Navneet Kaur Rana

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Navneet Kaur Rana
Religion : sikhism
Navneet Kaur at Amravati Mass Marriage announcement
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byAnandrao Adsul
ConstituencyAmravati
Majority36,951[1]
Personal details
Born
Navneet Kaur

(1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[2]
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)Ravi Rana
OccupationPolitician , Actress

Navneet Kaur Rana (also known as Navneet Ravi Rana) is a former Indian film actress who mainly acted in Telugu cinema. She is an elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Amravati in 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate, however with the political support of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) against the then partnered allies Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[3][4]

Film career[edit]

Kaur was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[2] Her parents are of Punjabi origin; her father was an army official.[5][6] Completed her studies up to 10th standard in Karthika High School. After finishing 12th class, she discontinued her education and began working as a model, going on to appear in six music videos.[7] Kaur made her feature film debut in Darshan, a Kannada film.[2] Then followed her debut in Telugu with Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004). Chetna (2005), Jagapathi (2005), Good Boy (2005), and Bhuma (2008) are some of her subsequent releases. Additional work include Kalachakram, Terror, Flash News and Jabilamma in Telugu. She was a contestant in the Gemini TV reality show named Humma Humma. She starred in the Malayalam film Love In Singapore, directed by Rafi Mecartin. In 2010, she acted in the Punjabi film Lad Geya Pecha opposite Gurpreet Ghuggi.

Political career[edit]

After the marriage with Ravi Rana she tried her career as a politician in Lok Sabha Election 2014 from Nationalist Congress Party however lost the election; citing the reason for the loss she stated that her competition was indirectly Narendra Modi, who had rallied for the then winning candidate, Anandrao Adsul.

She was elected as an MP from Amravati,[8] Maharashtra constituency in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 as an Independent candidate, with support of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party defeating Anandrao Adsul of Shiv Sena. In this election as an independent candidate, she has spent Rs.65 Lakh while the previous two times MP, Adsul has spent Rs.49 Lakh for a democratic process.[1] Her win is considered as a huge victory of an independent candidate in Shiv Sena's neglected fortress in Vidarbha.

On various level (i.e. local, regional and national; in public or, in various institutions like Lok Sabha) she is seen to have altercation with Shiv Sena and its party members time-to-time.[2] [3] [4]

Controversy related to Caste[edit]

On 8 June 2021, the High Court of Bombay fined her Rs. 2 lakh, for submitting a fake Mochi caste certificate.[9] The court cancelled her caste certificate, however, it remained silent on the validity of her position as an elected representative from a Lok Sabha seat reserved for people belonging to Scheduled Caste category.[10][11]

Personal life[edit]

After a short hiatus from her film career, on 3 February 2011, she married Ravi Rana, an independent MLA from Badnera constituency in Amravati city. It has been reported that they got married along with a mass marriage ceremony where many leaders and VIPs, including the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan and Baba Ramdev, remained present to bless the newly wedded couple.[12]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Language
2003 Darshan Nandini Kannada
2003 Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi Lakshmi Telugu
2004 Sathruvvu Unknown Telugu
2005 Chetna: The Excitement Aastha Hindi
2005 Jagapathi Unknown Telugu
2005 Good Boy Krishna Veni Telugu
2006 Roommates Pallavi Telugu
2006 Ranam Special appearance Telugu
2007 Maharadhi Unknown Telugu
2007 Yamadonga Rambha Telugu
2007 Bangaru Konda Alekhya Telugu
2008 Bhuma Unknown Telugu
2008 Jabilamma Jabilamma Telugu
2008 Terror Unknown Telugu
2008 Arasangam Aarthi Tamil
2008 Love In Singapore Diana Perreira Malayalam
2009 Flash News Nakshatra Telugu
2009 Edukondalavada Venkataramana Andaru Bagundali Unknown Telugu
2010 Lad Gaya Pecha Lovely Punjabi
2010 Nirnayam Unknown Telugu
2010 Kalachakram Unknown Telugu
2010 Ambasamudram Ambani Nandhini Tamil
2010 Chhevan Dariya (The Sixth River) Reet Punjabi

References[edit]

  1. "Amravati Election Result 2019: Navnit Rani Rana wins against Shiv Sena's Adsul Anandrao Vithoba". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Biography of Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana". Parliament of India. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. "Criminal & asset declaration of Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana". MyNeta. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Third time lucky? | Movie News". The Times of India. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. IANS (30 May 2019). "Navneet Kaur only actress to be MP from Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. "HC cancels caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana". The Times of India. 8 June 2021.
  10. "Maharashtra first-time MP fined Rs 2 lakh for "Fake" caste papers". NDTV. 8 June 2021.
  11. "HC cancels caste-certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana". The Hindu. 9 June 2021.
  12. "Navneet Kaur marries Ravi Rana | Movie News". The Times of India. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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