Navneet Kaur Rana

Navneet Kaur Rana (also known as Navneet Ravi Rana) is a former Indian 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.[2][3]

For the Indian field hockey player, see Navneet Kaur (field hockey).

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
Personal details
Born
Navneet Kaur

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Political partyIndependent
SpouseRavi Rana
OccupationPolitician, Actress

Film career

Kaur was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[1] Her parents are of Punjabi origin of Ravidassia Caste;[4] her father was an army official.[5][6] She 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.[1] 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 which was remake of Hindi film Chameli 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

After the marriage with Ravi Rana, she stood unsuccessfully as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election.

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.[9]

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.[10][11][12]

Controversy

On 8 June 2021, the High Court of Bombay fined her Rs. 2 lakh, for submitting a fake Mochi caste certificate.[13] 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.[14][15] In April 2022, Kaur and her husband Ravi were arrested by Mumbai police following their insistence to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of Matoshree the residence of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. Later they were sent to 14 days of judicial custody, where Rana was sent to the Byculla women's jail on the orders of local magistrate.[16][17]

Personal life

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.[18]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguage
2004Seenu Vasanthi LakshmiLakshmiTelugu
2004DarshanNandiniKannada
2004SathruvvuUnknownTelugu
2005Chetna: The ExcitementAasthaHindi
2005JagapatiDivyaTelugu
2005Good BoyKrishna VeniTelugu
2006StyleSpecial appearanceTelugu
2006RoommatesPallaviTelugu
2006RanamSpecial appearanceTelugu
2007MaharadhiNaveenaTelugu
2007YamadongaRambhaTelugu
2007Bangaru KondaAlekhyaTelugu
2008BhumaUnknownTelugu
2008JabilammaJabilammaTelugu
2008TerrorUnknownTelugu
2008ArasangamAarthiTamil
2008Love In SingaporeDiana PerreiraMalayalam
2009Flash NewsNakshatraTelugu
2009Edukondalavada Venkataramana Andaru BagundaliUnknownTelugu
2010Lad Gaya PechaLovelyPunjabi
2010NirnayamUnknownTelugu
2010KalachakramUnknownTelugu
2010Ambasamudram AmbaniNandhiniTamil
2010Chhevan Dariya (The Sixth River)ReetPunjabi



Chhevan Dariya (The Sixth River) (2010)


Chhevan Dariya (The Sixth River) (2010)[19]

Music videos
Year Album Song Singer Co-star
2001 Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala Altaf Raja
2002 Dil Mera Dhadkan Teri Akhiyon Mein Akhiyaan Daal Ke Anuradha Paudwal & Nitin Mukesh Arjan Bajwa
2002 Dil Mera Dhadkan Teri Inn Nasheeli Aankhon Se Anuradha Paudwal & Nitin Mukesh

References
  1. "An Interview With Navneet Kaur". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. "Biography of Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana". Parliament of India. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. "Criminal & asset declaration of Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana". MyNeta. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. "HC cancels caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana". The Hindu. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. "ബാങ്കോക്കിലെ പഞ്ചാബിപ്പെണ്ണ്‌" [Punjabi girl from Bangkok]. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  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. "Chitchat with Navneet Kaur". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  8. IANS (30 May 2019). "Navneet Kaur only actress to be MP from Maharashtra". Business Standard India. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. Arya, Shishir (17 April 2019). "Lok Sabha elections: Spent Rs65L on campaign, says Rana; 2-time MP Adsul Rs49L". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  10. "'तू महाराष्ट्र में कैसे घूमती है, मैं देखता हूं...', अमरावती से निर्दलीय MP नवनीत राणा का शिवसेना MP पर गंभीर आरोप" ['How you roam in Maharashtra, I see...', independent MP from Amravati Navneet Rana's serious allegation on Shiv Sena MP]. News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 22 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  11. "Shiv Sena MP Anandrao Adsul booked for abusing actress Navneet Kaur-Rana". News18. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (9 July 2019). "नवनीत कौर राणा यांच्या खासदारकीला आव्हान, उच्च न्यायालयात याचिका दाखल" [Navneet Kaur Rana's MP challenge, petition filed in High Court]. marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  13. "HC cancels caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana". The Times of India. 8 June 2021.
  14. "Maharashtra first-time MP fined Rs 2 lakh for "Fake" caste papers". NDTV. 8 June 2021.
  15. "HC cancels caste-certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana". The Hindu. 9 June 2021.
  16. Bureau, ABP News (24 April 2022). "Hanuman Chalisa Row: MP Navneet Rana & MLA Ravi Rana Sent To 14 Days Of Judicial Custody". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  17. "Chalisa tussle: MP Navneet Rana, husband sent in 14-day judicial custody". Business Standard. 24 April 2022.
  18. "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.
  19. Pecha, Lukáš, ed. (2020). "Orientalia antiqua nova XX". doi:10.24132/zcu.2020.09679. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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