While speaking at the Indian Film Festival Rani Mukerji revealed that she had a miscarriage in 2020. She conceived her second child in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, but lost the baby five months into the pregnancy. Maybe this is the first time I am making this revelation because, in today’s world, every aspect of your life is discussed publicly, and becomes an agenda for talking about your film to get more eyeballs. Obviously, I didn’t speak about this when I was promoting the film because it would have come across as me trying to speak about a personal experience.
She revealed that she channeled her grief into preparing for the role of Debika Chatterjee, an NRI Bengali who engages in the war with the Norwegian government to gain custody of her two kids. Nikhil Advani, one of the producers of the movie contacted her 10 days after the miscarriage. “After I lost my baby, Nikhil (Advani) would have called me probably like 10 days later
Based on Sagarika Chakraborty’s book ‘The Journey Of A Mother’, ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway’ is a legal drama that hit the theatres in 2023. The movie went on to be a modest success, earning Rs 36 crore at the box office.
On the personal front, Rani Mukerji married film producer and director Aditya Chopra in 2014. They welcomed their baby girl, adira in 2015. Earlier this year, Rani revealed that her daughter Adira was born two months premature and was kept in the NICU as she was really tiny.