Happy Birthday Kangana Ranaut: Queen of Bollywood @29

Kangana Ranaut is one of Bollywood's most talented actresses. She is known for her performances in films like Queen and Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Let's have a look at her life and career as she celebrates her 29th birthday.

Kangana was born in Himachal Pradesh and went to school in Dehradun. She moved to Delhi when she was in college and joined a modelling agency. She then joined a theatre group and acted in several plays.

Kangana made her debut in Bollywood with Gangster in 2006, co-starring Emraan Hashmi and Shiney Ahuja. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the movie.

Thereafter, she featured in Woh Lamhe, which was reportedly based on Parveen Babi's life. Kangana played the protagonist in the movie, which also starred Shiney Ahuja.

Kangana's performance in Anurag Basu's Life In A Metro (2007) earned her rave reviews.

In 2008 came Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion starring Priyanka Chopra, Kangana and Mugdha Godse. Kangana played a supermodel battling addiction. Her performance won her the National Award for Best Supporting Actress.

After delivering a couple of flops, Kangana was seen romancing Ajay Devgn in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai in 2010.

In 2010, Kangana featured in Knock Out, a remake of the Hollywood movie Phone Booth, opposite Sanjay Dutt and Irrfan Khan.

In the same year, Kangana was seen in the comedy flick No Problem.

2011 started on a good note for Kangana as her movie Tanu Weds Manu, co-starring R Madhavan, did fairly well at the box office. The movie was a respite from the dark roles she had been cast in till then. Her performance in the movie was applauded.

But her other releases that year namely Game, Double Dhamaal and Rascals failed at the box office.

In 2012, Kangana had just one release - Tezz - and that too didn't impress the audience at all.

In 2013, Kangana was seen in the romantic musical Rajjo, depicting the journey of a nautch girl in the most extraordinary circumstances. The movie failed at the box office, but Kangana's performance was singled out for praise.

Later that year, Kangana played a mutant opposite Hrithik Roshan in Krrish 3, which became one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of all time.

2014 started with much fanfare for the actress with Queen endearing itself to critics and audiences alike.

Kangana was also seen in director Sai Kabir's dark comedy Revolver Rani but the film failed at the box office.

She starred opposite Emraan Hashmi in Ungli, a film about a group of people fighting corruption, but it did average business at the box office.

In 2015, Kangana played a double role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns, the sequel to her 2011 film Tanu Weds Manu opposite R Madhavan. The film performed really well at the box office.

However, Kangana's other film Katti Batti, co-starring Imran Khan, tanked at the box office. Currently, she is busy filming Vishal Bhardwaj's Rangoon with Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan.

Kangana and Hrithik Roshan are currently in the thick of a legal wrangle which is the result of a reported romance gone wrong. Things turned ugly as both the actors sent legal notices to each other. Soon after, Hrithik issued a statement saying that he "followed the legal path to resolve the matter in question so as to keep it private." Kangana, on the other hand, said that she will speak about the issue soon.

We wish Kangana a very happy birthday.