The intense drama that put her to perform one of her toughest roles to date was a well-made affair. While the Pradeep Sarkar directorial couldn’t garner any success at box office, it did evoke a lot of emotions and how good was Rani!

It wasn’t all of a sudden that Rani experimented with intense female driven stories. She made her Bollywood debut with a riveting drama and played a rape victim in this film and made her brave intentions clear. Her furious portrayal of a woman who voices her opinions was immensely appreciated.

While she doesn’t make it to the title that apparently has two of the three lead characters of the movie, Rani Mukerji as a lawyer went down as the show stopper. Given the excellent cinematic product that it was, Veer Zaara would always be remembered for her confident portrayal of Saamiya Siddique.

In a film with as many as 6-8 key characters, Rani still ended up winning the Filmfare award for best supporting actress. While Yuva was much of a team effort held together by Mani Ratnam, the film was one of the most appreciated films back then. Remember the melodious Kabhi Neem Neem?

The last time we saw on her on the big screen was in this gritty thriller and oh boy, wasn’t she just kickass? The film would rank as one of the best works Rani has been a part of and adds another feather to her hat that has delivered so many women centric dramas.

The breather that came in 2002 was as refreshing it could have been. While Bollywood was getting tired of clichéd romantic stories filled with melodrama, Saathiya broke the stereotype and emerged as a much better watch. You watch it today and it is as fresh as it was 15 years ago.

That film that gave India a new shape to romantic comedies, Hum Tum set the standards just right. It won her the Best Actress trophy at all award ceremonies that year and gave us an everlasting treat. She was chirpy, guiltless, vulnerable, distraught, concerned and loving all at the same time.

This just adds up to the absolutely powerful collection of movies where she’s only thumping people down, either by actions or by words (in this case.) In an emotionally moving real life incident that shocked the nation, her fearless and unapologetic performance gave depth to the narration and paced everything up. Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, did we have a single dull moment in this movie?

Unanimously, distantly and almost mockingly, this film by Sanjay Leela Bhansali places itself up at the top spot. While we had all known Rani as an actress par excellence, this film just made us think of new adjectives to praise Rani Mukerji. Playing a blind, deaf and mute little girl alongside Mr. Bachchan, Rani convinced us of her prowess and we only have one thing to say to her – “Take a bow lady, Black was magical”!

Rani living up to her name in all literal senses has affirmed this very clearly – She’s a queen when it comes to acting! We are only looking forward to her comeback.