Kangana Ranaut poses for a picture. File/AFP

Bollywood’s ‘Queen’ Kangana Ranaut reminisced about her ‘dreams’ and shared her learning of the year 2023, saying, that if one feels out of place, “remember you are on your way home.” Kangana made her acting debut in 2006 with the romantic thriller ‘Gangster’, starring Emraan Hashmi and Shiney Ahuja. Her popular work includes movies like ‘Fashion’, ‘Life..In a Metro,’ ‘Tanu Weds Manu,’ ‘Krrish 3,’ and others.

She has won two National Film Awards consecutively for Best Actress for playing an abandoned bride in the 2014 comedy-drama ‘Queen,’ and a dual role in the comedy sequel ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’. In 2020, she launched her own production company, Manikarnika Films. The actress is an avid social media user and has 9.4 million followers on Instagram.

On Sunday, she took to the Stories section and penned a note, reflecting upon the year 2023. She wrote: “I grew up with an inbuilt feeling of being out of place, I made the home of my dreams, farms and cottages, I felt happy, l felt content, l also felt at peace but I never felt at home. Slowly it became evident that maybe we are not meant to settle in this body, it’s a fleeting phase and we must recognise that and never try to be at home.” “Ever since I acknowledged that I am at home... This was my learning of 2023.

If you feel out of place and feel that you fail to belong anywhere, remember you are on your way home,” added the ‘Rangoon’ actress. On the work front, Kangana was last seen portraying the titular character in Tamil movie ‘Chandramukhi 2’, and essayed role of Tejas Gill in the action thriller ‘Tejas’.

She will be next seen playing the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the movie ‘Emergency’. Ranaut’s career prospects improved in 2013 when she played a mutant in the superhero film Krrish 3, one of the highest-grossing Indian films. She went on to win two consecutive National Film Awards for Best Actress for playing an abandoned bride in the comedy-drama Queen (2014) and a dual role in the comedy sequel Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015), which was the biggest-earning female-led Hindi film at the time.

This was followed by several commercial failures and a decline in stardom. Her sole successful venture in this period was her co-directorial venture, the biopic Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019). Her portrayal of the titular warrior in it and her part as a sportswoman in Panga (2020) jointly earned her a fourth National Film Award.

In 2020, Ranaut launched her own production company, Manikarnika Films, where she works as a director and a producer. She has been credited in the media as being one of the best-dressed celebrities, and is known to be outspoken. The opinions she has voiced, aligning with right-wing ideologies, along with frequent clashes in her personal and professional relationships, have sparked controversy.

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