Ace Bollywood beauty Rani Mukherjee has celebrated her 31st birth anniversary on March 21. Born on March 21, 1978, Rani, who belongs to a film-oriented family, made her acting debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat in the year 1996.

But, the hot, gorgeous Bengali lass came to limelight after her stupendous performance in a super hit film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. She bagged a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film.

Mukerji came back to film industry in 1998 and her first film released that year was Ghulam. The song Aati Kya Khandala made Mukerji popular among the masses, earning her the nickname of Khandala Girl.

Afterwards, she later starred in various movies, the majority of which fared below hopes. She recreated her image with Saathiya in 2002, which was also a mega hit. In 2004, her roles in Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Filmfare, making her the first Bollywood heroine to win two major awards in the same year. She received unanimous kudos for her character as a deaf and blind girl in the film Black in 2005. Black earned her many awards and established Rani as a top actress in Bollywood.

She also did Badal, Bicchhu, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, Chalte Chalte, Chori Chori, Veer-Zaara, Bunty Aur Babli, Paheli, The Rising, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Baabul and many others.

Growing age especially when you grow 30-plus is a setback to the career of any bollywood actress. Ranis downsliding career may grow worse if she will not do something seriously about it. So apart from wishing her a very happy birthday, (although belated) lets also look into what she is up to this year.

Rani has a strict work out routine as prescribed by Satyajit Chaurasia. She is doing exercise that includes yoga and weight training and its mainly loose weight training, floor exercises and freehand exercises. She also works with dumbbells and her working habits are divided into two schedules. She sweats it out for one and an half hour. She can’t do heavy weight because of her height, so she only does loose weight training.

She would be working next in a film by Anurag Singh opposite Shahid Kapur. Then, there is this animated version of KKHH called Koochie Koochie Hota Hai in which the original stars, Shahrukh Khan , Kajol and Rani will be providing the voices.

We wish Rani a very Happy Birthday!