Kangana Ranaut's journey from movies to politics: Running away from home at 15 to winning National Awards
As Kangana Ranaut dominates headlines for making her political debut in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate, here's a look at her life.
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The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its fifth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections; actor Kangana Ranaut will be contesting from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi on a BJP ticket. Kangana, who hails from the state, and was born in Bhambla, has come a long way since making her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
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Kangana Ranaut has been quite active on social media over the last few years. The actor often treats fans to adorable childhood pictures. Kangana shared some photos from her school days in Himachal Pradesh on X on February 19, 2023. She wrote alongside them, “All these pictures are clicked by Sharma uncle… he is very proud of me.”
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Kangana Ranaut has opened up about ‘running away from home’ when she was 15, and even becoming a 'drug addict'. After moving to Mumbai in her teenage, Kangana, now 37, made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster: A Love Story, co-starring Emraan Hashmi. Since then she has been praised her films such as Fashion (2008), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), among others. Kangana garnered critical acclaim for starring in the coming-of-age film Queen (2014), for which she also co-wrote the dialogues.
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Kangana Ranaut predominantly works in Hindi films, and has done a few Tamil films such as Thalaivii (2021) and Chandramukhi 2 (2023). She has won four National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards, three International Indian Film Academy Awards, and one award each from the Screen, Zee Cine, SIIMA, and Producers Guild award ceremonies. In 2021, Kangana dedicated a sweet post thanking her parents after accepting her fourth National Film Award; she received the Best Actress award for her films Panga and Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi.
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