Vajir|work=Hindustan Times|title=Is Rani Mukerji ruining her career?|date=2 January 2007|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/is-rani-mukherjee-ruining-her-career/story-iyw7sLCwLUi9gS8y7MY7iL.html|accessdate=25 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312022947/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/is-rani-mukherjee-ruining-her-career/story-iyw7sLCwLUi9gS8y7MY7iL.html|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Tidak seperti selebritas lainnya, Mukerji membatasi interaksinya dengan media dan kadang-kadang dicap sebagai pertapa; dalam sebuah wawancara pada 2011, ia mengatakan bahwa "Saat ini para aktor menjadi lebih terbuka soal kehidupan pribadinya kepada media. Tetapi, hal tersebut justru menimbulkan masalah bagi aktor tersebut seperti saya karena jika saya tidak melakukan hal tersebut, maka saya akan disebut tertutup. Jadi mulai saat ini, saya telah mengubah diri saya."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rani-mukerji-queen-of-hearts/799321/|title=Queen of Hearts|accessdate=7 January 2012|author=Kulkarni, Onkar|date=2 June 2011|work=Screen}}</ref> Mukerji sering bekerjasama dan bersahabat dengan aktor-aktor seperti Shah Rukh Khan dan Aamir Khan, dan pembuat film Karan Johar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://origin.news.rediff.com/movies/2005/aug/12rani.htm|title='I can't say no to Aamir or Shah Rukh|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|date=12 August 2005|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423095903/http://origin.news.rediff.com/movies/2005/aug/12rani.htm|archivedate=23 April 2012|accessdate=13 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/23rani2.htm|title='Shah Rukh treats me like a child|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|date=24 June 2005|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921083422/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/23rani2.htm|archivedate=21 September 2012|accessdate=13 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Hubungan Mukerji dengan pembuat film Aditya Chopra merupakan topik pemberitaan tabloid di India, meski ia menolak untuk membicarakan hal tersebut secara terbuka.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Indian Express|title=Shatrughan Sinha addresses Rani Mukherjee as 'Rani Chopra'! What is the inside story?|date=12 February 2013|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shatrughan-sinha-addresses-rani-mukherjee-as-rani-chopra--what-is-the-inside-story-/1072587/|accessdate=24 June 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215074317/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shatrughan-sinha-addresses-rani-mukherjee-as-rani-chopra--what-is-the-inside-story-/1072587|archivedate=15 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Filmfare|last=Singh|first=Raghuvendra|title="Aditya Chopra is my friend" – Rani Mukerji|date=8 November 2012|url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/aditya-chopra-is-my-friend-rani-mukerji-1636.html|accessdate=13 June 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112073501/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/aditya-chopra-is-my-friend-rani-mukerji-1636.html|archivedate=12 November 2013}}</ref> Pada 21 April 2014, ia menikah dengan Chopra dalam sebuah upacara tertutup di [[Italia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/FINALLY-Rani-and-Aditya-Chopra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/34071555.cms|title=Finally: Rani and Aditya Chopra tie the knot|accessdate=22 April 2014|author=Jha, Shefali S.|date=22 April 2014|work=The Times of India|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425095416/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/FINALLY-Rani-and-Aditya-Chopra-tie-the-knot/articleshow/34071555.cms|archivedate=25 April 2014}}</ref> Pada 9 Desember 2015, ia melahirkan seorang anak perempuan, yang bernama Adira.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/rani-mukherji-delivers-baby-girl-adira-rishi-kapoor-others-congratulate-her-658677|title=Rani Mukherji delivers baby girl Adira; Rishi Kapoor and others congratulate her|date=9 December 2015|publisher=International Business Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211011517/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/rani-mukherji-delivers-baby-girl-adira-rishi-kapoor-others-congratulate-her-658677|archivedate=11 December 2015|accessdate=9 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Disamping karier aktingnya, Mukerji aktif terlibat dengan beberapa perkara kemanusiaan dan vokal tentang masalah yang dihadapi oleh para perempuan dan anak-anak.<ref name="BeingRaniBeingRani2">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/being-rani-mukherji-bollywoods-good-girl/50494-8.html|title=Being Rani Mukerji:Bollywood's good girl|last=SenGupta|first=Anuradha|date=14 October 2007|publisher=IBNLive|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726100519/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/being-rani-mukherji-bollywoods-good-girl/50494-8.html|archivedate=26 July 2013|accessdate=5 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="education">{{cite news|title=Educate as many kids as possible, Rani Mukerji urges people|date=5 April 2011|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/151322/educate-many-kids-possible-rani.html|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|accessdate=6 April 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103033339/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/151322/educate-many-kids-possible-rani.html|archivedate=3 January 2015}}</ref> Mukerji ditunjuk sebagai seorang duta besar oleh [[Procter & Gamble]] dan [[Child Rights and You]] [[NGO]] untuk usaha patungan mereka, Shiksha, untuk mendukung perkara pendidikan anak-anak.<ref name="education" /> Pada 2011, ia mendirikan sebuah Dana Perawatan Strok, dalam suatu kerjasama dengan Asosiasi Strok India, untuk menanggung dana perawatan para pasien pengidap strok yang kekurangan secara finansial.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rani to set up funds for stroke-affected patients|date=25 February 2011|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rani-to-set-up-funds-for--strokeaffected-patients/754579/|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>

Mukerji digambarkan oleh para kritikus sebagai salah satu aktris Bollywood yang paling berbakat.<ref name="analysis" /><ref name="forbes">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/recliner/rani-mukerji-empress-of-emotions/50249/1 |title=Rani Mukerji: Empress of emotions |date=21 May 2018 |accessdate=27 March 2020 |work=[[Forbes India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326223841/https://www.forbesindia.com/article/recliner/rani-mukerji-empress-of-emotions/50249/1 |archive-date=26 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/2 |title=Top heroines of Bollywood |accessdate=28 March 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327214337/https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/2 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |url-status=live }}<br/>{{cite news |author=Dhawan, M.L. |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071209/spectrum/main6.htm |title=Queens of hearts |date=9 December 2007 |accessdate=20 March 2020 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034014/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071209/spectrum/main6.htm |archive-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=live }}<br/>{{cite news |url=https://www.filmfare.com/v/s/m.filmfare.com/features/rani-mukerji-movies-that-etched-her-name-in-the-portals-of-hindi-cinema-39684.amp%3famp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%253D#ampf= |title=Rani Mukerji Movies that etched her Name in the Portals of Hindi Cinema |date=21 March 2020 |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=[[Filmfare]] }}{{Pranala mati|date=Maret 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/what-comeback-rani-mukerji-will-always-be-remembered-for-being-effortlessly-talented-4266101.html/amp |title=What comeback? Rani Mukerji will always be remembered for being effortlessly talented |date=20 December 2017 |accessdate=28 March 2020 |work=[[Firstpost]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327222941/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/what-comeback-rani-mukerji-will-always-be-remembered-for-being-effortlessly-talented-4266101.html/amp |archive-date=27 March 2020 |url-status=live }}<br/>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-no-hichki-there-much-like-sridevi-rani-mukerji-has-managed-to-still-be-relevant-and-how-2597538/amp|title=No Hichki there: Much like Sridevi, Rani Mukerji has managed to still be relevant and how!|date=25 March 2018|accessdate=28 March 2020|work=Daily News and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327222943/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-no-hichki-there-much-like-sridevi-rani-mukerji-has-managed-to-still-be-relevant-and-how-2597538/amp|archive-date=27 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sebagai bagian dari sebuah analisis karier, Sukanya Verma menyatakan bahwa Mukerji membuat sebuah "debut yang agak inkonvensional dalam perfilman" (ia berperan sebagai seorang korban pemerkosaan pada film ''Raja Ki Aayegi Baarat''), dan setelah beberapa tahun berosilasi antara kesuksesan dan kegagalan, ia "mencapai status sebagai seorang bintang, penampil dan gadis panggung".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/10sld6.htm|title=Bollywood's top 5: Rani Mukerji|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|date=10 December 2003|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221161548/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/10sld6.htm|archivedate=21 February 2014|accessdate=14 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Indo-Asian News Service]] melaporkan bahwa selama tahun-tahun pertamanya dalam industri perfilman, Mukerji disebut-sebut sebagai sepupu miskin Kajol yang sukses dan dicoreng namanya oleh para kritikus karena "gemuk" dan "pendek".<ref name="poor cousin">{{cite news|title=Rani&nbsp;— From poor cousin to Bollywood's biggest star|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1239725371.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=8 March 2013|date=21 March 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518065149/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1239725371.html|archivedate=18 May 2013}}{{subscription required|via=Highbeam}}</ref> Raja Sen menambahkan bahwa meskipun ada kesempatan untuk menentangnya, Mukerji "bekerja keras dengan ketabahan" dan tampil sebagai "wanita terkemuka paling berpengaruh dalam Bollywood".<ref name="ever">{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/women07/2007/mar/06wslid8.htm|title=Bollywood's best actresses. Ever|author=Sen, Raja|date=6 March 2007|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309121441/http://specials.rediff.com/women07/2007/mar/06wslid8.htm|archivedate=9 March 2007|accessdate=13 March 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Kritikus film [[Baradwaj Rangan]] dari ''New Sunday Express'' menulis bahwa suara Mukerji yang "tidak biasa dan kasar" membedakannya dari para kontemporernya dan ''[[The Times of India]]'' memujinya karena telah menghancurkan "takhayul kelayakan" Bollywood.<ref name="analysis" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Jha|first=Shefali|title=The unmarried divas of Bollywood|date=17 December 2012|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-17/news-interviews/35867930_1_rani-mukerji-dia-mirza-national-award|work=The Times of India|accessdate=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119051129/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-17/news-interviews/35867930_1_rani-mukerji-dia-mirza-national-award|archive-date=19 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reema Kagti, sutradara dari film ''Talaash: The Answer Lies Within'', mengatakan kepada Mukerji bahwa, "Rani suka mempersiapkan banyak hal. Ia menjadi obsesif terhadap perannya dan ingin tahu segalanya tentang karakternya. Apa latar belakang karakternya, apa yang terjadi di kepalanya pada titik tertentu".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-talaash-interview-with-reema-kagti/20121129.htm#5|title=Not once did Aamir step on my toes during Talaash|last=Pathak|first=Ankur|date=29 November 2012|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406191356/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-talaash-interview-with-reema-kagti/20121129.htm|archivedate=6 April 2013|accessdate=14 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan ''Daily News and Analysis'', Mukerji mendeskripsikan pertemuannya dengan dunia peraktingan:<blockquote>Sebulan sebelum aku memulai proses syuting, Aku duduk dengan sutradaraku, mencoba untuk memahami bagaimana ia telah memvisualisasikan karakter tersebut dalam layar. Lalu aku mulai mengerjakan hal yang paling mendasar&nbsp;— penampilan. Hal tersebut sangat penting karena penampilan fisik karakter sangat diperhatikan serta hal tersebut, dapat membuat diriku semakin percaya diri. Setelah hal tersebut tercapai, aku menuju ke nuansa yang lebih halus tentang seperti apa gadis itu, latar belakangnya. Dan kemudian dari sana [..] Aku perlu memperoleh aksen yang tepat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rani Mukerji gets upclose and personal|last=Badola|first=Shreya|date=18 October 2012|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1753618/interview-rani-mukerji-gets-upclose-and-personal|work=Daily News and Analysis|accessdate=14 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722103704/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1753618/interview-rani-mukerji-gets-upclose-and-personal|archivedate=22 July 2013}}</ref></blockquote>Untuk menghindari "kejenuhan", Mukerji lebih suka memainkan "peran yang berbeda secara drastis", dan disebut-sebut dalam media sebagai "salah satu aktris paling hebat" dari Bollywood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/i-like-doing-drastically-different-roles-says-rani-mukherji-300770|title=I like doing "drastically" different roles, says Rani Mukherji|date=24 December 2012|publisher=NDTV|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526184443/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/i-like-doing-drastically-different-roles-says-rani-mukherji-300770|archivedate=26 May 2014|accessdate=14 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mulherlkar|first=Mallika|title=Rani speaks out!|date=25 September 2009|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/news-interviews/28061808_1_rani-mukherjee-martial-art-romantic-comedies|work=The Times of India|accessdate=14 May 2013|archive-date=2013-06-15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615222607/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-25/news-interviews/28061808_1_rani-mukherjee-martial-art-romantic-comedies|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Ia telah memainkan beberapa peran dalam berbagai produksi terkenal dan film-film yang tidak dipublikasikan oleh pembuat film independen; ''Hindustan Times'' menyatakan bahwa Mukerji telah membuat kemajuan tersebut sangat "alami [..] sehingga hampir tak diperhatikan".<ref>{{cite news|last=Negi|first=Manjula|title=Rani: An edge above others|date=5 August 2003|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/rani-an-edge-above-others/story-vtaxbNQsMyyg6P9zIRJxiJ.html|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031094021/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/rani-an-edge-above-others/story-vtaxbNQsMyyg6P9zIRJxiJ.html|archive-date=31 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Namrata Joshi dari ''Outlook'' menambahkan bahwa ia tak takut untuk mengambil risiko dan memainkan beberapa peran yang "tidak bisa dilakukan oleh para kontemporernya".<ref name="analysis" /> Mukerji telah meraih suatu reputasi untuk memainkan peran-peran yang menandakan perubahan signifikan dari pemeranan wanita pada perfilman India terdahulu; dalam film ''Hum Tum'' ia berperan sebagai seorang janda yang melakukan hubungan seks pranikah, dalam film ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' ia berperan sebagai seorang wanita yang sudah menikah yang terlibat dalam perselingkuhan dengan pria yang sudah menikah, dan dalam film ''Bichhoo'' dan ''No One Killed Jessica'' ia merokok, meminum minuman beralkohol, dan mengucapkan kata-kata kasar.<ref name="sassysassy2">{{cite news|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|title=Sassy Sirens|work=India Today|accessdate=24 January 2011|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20000918/cinema.shtml|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124045257/http://india-today.com/itoday/20000918/cinema.shtml|archivedate=24 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pillai|first=Sreedhar|title=Bollywood takes a reality check|date=16 September 2005|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600670100.htm|work=The Hindu|accessdate=14 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306053009/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600670100.htm|archivedate=6 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|title=Hum Tum|date=14 June 2004|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/hum-tum/224171|work=Outlook|accessdate=14 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021528/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/hum-tum/224171|archivedate=13 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shukla|first=Vandana|title=(Not) fit to print|date=25 December 2011|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111225/yearend/society1.htm|work=The Tribune|accessdate=14 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121110907/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111225/yearend/society1.htm|archivedate=21 November 2013}}</ref> Media mengutipnya sebagai sebuah "kecantikan inkonvensional" — suaranya yang serak, mata dan senyumnya menjadi ciri khasnya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/50-most-beautiful-indian-faces/11401/30|title=50 Most Beautiful Indian Faces|date=9 March 2012|publisher=iDiva|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928191327/http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/50-most-beautiful-indian-faces/11401/30|archivedate=28 September 2013|accessdate=19 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Pada puncak kariernya Mukerji disebut-sebut sebagai salah satu selebritas India yang paling populer dan atraktif, salah satu aktris dengan bayaran tertinggi di Bollywood, dan [[duta merek]] untuk sejumlah produk.<ref name="analysis" /> ''Filmfare'' menampilkannya dalam daftar "Sepuluh Nama Paling Berpengaruh di Bollywood" selama dua tahun berturut-turut (2005–2006).<ref>{{cite news|author=Iyer, Meena|work=The Times of India|title=Rani Mukerji only woman in power list|date=6 March 2007|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rani_Mukerji_only_woman_in_power_list/articleshow/1387848.cms|accessdate=11 February 2007|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310194340/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rani_Mukerji_only_woman_in_power_list/articleshow/1387848.cms|archivedate=10 March 2007}}</ref> Pada 2006 dan 2012, ''[[Eastern Eye (surat kabar)|Eastern Eye]]'' memberinya gelar sebagai salah satu "Wanita Terseksi Asia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/20sld1.htm|title=Asia's sexiest women|date=22 December 2007|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208151814/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/20sld1.htm|archivedate=8 February 2012|accessdate=13 October 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/priyanka-chopra-named-worlds-sexiest-asian-woman-123503-2012-12-06|title=Asia's sexiest women|date=6 February 2012|publisher=India Today|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref> Mukerji tampil dalam daftar "Aktris Terbaik" Box Office India selama enam tahun dan menempati peringkat pertama selama dua tahun berturut-turut (2005–2006).<ref name="top actresses">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|title=Top Actress|publisher=Box Office India|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104803/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|archivedate=17 October 2013|accessdate=8 January 2008}}</ref> Ia tampil dalam daftar tahunan Rediff.com "Aktris Bollywood Terbaik" pada 2002-07, 2012, 2014 dan 2018 dan menempati puncak daftar tersebut selama tiga tahun berturut-turut (2004–2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/29sld5.htm|title=Best Actress 2004|author=Sen, Raja|date=29 December 2004|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428042544/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/29sld5.htm|archivedate=28 April 2006|accessdate=30 August 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/yearend/2005/dec/23yend1.htm|title=Ten best Bollywood actresses of 2005|author=Kulkarni, Ronjita|date=23 December 2005|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220225016/http://specials.rediff.com/yearend/2005/dec/23yend1.htm|archivedate=20 February 2007|accessdate=24 February 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/yearend/2006/dec/18yrsld2.htm|title=The year that was: 2006|author=Kulkarni, Ronjita|date=18 December 2006|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203155041/http://www.rediff.com/yearend/2006/dec/18yrsld2.htm|archivedate=3 February 2014|accessdate=17 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/yearend/2007/dec/18yrpoweractress7.htm|title=The most powerful actresses of 2007|author=Sen, Raja|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225100809/http://specials.rediff.com/yearend/2007/dec/18yrpoweractress7.htm|archivedate=25 December 2007|accessdate=25 December 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-yearend-special-bollywood-s-top-ten-actresses-of-2012/20121221.htm|title=Bollywood's 10 Best Actresses Of 2012|author=Sen, Raja|date=21 December 2012|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123637/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-yearend-special-bollywood-s-top-ten-actresses-of-2012/20121221.htm|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=12 February 2019|df=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/the-best-actresses-in-hindi-cinema-2014/20141231.htm|title=The Best Actresses in Hindi cinema, 2014|author=Sen, Raja|date=31 December 2014|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213064147/https://www.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/the-best-actresses-in-hindi-cinema-2014/20141231.htm|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=12 February 2019|df=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/amp/movies/special/and-2018s-best-bollywood-actresses-are/20181231.htm|title=And 2018's Best Bollywood Actresses are...|author=Verma, Sukanya|date=31 December 2018|publisher=Rediff.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213064153/https://www.rediff.com/amp/movies/special/and-2018s-best-bollywood-actresses-are/20181231.htm|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=12 February 2019|df=|url-status=live}}</ref> Ia juga ditampilkan oleh Rediff.com dalam daftar "Aktris Terbaik Bollywood yang Pernah Ada", "Aktris Tercantik Bollywood", dan "Wanita Berpakaian Terbaik Bollywood".<ref name="ever" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/24sld5.htm|title=Bollywood's Most Beautiful Actresses|author=Kuckian, Uday|date=24 March 2004|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519222835/http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/24sld5.htm|archivedate=19 May 2007|accessdate=13 October 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/02sld2.htm|title=Bollywood's Best Dressed Women|author=Verma, Sukanya|date=2 May 2007|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521094416/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/02sld2.htm|archivedate=21 May 2007|accessdate=20 May 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Sejak 2007, kepopuleran Mukerji sedang dalam penurunan dan ia kehilangan dukungan mereknya atas sejumlah aktris muda.<ref name="over">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/24slide8.htm|title=Readers pick: Bollywood's most over-rated|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|publisher=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921083329/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/24slide8.htm|archivedate=21 September 2012|accessdate=22 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Singh, Prashant|work=India Today|title=Ageing trio fails to bag ads after a string of flop films|date=26 April 2009|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Ageing+trio+fails+to+bag+ads+after+a+string+of+flop+films/1/38910.html|accessdate=13 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203010151/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Ageing+trio+fails+to+bag+ads+after+a+string+of+flop+films/1/38910.html|archivedate=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pada 2013, ia tampil di antara bintang-bintang Bollywood terhebat dalam jajak pendapat di Britania Raya sebagai bagian dari perayaan 100 tahun perfilman India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amitabh Bachchan crowned greatest Bollywood star - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Amitabh-Bachchan-crowned-greatest-Bollywood-star/articleshow/21372421.cms|accessdate=14 January 2020|work=The Times of India|date=27 July 2013|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=PTI|title=Amitabh Bachchan crowned greatest Bollywood star in UK poll|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/amitabh-bachchan-crowned-greatest-bollywood-star-in-uk-poll-171783-2013-07-27|accessdate=14 January 2020|work=India Today|date=27 July 2013|language=en}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, Kedutaan Besar Amerika di India menganugerahinya sebuah piala istimewa atas kontribusinya pada industri perfilman India.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Times of India|title=US embassy honours Rani Mukerji|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-25/bollywood/36527693_1_rani-mukerji-inaugural-ball-honours|date=25 January 2013|accessdate=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203050245/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-25/bollywood/36527693_1_rani-mukerji-inaugural-ball-honours|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Pada Oktober 2017, Mukerji dianugerahi sebuah "Penghargaan Perfilman untuk Kontribusi yang Luar Biasa" oleh [[Pemerintah Mauritius]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/081017/rani-honoured-by-mauritius-government-bags-outstanding-contribution-to-cinema-award.html|title=Rani honoured by Mauritius govt, bags Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=8 October 2017|accessdate=11 November 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022142504/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/081017/rani-honoured-by-mauritius-government-bags-outstanding-contribution-to-cinema-award.html|archivedate=22 October 2017}}</ref>

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