Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut recently stated that her success is not similar to other mainstream actors of the Hindi film industry. She mentioned that her background has been humble and simple, contrary to convent educated stars like Shah Rukh Khan.
The actress spoke about her film career at an event held in New Delhi late last week, as reported by Hindustan Times. She said, “Why did I get so much success? There is probably nobody else who came from a village and got such success in the mainstream. You talk about Shah Rukh Khan. They are from Delhi, convent-educated. I was from a village that nobody would have even heard of – Bhambla.”
“Maybe others may disagree, but I feel it’s because I am brutally honest, not just with people but with myself too,” Kangana added.
The actor hails from Bhambla (now Surajpur), a small town in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. She moved to Mumbai as a teenager in order to pursue her passion for acting. Kangana made her debut at 19 with ‘Gangster’ and went on to establish herself by playing unconventional roles in films like ‘Woh Lamhe’, ‘Life in a Metro’, ‘Fashion’, ‘Queen’, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’.
Kangana’s last theatrical release was ‘Emergency’ (2025), in which she played the lead role as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The movie was directed and produced by her and also featured Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talapde, Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry, Satish Kaushik and others in key roles. The actor is the recipient of four National Film Awards and a Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour.
Kangana is set to make her Hollywood debut with the horror-drama ‘Blessed Be the Evil’. She has teamed up with Lions Movies for the Anurag Rudra directorial, which also features Scarlet Rose Stallone, daughter of Sylvester Stallone, and ‘Teen Wolf’-fame Tyler Posey.
‘Blessed Be the Evil’ is scheduled to release in 2027.
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