Rani whistled for Rakhi!

Rani Mukerjee, best known for her ‘reserved behaviour’ in the industry was surprisingly at her friendliest best recently!

The leading actress of the Hindi film industry was invited to judge the grand finale of reality show ‘Yeh Hai Jalwa’. The actress who initially sported a lovely black outfit then changed into her ‘angel avataar’ for the final presentation and didn’t mind shaking her leg briefly on the song ‘Nihal Ho gayi’ from her forthcoming film ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’, just for her fans and the show’s contestants!

A senior producer of the show revealed, “We had heard so many things about Rani’s reticence and reserved behaviour that we were a little apprehensive to even speak to her initially! However, the moment she stepped into our studio, she made sure that everybody was at ease with her! Not just onscreen, Rani waited backstage to wish the contestants before their performances and even posed comfortably with her fans for pictures! She showed no signs of being a superstar... no starry tantrums, nothing! We’ve had judges like Hrithik, Saif, Bipasha on the show too but Rani was probably the best celebrity judge of them all!”

Raving about the Queen of Bollywood he further added, “Rani was in fact supposed to go for a shoot after the show and was already running late but since our public voting system took time, she didn’t mind waiting for the final results to be announced! She watched all the performances with great interest and applauded the contestants for putting up a great show. She told them how she had been following the show since its inception! Of all the contestants it was winner Rakhi Sawant who received Rani’s special attention though. Rani cheered and whistled for Rakhi during her performance and enjoyed a friendly conversation with Rakhi in hindi, since Rakhi is not comfortable with English! Which star does that?”
Well, we too were glad to know about Rani’s humility but soon got to know the reason of their friendship! Rani’s friendship with Rakhi goes back to Saawariya days when Rakhi, who's a huge fan of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's work, was invited to the sets of "Saawariya" when Rani was shooting. Rakhi’s speech pattern and body language was aped by Rani for her performance in Saawariya. Since then the two have been great admirers of each other! And people say no two women can be friends in showbiz!