When Rani decided to take up acting she knew that it's going to take a great effort filling in the shoes of her legendary family members. But what people admired most about her was her innocence and ever smiling face. She was considered and treated like a li'l kid in the industry.

But all of sudden, it has changed and the kid of yesterday has smarten up her act. She allegedly stabbed her best friend, Aishwarya Rai, in back and garnered all her film in her kitty. At last count, the Mukherjee girl had replaced Ash in not one but four projects - Aziz Mirza's Chalte Chalte opposite Shahrukh Khan, Ketan Mehta's 1857 -The Rising opposite Aamir Khan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Munnabhai MBBS and recently, Sanjay Leela Bhandsali's Bajirao Mastani.

As expected, the two have declared a cold war though publicly one finds them acknowledging each other's presence. Is stardom more important than personal relationships? Rani's explanation is simple. "Ash had walked out of these projects, if not me, somebody had to do them. So what's the big deal?"