Feels great to be 40, will continue to challenge gender stereotypes:Rani

MUMBAI, Mar 21:Rani Mukerji on her 40th birthday recalled her journey in Bollywood and the actor said it was not an easy one as she had to prove her worth every single day.
The “Hichki” actor has penned a letter on the occasion and thanked all the filmmakers she worked with in the past 22 years for giving her roles that challenged the society norms.
“It feels great to be 40! It feels great to have also worked for 22 years and having been incredibly lucky to get so much love and appreciation. Very rarely do we artists get material that can genuinely cause social change, cause change in attitude and thinking and I have been fortunate enough to get such content multiple times. I truly feel blessed. “I thank all the film-makers who have trusted me with their characters. Your characters, your films, became my identity,” Rani said in the letter.
Rani said she realised it very late that she was “born to be an actor” and that surviving in the film industry is tough as the actors, especially females, have to justify their existence every day.