Rani Mukerji to retain maiden name in films

After her marriage to Aditya Chopra, a lot has been speculated about whether Rani Mukerji will be keeping her maiden name or changing to ‘Rani Chopra’, well BizAsia has confirmation.

According to Mid-Day, Mukerji will be retaining her maiden name in her first release after her marriage ‘Mardaani’. A source told the publication, ���The film is slated to release in August and we wanted to start its promotions as soon as possible. Fortunately for us, Rani came back soon after her wedding, and she quickly wrapped up the remaining shoot. Accordingly, we started work on the film�۪s first poster.�۝

Another source told the publication, “The actress tied the knot some time back and the posters bearing her name as Rani Mukerji were printed and released only now, so it seems to be a conscious decision of hers to not take on her husband�۪s last name. The first question on everyone�۪s mind was whether to write Rani Mukerji Chopra on the poster or just stick to Rani Mukerji. But after a chat with her team, were told that she would be using her maiden name, at least for this project.”

‘Mardaani’ releases in August.